RollingRocco

Vjosa river was one of the main reasons that attracted us to come and revisit Albania. It's one of the last pristine rivers in Europe and recently been declared as a first wild river National Park. The landscape is breathtaking.  The main activity is obviously rafting. Unfortunately we've passed since i have no experience in kayak so it would have been to risky ( the right time will come!!). We cycled and did trekking.  Meet lovely and kind people and tried to communicate in a mixture of languages and signs 😀.There aren't a lot of trekking routes and the signage is almost inexistent.I would say that there is still a lot to learn about managing National Park.We also visited the most known thermal baths in Albania - Benje and it was a mayhem. A queue on the bridge and to get to the pool. In comparison to few previous nights this was really disappointing. At least there weren't grill parties and loud ...

On our way to Vjosa valley we bumped into a sign for thermal baths close to Leskovik.We knew already that it's an abandoned site with abandoned thermal centre but that's why we have chosen it. It usually means that there isn't that many people around only shepherd and his flock.To our suprise in the afternoon those guys rolled in. Another suprise Luca and Milena told us that they've seen us already on the beach close to Igoumenitsa. It was so lovely to hear and share about their travelling. Admiring their strength and stamina. They will proceed to Turkey and Iran.Morning after we said our goodbyes. We decided to stay for one more night and since it was a georgeus day to go and find the thermal springs along the river. We are close to Greek border along Sarandapor river that is the main affluent of Vjosa river. The springs are around 25°C but since it was a sunny day you didn't feel cold at all. Franco found his fountai...