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I haven't been to Albania yet but I've been to Croatia, Montenegro, and Bosnia for several months at a time. I've had nothing but amazing experiences traveling
by likeabbas 4y ago
I haven't been to Albania yet but I've been to Croatia, Montenegro, and Bosnia for several months at a time. I've had nothing but amazing experiences traveling there in the summer and staying at hostels. One time I was lost in Tisno, Croatia and didn't have a working phone. A local picked me up on the side of the road and drove me 10 miles to the center of town and helped me find a friend.
The only "bad" experience I had was after a music festival in Pula, Croatia, some guy tried to mug me. But he did a terrible job at it. I told him "no", held my ground in a defensive stance, and he backed off. Then I went to the nearest bar, told the bouncer there, and he let me chill in there for a while to calm down.
I've heard Albania is of a similar vibe as to these countries, but with less English speakers.
Contrary to others, I had a terrible time in Greece. I was roofied and mugged in Rhodes, had a bad encounter with the cops in Greece, and everyone was just rude.
- qikInNdOutReply 4y agoLowtrust societies man: They get to you and they are a self fullfilling prophecy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=404IeUzGNZ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=404IeUzGNZ4
- higeorge13 4y agoIslands like Rhodes, Zante, Crete, etc. and specific villages targeted only to foreigners like Faliraki, Laganas, etc and on high tourist pediod like August are usually bad indicators of Greece and its people. I don’t know whether you visited those, but it’s pretty much the same in almost all tourist-dependent countries and the most visited sightseeings worldwide. You could visit another island on a different season and just meet the friendliest people around.
- longbrass 4y agoHave a good friend with family in Rhodes, always buy bottled beer and water and have it open at your table. Nothing in any bottle behind the bar is as advertised... but you can ususally drink whatver you can get the bartender to drink, especially if the bar tender is the "owner."
- likeabbas 4y agoMaybe. It's crazy how I went all of the Croatian islands and didn't have one bad experience, but the first greek island I went to was terrible.
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- bornfreddy 4y ago> I've heard Albania is of a similar vibe as to these countries,... That... is far from true. Even ex-YU countries you listed, which share lots of semi-recent history, are very different among themselves, but Albania is a whole new world altogether.
- YeGoblynQueenne 4y agoI'm sorry, and embarrassed that this happened to you in Greece. Too late for that now, but try to stay away from tourist attractions, except museums and archeological sites. Rhodes is pretty, I've been there, but it's gone to tourism and like so many other Greek islands, it's not a place to enjoy, just a place where "you'll get your ass grabbed" (local expression to mean "being taken advantage of"). I wouldn't have expected a tourist to be mugged, at that, normally people will take your money in non-violent ways. But I've been away from Greece for a long while and I guess things change. Anyway, sorry. I'm currently abroad, in the UK, where I've immigrated. It makes me sad that when I hear Greece being discussed it's always something awful like your experience :(
- likeabbas 4y agoI'm sorry to say bad things about your home country! It wasn't all bad. I felt a deep connection to the greeks of the past at the Acropolis, and wished I could have seen more wonders of that time. I will definitely give it another try. The beauty of Greece is undeniable