After a comfortable night in the hotel we got up and set off for Macedonia – another hot sunny day. The scenery between Bulgaria and Macedonia was amazing, lots of pretty villages in the hills but quite poor and slummy looking. Lots of sun flowers, similar to the rest of Europe! We drove into Skopje the capital of Macedonia which was very poor looking compared top other European cities – lots of scaffolding everywhere and stony dirt footpaths. We walked along the river and over the bridge to the fortress which was very impressive. From Skopje we drove to Lake Ohrid, a 300m deep, 3 million year old, 34 km long lake- the oldest lake in Europe which is filled from under ground springs and rain water. We camped right on the water side which was beautiful.
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| On the road from Bulgaria to Macedonia |
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| On the road from Bulgaria to Macedonia |
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| On the road from Bulgaria to Macedonia |
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| Driving through Bulgaria |
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| On the road from Bulgaria to Macedonia |
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| On the road from Bulgaria to Macedonia |
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| Bulgaria |
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| Bulgarian countryside |
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| The Bulgarian and European flags at the boarder |
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| Crossing the boarder |
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| Macedonian countryside |
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| Macedonian countryside |
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| Service stop in Macedonia where this lovely lady gave us all the pears off her tree! |
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| Home grown pears - she threw them up to us! |
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| Macedonian countryside |
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| Macedonian countryside |
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| Driving in towards Skopje |
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| Driving in towards Skopje |
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| Skopje |
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| Art in Skopje |
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| Fort in Skopje |
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| Fort in Skopje |
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| Fort in Skopje |
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| Macedonian flag |
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| More street art |
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| Cool statues in Skopje |
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| Sam - a bit thirsty after our run for the bus... |
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| Driving from Skopje to Lake Ohrid |
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| Driving from Skopje to Lake Ohrid |
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| Driving from Skopje to Lake Ohrid |
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| Driving from Skopje to Lake Ohrid |
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| Service stop on the way to the camp site - the boys entertaining themselves... |
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| Service stop on the way to the camp site |
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| Driving from Skopje to Lake Ohrid |
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| Lake Ohrid |
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| Lake Ohrid |
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| The agenda for Macedonia |
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