PC569 Rreshen and Lura National Park 3-8/8/10
Summary

- Tu Wed Rreshen Fri Sat Camp in Lura

Tue - to Rreshen
- took the 12pm Tirana bus and got down at the news Pristina Road. Furgon to Rreshen .. the hotel is only 500 Lek so decided to stay another day.

walked around and met Jerge a journalist working at the Palace of Culture. He showed me the folk dance display and interviewed me

http://www.bashkiarreshen.com/index.htm I think

Wed - walk in Rreshen
- To the bizaar, can't buy bryek mis, started walking south arong ridge road after 3 KM came to a village where someone was making Raki. Came back along the valley ..




Thu - furgon to Lura
- When people don't know something I wish they would admit it . Someone told me the furgon to Lura left at 7am so I got up early ..but thit came at 9.30am and left at 10am.

- En route we passed a logging lorry which had crashed off the side off the road and 15m down into a valley. So we had to help turn it back up, which took an hour

Thu- Arrived in Lura
- Sur and the other kids at the cafe were kind. So I spent time with them. Met 2 Swiss tourists. I walked south and back via the hotel ontop of the hill and eventually camped on the North East side of town.
Fri - set off to walk to the lakes
- Walked back to the cafe, left most of my stuff there and set off to camp at the lakes.

- Left at 10am cutting upto the hotel and then following the road ...at 12pm I was at the first lake - Walked back to the cafe and left some stuff there. I left at 10am upto the hotel and then followed the road and arrived at the first 3 lakes at 12pm.... Not spectacular..... met a sculptor from Burrel who had caught 30Kg of carp.

- walked futher to Lake Hotet as the road skirted the northern side of the range ... Lake Zi and then to the final 2 lakes. One the map there's 3. I continued through some forest and then into anopen field.

I decided to come back via the hill so I too a turning and followed an logging road behind the hill. And then you look down at the 2 lakes. I continued up the next hill. Down the other side I came down into a wooded valley ...camped there.

Sat - walk back along the ridge line
- There were 2 secret lakes down on the west side. I was looking for a hill which would give me a view of all the lakes, but as I came up each hill there turned out to be another behind it. I ended up walking up 5 of them. Eventually I reached a ridge line overlooking the first 3 lakes. A big flat hill top. I came down. Turns out the best view was from the other side coming up from the north side.

- From the first lake I cut down following the water to Lura through the willow forest ... it took much longer than I expected ... I reached Fusche Lura at 6.30pm

Sun - set off to walk to Peshkopia
- followed the path north out of the valley. after 1 hour I was at a plain at the top. I foolowed a road leading NorthEast. I tought I was on the wrong road as a car also going to Peskopia took another road . So when I reached an abandoned military tunnel complex and saw the the valley way down running east-west I followed a path to houses ... Actually i had been on the right road so after reaching the river i had to walk 6Km back west to reach Alas . I met Vladimir there and stayed at Ali's house



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My walking route - going via road returning via hilltops
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