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Monemvasia: All this stuff just to protect from someone

It’s around mid of April 2022 and I’m doing some sightseeing in Monemvasia.

Essentially it’s a big rock and humans built a town in it. Yes, it’s more in than on it, I would say. It’s the first time on my journey, that I’m at a place where a lot of other people are around. Real, classic sightseeing at a pretty commercialized place. I’m walking through the small alleys, passing the souvenir shops and restaurants. They are cute but quickly I’m leaving the lower part and start climbing to the upper part of the big rock. From the above, I have a good overview and I’m thinking about how much effort it takes to build all this. And has there been a plan on how to build it or did they just start and over the centuries it came all together? And what had been their primary motivation? Did they build all this just to protect from someone?

My offroad overlanding dream became true in Albania

About two years ago I really started to play with the idea of an worldwide offroad overlanding journey with a 4×4. I watched a whole lot of YouTube Videos, read a lot and got really hooked. When I think about the YouTube Videos I watched, GrizzlyNbear Overland always come to my mind. I think their videos are the ones that I enjoyed and I’m still enjoying the most.

In my mind the picture of going offroad with a 4×4 vehicle in an remote area, finding a camp spot on your own and living there as long as you want got created.

And here in beautiful Albania this dream became true.

For me Albania is really different in so much terms. The people are friendliness like crazy, the roads are perfect for offroading and there are very much things that where new and different for my mind. For example: before entering my first offroad tour, I met two Guys from Schatzi Racing Albania and they gave me there phone number, stickers and a beer and said that I can call them anytime if I would have any problem in Albania.

I started a offroad tour, that I got from Pistenkuh, crossed a bridge that was missing a few parts (after I crossed it, I talked to the guy living next to it and he was ashamed of the conditions of these bridge when I took photos of it, I gifted him a bottle of German beer and he was happy), did my first little river crossing because another bridge was not fully constructed and found a super cool spot to stay two nights.

More about it in the next post.