While I was in Pristina, Kosovo I took in a Ballet being performed by the National Ballet company. Very enjoyable, you should stop by if you get the chance. Start with video 1 and watch them all.
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Another video from my road trip through Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro and Croatia. Beautiful country, great people, rural and rugged more often than not. I loved it.
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Another video from my road trip through Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro and Croatia. Beautiful country, great people, rural and rugged more often than not. I loved it.
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So, are you looking for an interesting way to get from Bangkok to Pattaya? There doesn't appear to be any meaningful driving laws or speed limits other than try not to run people down or smash into anything. I took a bus from Bangkok’s Ekamai station to Pattaya so I could wander around one of the primary tourist meccas.
I spent several weeks tramping around the area, eating, talking to the locals and basically enjoying myself. It's busy most of the day throughout the city and especially on the walking street. There are taxis running around the clock so getting up and down the beach is easy. There are also busses that run from the Jomtien bus station to the airport in Bangkok. It’s inexpensive as well, something like $4 from the airport to Jomtien bus station. There is quite a bit to see in the area, some of it reasonable and some not. If you’re into Buddhist culture and temples there are more than a few to visit. The whole area is designed to keep tourist busy with indoor and outdoor shopping, eating and drinking, hanging out on the beach and other creative ways to burn up time.
Although the area isn’t terribly expensive, especially during the off season, if you get out of the tourist areas it’s very reasonable, even cheap. I would go to Pattaya at least once so you can say you went. Here are a few things I'll elaborate on in other videos.
Anek Kusala Sala – An elaborate temple you really should see
Big Buddha Mountain – A huge image of Buddha on a mountainside
Pattaya floating market – an elaborate floating market in pattaya
Halloween – a celebration in Pattaya
Ko Larn – a tourist mecca off the coast of Pattaya
Pattaya flat– where I stayed in Pattaya
Jomtien Condo – Another place I stayed and although I referred to it as Pattaya, it was actually in Jomtien
Floods in Pattaya – Pattaya flooded while I was there
Pattaya street performers – everyone is trying to make a living in Pattaya
Pattaya – the city itself
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This is just one of many videos I shot while visiting Walking Street in Pattaya, Thailand. If you get eh chance, at least stop by as the place is a magnet for lets just say "Interesting People"
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I spent some time in Tirana, Albania walking around the city, visiting with the locals, eating the food and shopping. It is a bit economically depressed but the city is alive and vibrant with activity. There is plenty to see if you explore the whole city and the people are friendly. I definitely suggest a visit if you get a chance. Head to Biloku for some entertainment while you're there.
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Watch all the videos from my trip to Istanbul, Turkey. It's an interesting place full of history. This first video has the narrative.
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I was on the walking street in Pattaya, Thailand during the evening and as you can imagine the environment brings out all types of people and I mean all types. People just hanging out, some trying to make a buck, others people watching, drinking and engaged in various types of activity. Every bar had women and ladyboys outside working to get the passersby to come in, some were sort of passive but others were rather aggressive. All were dressed provocatively or at a minimum in some interesting clothing combinations. If you want more info start with video 1
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Watch all the videos I took while walking around in Pattaya and Jomtien. It's an interesting place. During the morning the Thai people are hanging out and there are a few early morning riser tourists. As the day advances and moves into the evening a whole other type of lets say “interesting people crawl out of the woodwork” The main narrative is in the first post.
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I lived in Pristina, Kosovo for around 10 months and spent every spare minute visiting the country and surrounding area. It’s a fascinating place for a variety of reasons which I will cover in other videos and on my other sites, but include economics, culture, geographic location, politics and history. The war that gripped the country in the 1990s was still evident everywhere and I went on many tours of battle sites on my own and with groups.
Depending on who you ask and what interest they may have in the area, Kosovo occupies a unique place. Surrounded and landlocked by divergent cultures, religions and geography it is still gripped by the remnants of war and and processes set in place by Western European forces to set it up as an independent nation. The results of these processes remain to be seen, but during my time in the country I found the people to be generally friendly, accommodating and willing to share and inform you of their country and culture.
There is much to see in Kosovo as it has a rich history due to its location and has been controlled, governed or overrun by outside forces for centuries. The breakup of what was Yugoslavia thrust the entire region into economic and political chaos that eventually deteriorated into war. The area eventually broke up into its constituent parts along with their linguisitic and cultural boundaries as best they could as you can see while traveling. But, human nature, greed, politics the general myopic tendencies of humans have create borders that are or will be forever in dispute depending on which side of the cultural line you stand. These issues make the entire region a fascinating place to visit as each area struggles to define itself, safeguard what it sees as its domain and attempts to build an economy.
I think I mentioned I lived in Pristina for around 9 months and had quite a good time learning about the country, its people and cultures. What a fascinating place I learned quickly. As a whole it is quite conservative and although friendly I found it a challenge to walk up and start a conversation with a female. Seems that although it is possible depending on where you are, say a public place it is possible it ask questions but quite often there are language barriers as English doesn’t seem to be as prevalent as elsewhere although there are pockets within the population where this is possible.
Like I said earlier, the people are generally friendly and accommodating the location and surrounding activity will influence whether or how helpful they area. Nevetheless, I quite enjoyed my attempts to communicate and except for a few exceptions, the people would at least point to someone who could help me.
I spent time, from several hours to a day or more in many of the cities within Kosovo like Ivanijica, Ferizaj, Leposavic, Skenkeraj, Mitrovice, Prizren and Peje to name a few of the major ones. Each city was somewhat unique in the level of activity and diversity of cultures (Albanian and Serbian) and I found the whole experience unique and quite interesting. Many of the little villages are suspicious of outsiders but welcoming of Americans or Westerners if you’re in an Albanian area. If you find yourself in a Serbian controlled area they were generally distant and not all that interested in helping although they would sell me things when I was shopping.
I saw mosques, churches, museums, cathedrals, wineries and liquor production facilities that seem to be popular I think the drink is called Rakia which is a fruit brandy popular in the Balkans. There was a variety of types made out of everything from honey to prunes or basically whatever was locally available.
I visited a few of the battle sites from the events that took place during the 1990s making sure I was sensitive to all the sites and did not disrespect the locals as I felt I should. The entire country still bears the scars of war and I found quite a number of buildings and houses that had been destroyed.
As the country continues to develop and loosen the grip of outsiders it will be fascinating to see what transpires and this landlocked country evolves into independence.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time there and if given the chance I would spend more time touring the area and becoming more acquainted with the people and their cultures.
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