Arriving early into Podgorica we checked into our hostel and caught up on a few hours sleep before venturing out. We wondered the city and the surrounding hills which took us the good part of the day. There isn’t much to see in Podgorica as it’s a pretty quiet capital especially on a Sunday - It had a bit of a ghost town vibe.
The next day the owner of the hostel and his friend drove us through the mountain pass to Kotor, stopping off at the former capital of Cetinje before driving up a mountain to a monastery that overlooks the bay of Kotor. The day was perfectly clear and we had great views from the top of the surrounding bays and mountains. The drive through the woods was beautiful as the autumn leaves were in full swing. From the monastery we drove down the serpentine road involving 25 switchbacks down the mountain before arriving in Kotor, the views along the way were quite impressive and at times a little scary.
We arrived in the stunning medieval town of Kotor where we found our hostel in the middle of old town which dates back some 2500 years ago, surviving multiple wars and invasions. We spent 3 days in Kotor which was a great place to pull up for a few days as the hostel was great fun and we enjoyed the old town. We took a bus north of Kotor to Perast where there is two man-made islands in the middle of the water, one with a monastery on it and the other a church. We took a boat out to have a look around the islands where we were able to get some great pictures.
We spent to afternoon climbing the fort of on the mountain above which is still really well preserved and overlooks the city below. After a few days in Kotor, some Rakia and dangerous drinking games we were off to Albania.
