General information Hainan Island is a huge tropical island in the south of China, washed by the waters of the South China Sea. Hainan’s two main cities are the capital, Haikou, in the north of the island, and the resort city of Sanya in the south. Time on Hainan is 6 hours ahead of Ukraine... » read more
A tourist’s guide to Albania. Read this information carefully and be sure to double-check it before setting off on your trip (things may have changed; this guide is from 2021): Transfer After collecting your luggage, a representative of the receiving agency with a sign will be waiting for you at the exit of the airport... » read more
In this article I’ll tell you about excursions around Albania. Excursions in Albania are colourful and picturesque — more on them a little later; but first, a few words about the receiving agency, Aler Travel. (I apologise in advance for the long text, but I’ve simply blown a fuse.) After landing in Albania, we went... » read more
We’ve only just returned from Albania. In 2021 we chose a trip to Albania, specifically to the Primavera hotel. There were several reasons for choosing this trip to Albania: easy border crossing with no tests, vaccinations or anything else; the possibility of bringing in and flying a drone; mouth-watering descriptions of local dishes; beautiful nature... » read more
And it really is tasty in Albania! First, to make calculating prices easy: the dollar-to-lek rate is 1 to 100. That is, for 1 dollar you get 100 lek. We started our gastronomic tour of Albania at Tradicional zgara. I’d read about this small, inconspicuous restaurant in reviews of the hotel before we flew to... » read more