Riding motorbike in ALBANIA alone! Solo Motorbike Road Trip 🇦🇱 [Ep. 6] 

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H Syifa! I just wanted to mention smth.about the mentality of the Albanians regarding that incident with the man at the Church. You see, Albanians come from communism where privacy and personal space didn't exist. Living in big families and working in groups was a common thing during those times. Therefore, even now, people do interfere a lot in your personal life with very intimate questions that make you very uncomfortable. Sometimes, in trying to take care of you, they can annoy you a lot. It happens to me all the time when I turn back home for holidays, but I know these habits and I just try to ignore them. The first questions someone completely unknown would ask you is " How old are you, are you married, do you have children, where do you work, how much do you get paid, etc, etc".( if you carry on talking further they might even find you a husband🤣). They simply don't realise that this is interference and strange behaviour to the foreigners. I guess the man wanted to show off to his family and friends that he got to speak with an Indonesian tourist woman on a scooter and having a picture with you it wouldn't click to him as an unacceptable behaviour. You may be the first woman traveller on a scooter in Albania. While for you it's normal, for those people it is a novelty and something very rare. You really surprised all those people in the video when you said you are going to Kukes with a scooter. All of them raised their eyebrows as its not an easy road on a scooter, especially when you ride off- roads. Enjoy your travels Syifa and next time you need to ask first about the conditions of the streets before you go somewhere deep into the mountains. We have ended up just like you many times.....

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@Zaydan Alfariz Albanians didn't drive during communism ( a few of them like my dad who was a professional driver) as private cars were not allowed. But we used bicycles a lot ( women as well). Now you can find plenty of women drivers, but riding motorbikes is not a common thing even for men, let alone the women. I guess it's because our streets used to be terrible even for cars let alone motorbikes so motorbikes are not our " cup of tea". Also, motorbikes are seen as a risky way to drive, so we don't use them so much. My brother loved a motorbike ,but my dad very strictly forbade him to use one.

@Zaydan Alfariz I don't know how much you know about Albania, but you should know that Albania is a small country with a very mountainous terrain. Building railways through mountains its not an easy thing to do,( we do have a railway through mountains which desperately needs modernization right now), but our road system has improved immensely lately. It's so much easier now to go quick and easy from point A to point B. Syifa is travelling through our old hilly roads which are mostly abandoned these days.... Also, you have to take on consideration that Indonesia's population is massive compared to Albania, so having a motorbike I guess its a necessity for you to drive through crazy traffic. Albania just needs to finish some of the main junction roads who are under construction right now to relieve the traffic ( expecially during summer holiday times when the country doubles in its population). Regarding motorbikes, I have seen that in Rome and Naples( Italy) driving a motorbike is a necessity through their narrow, crowded streets. I don't think Albania has that same problem with its streets. You are seeing pictures of Kruja which is a mountainous town and that street Syifa is driving on is not the main road. Our roads are not that narrow in general. As for the cars, we are nothing like Greece. We don't use Smart cars, we use mainly Mercedes Benzes as they were the best cars for our streets when they were terrible. Now, we use Mercedes because we simply like that type of car. Anyway, building new and modernising old railways is a priority of this government right now. The work has already started. Edit: I wish we ban cars again. We lived in Paradise during communism in regard of nature without knowing it. The country was very raw and simple, but soooo beautiful, full of wild flowers and fireflies. I don't see fireflies anymore now..........

@Zaydan Alfariz Until 2000 Albania didn't know where it was and was totally on its knees. It was chaos, uprising, people were not used with capitalism ways just yet, the War in Kosova had just ended with almost a million refugees in Albania alone, infrastructure was inexistent. These were hard times for Albania. The country had to start from zero and it was already 50 years behind his neighbours, let alone Western Europe. But, from 2010 and after, Albanians got more prosperous and they are investing a lot in their own country right now. Albania has walked forward with giant strides and moving ahead at a very fast pace. From being the poorest country in Europe, not only the country overpassed some of the Eastern European countries a few years ago, but this year in economic terms just overtook Bosnia & Herzegovina and North Macedonia to be right behind Serbia ( and dont forget that these countries had all their infrastructure intact). This is a big improvement for Albania. We are a small population with a very large Albanian diaspora who pours a lot of money in Albanian economy. I believe the future seems quite bright for Albania. Finally we have grasped what capitalism meant and the changes are quite drastic......

@@liljanasufaj4130 That is incredible, to be only slightly behind Serbia, which I consider a powerhouse in the region, is a massive feat. Actually I think tourism can play a big part - you have coastline as well as being unspoilt. I think exporting of goods can also be a big win. I personally buy bottled water from Albania because I trust it a lot more than anything made here in Australia. I hope things continue to improve and the train network gets brought back to life.

@@adamknight5089 True. Tourism is playing a big part in Albanian economy right now. This year tourism it has been " booming" and made it possible that economic growth went to almost 4%, the highest in the region. It is tourism which helped Croatia and Montenegro prosper ahead of Serbia in economic terms despite Serbia's massive industry ( Europe is investing a lot there in order to keep Serbia closer to Europe and far from Russia). Hopefully Albania is going the same direction. We got some massive projects in place all around Albania, projects which will change the face of the country forever( ports - touristic and commercial alike, airports, highways, railways). In a small and vibrant country as Albania, these kind of projects will have huge impact. I should add the " black economy" unfortunately as well.....Even though not legal, the drug and trafficking money has had a lot of importance into economic growth. I believe this has been secretly the main promotor of the economic growth.....

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Thanks Margarita, it's not always practical to find scooter/small motorbike elsewhere. Thanks again for watching!

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@@SyifaAdriana ,you are welcome. I wrote what I felt.Happy vlogging.

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Thnx for coming to Albanian . That guy to the church it does give u an uncomfortable feeling . It was nice for him just to say hi and ask u if u need any help maybe u lost that’s it he shouldn’t be hanging aroudn with a alone lady tourist making her feeling uncomfortable . Definitely a weirdo

@@SyifaAdriana Thnx for coming to Albanian . That guy to the church it does give u an uncomfortable feeling . It was nice for him just to say hi and ask u if u need any help maybe u lost that’s it he shouldn’t be hanging aroudn with a alone lady tourist making her feeling uncomfortable . Definitely a weirdo

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@@SyifaAdriana Would love to see a trip to Morocco, it's one of the only African countries I would really like to visit.

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During communism it was a train that ran through mountains from Durres to Pogradec ( in the border with Macedonia). The railway system went completely bankrupt after the fall of communism and it has been abandoned for a long time. This year, the modernization of railway work ( high speed trains) has started in the main cities from Tirana - Durres and the plans are to improve all the old railways and build the new ones such as the one which will connect Durres with Prishtina ( Kosova). The railway tracks still exist in the Western areas of Albania, but they are so run down that they are not in use anymore for passengers. Hopefully very soon they will be rebuilt and put in good use. I loved the trains during communism and in such a country with a great and magnificent landscapes, a train ride is always a pleasure for your eyes.

Thanks a lot, Paul! Your comment makes me so happy as I stumbled upon the train station by chance. Thanks a lot for watching my video.

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