Motorcycle Tour - My Offroad Nightmare in Albania Ep. 16
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00:30Assalam-o-Alaikum and good morning everyone from Thet National Park, Albania.
00:45When I reached here yesterday, it was almost 9 or 9.30am.
00:48And the last 4 hours of my ride, 16-17 km off-road, it was literally humiliating for me.
00:56And I don't know how I managed to reach here.
00:58It's just that I reached here in a hurry.
01:01But I was lucky that I found a nice guest house right next to the road.
01:05As soon as I reached here, I found this guest house.
01:07I didn't have to go back and forth.
01:09It's a nice guest house. I got it for almost 20 Euros.
01:12Even with dinner.
01:13Today's plan is that I have to go back on the same road that I took.
01:17Which means that I have to go down the hill and then up the hill again.
01:20And it's 15 km off-road again.
01:23So I'm literally scared that I don't know how I will manage these 15 km today.
01:28Because yesterday, it was all slippery.
01:31There are a lot of loose rocks and the road is terrible.
01:34I didn't even cover these 15 km for 2.5 hours.
01:38So today's plan is that I will go back on the same road towards Skadar.
01:42Which is the main city of Skadar.
01:45And then I will decide if I have time, I will continue ahead.
01:49Komani is a small village.
01:51I have to start my day from there.
01:53So I will go there.
01:55It's gonna be a 7 to 8 hour ride.
01:58I will try to record more today.
02:03I couldn't record anything in the rain yesterday.
02:06And my hands were so cold.
02:08The weather forecast says that it will start raining in the second half of the day.
02:11So I am trying to leave before that.
02:14I have had my breakfast here.
02:16They have given me some simple bread and such things.
02:19But thank God I have got this too.
02:21Let's start the ride and leave from here.
02:24Bismillah... In the name of Allah
02:26Assalam Alekum
02:32Sometimes, there are days when you think that you have to go from point A to point B safely.
02:38So today is the day when I am literally scared.
02:43This is the 15 km off road.
02:46I hope it goes well.
02:48This is the village.
02:50The road is better here.
02:52It's not that bad.
02:54It's a total valley type, so it's straight.
02:56There is no problem here.
02:58But as soon as I go ahead, I have to climb that mountain.
03:00There will be a problem with my luggage.
03:03But hopefully, the weather will be better today.
03:05So there won't be much of a problem.
03:13There is a valley down there.
03:28Hopefully, the weather clears up on the way.
03:32Then I will take breaks.
03:35Oh God!
03:47I should cover this.
03:49I can't survive without it.
03:51I have my own jacket.
03:53But it has all my documents.
03:55The weather has changed in minutes.
03:58It was predicted that it will rain after 2 pm.
04:01I was supposed to leave early in the morning.
04:08It's muddy here.
04:10Bikes are pulling me to the other side.
04:13That's what I was trying to avoid.
04:15I didn't want to leave on time.
04:17Before the rain.
04:19But the weather was waiting for me.
04:22It was telling me that it's going to rain as soon as I leave.
04:25It wasn't raining in the morning.
04:27The sun was out.
04:29It's going to start as soon as I leave.
04:31Oh God!
04:33I hope I don't slip.
04:38If I drop my bike here,
04:41I will have to unload my luggage.
04:43I can't even pick it up without it.
05:00I have completed the 8 km off road section.
05:04I told you that it's a total of 15 km.
05:06So 7 km is still left.
05:08The good thing is that I haven't dropped my bike even once.
05:11My heart was pounding from inside.
05:13I have dropped my bike only a couple of times.
05:16But it's better to go up from here.
05:19When I was coming down last night,
05:21it was much more slippery.
05:23Because it rained continuously for the last 4 hours.
05:25Then it stopped.
05:27It's been a while since it stopped.
05:29So I decided to click some pictures.
05:31And then we will continue our journey.
05:34The views were a little open.
05:36And as you can see,
05:38it's quite beautiful behind me.
05:40I am enjoying it.
05:42I will try to complete the journey without falling.
05:58Asphalt starts from the cars parked in front.
06:02Check out this section.
06:04God bless you.
06:06There are so many big roads here.
06:09Rangili must be cursing me from inside.
06:11She must be asking me where I have brought her.
06:17How are you?
06:19Good?
06:21It's a terrible day.
06:23How are you?
06:25Good?
06:27It's a terrible road.
06:29Terrible?
06:31Better or same?
06:33It depends.
06:35This section is a little bad.
06:37But then...
06:39It's hard to say.
06:41Some sections are okay. Some are bad.
06:47This one is perfect.
06:49This one, I don't know.
06:51We did it on 310.
07:01We are not far now.
07:03We have finally reached the asphalt.
07:08I am feeling so happy from inside.
07:11I never thought I would be so happy to see the asphalt.
07:15So...
07:17Here it is.
07:19Asphalt.
07:21We made it.
07:23We made it Rangili.
07:25Well done.
07:29We fell down without any issues.
07:32It's a good thing.
07:35From here on, it's gonna be peaceful.
07:37At least the asphalt section.
07:39And I can go at a speed of 40-50 kmph.
07:43So...
07:45We will reach Skadar now.
07:47It's almost 1.07 pm now.
07:51I don't know if it's Romania's time or not.
07:54I am in Romania.
07:56Where am I? In Albania.
07:58I think Albania and Germany have the same time.
08:00It's gonna take us 1.5 hours to reach Skadar.
08:13You must be thinking that only in Pakistan, electricity is available.
08:17But it's available here as well.
08:19I took a short break to have a cup of coffee.
08:21It was raining heavily.
08:23So I decided to take a break.
08:25They have electricity here.
08:27He is...
08:29What's your name?
08:31Ged.
08:33He is making me a Turkish coffee.
08:43Albania's currency is Lek.
08:45And a lot of people here still accept Euros.
08:48Like I was getting petrol yesterday.
08:50He took Euros from me.
08:52I have paid less than 1 Euro for coffee and croissant in this village.
08:56Albania is quite cheap overall.
09:05Albania has a population of 3 million.
09:08The Ottoman Empire has been here for a long time.
09:11Most people are still Muslims.
09:13But the state doesn't interfere in your religion.
09:16It's a secular country.
09:18You can change your religion as you wish.
09:21The state has nothing to do with it.
09:23Besides that, the Italian influence is quite strong here.
09:27Because when the Ottomans left here,
09:29when they were defeated in Europe,
09:32the rulers here turned to communism.
09:35So this was a communist country till 1991.
09:38A lot of people from Albania shifted to Italy.
09:41Migrants.
09:43And they used to watch a lot of Italian TV here.
09:46Because Italy is just south of here.
09:48So they know Italian as well.
09:50If I talk to someone in the village,
09:52he will ask me if I know Italian.
09:54But I don't know Albanian.
09:56Because Albanian is their main language.
09:58And the second language is Italian.
10:00I was talking to the guy who made me this coffee.
10:03He said that almost every family has a relative in Italy.
10:08That's why a lot of people here know Italian.
10:28Unfortunately, this off-road section has injured my bike.
10:32The first injury was a broken bag.
10:35The bike had fallen down once.
10:38So it's fine now.
10:40But I had put some bungee cords on it.
10:43It will be fine.
10:45The main issue was the chain cleaner.
10:48The pipe that supplies the oil,
10:51there was a stone on it.
10:53And the pipe was cut.
10:55Now I have to find a BMW guy.
10:57Or a mechanic who can check the bike.
11:00And also find a pipe for the oil cleaner.
11:03Let's see if I can get it from here.
11:05Because I have the oil.
11:07And I don't want to buy any extra oil.
11:09I have already bought one.
11:11And I have already spent 120-130 Euros on it.
11:13I just checked the weather here.
11:15And unfortunately, there is an 80% chance of rain here.
11:18My plan was to go to Lake Komani in the mountain region.
11:23And then enter Kosovo from there.
11:25I don't know if Kosovo's border is open or not.
11:28But I do know about North Macedonia.
11:30Their border is closed.
11:32And they haven't given a date as yet.
11:36So I am thinking of riding along the Balbanian coast to Tirana.
11:41And if I can find a nice camping spot near the beach, I will do it.
11:45Otherwise, we will go to the city and find a hotel.
12:02Garden is neglected but the door is open.
12:08You can come.
12:13Turn the light on, sit with me.
12:20So we have entered Tirana.
12:23And now we have to find our hotel.
12:26I have booked a hotel here last night.
12:28Because I was getting a very cheap hotel.
12:31I didn't want to camp here for no reason.
12:33And that includes breakfast.
12:35So I am getting a hotel here for a cheaper price than my breakfast and camping.
12:40So I am going to stay in a 3 star hotel.
12:44Let's go and check out the quality of that 3 star hotel.
13:01So this is our hotel.
13:09And this is the parking.
13:13Let's park here.
13:19Hello.
13:20I have a reservation.
13:22Abrar Hassan.
13:24I have reached the hotel.
13:26And the best part is that I have paid only Rs 20.
13:29It's an amazing room.
13:31Out of all the hotels I have stayed in, this is the best one.
13:36I am saying this for the money.
13:38The return you are getting for paying only Rs 20 is amazing.
13:43It's not exactly in the center.
13:45It's a little out of the center.
13:47And you can get a good view from here.
13:49Let's take some rest now.
13:51Then I will go for lunch.
13:53I don't know if I should go to the town center or the nearby restaurants.
13:55So let's take some rest.
13:59Let's go.
14:16The majority of Albanians are Muslims.
14:18So it's relatively easy to get Halal food here.
14:20But keep in mind that this is a secular country.
14:24They must be selling pork as well.
14:26Alcohol is very important here.
14:30Whether you are a Muslim or a non-Muslim.
14:32If you go to a restaurant and ask,
14:34they will tell you if you can get Halal food here or not.
14:37The restaurant I went to,
14:39they told me that they are Muslims.
14:41But we don't just eat pork.
14:45But we do sell it.
14:47This was my second day in Albania.
14:49I hope you liked my vlog.
14:51If you did, don't forget to hit the LIKE button.
14:54See you in the next one. Allah Hafiz.