KOTOR - MONTENEGRO

Without ever planning on visiting Montenegro (I only discovered it had separated from Serbia in June whilst I was on the bus !) I somehow ended up there on the advice of various travellers I had met in Dubrovnick. In hindsight the country proved to be one of my favourites in eastern europe, primarily because of the really friendly people there but also because of the great scenery and top weather which I enjoyed during my brief 4 day stay. Having decided on the bus that I was not going to get off in Herceg Novi (despite my having only bought a ticket that far) and instead stayed on the bus until we reached Budva. The bus ride in itself proved to be quite an adventure as the bus driver was running very late and hence we found ourselves zipping around the narrow coastal road at excessive speeds and tail-gating any car that wasn´t matching our velocity... In addition the driver deemed it fit to abuse anyone and everyone at his leisure and managed to get almost all the passengers offside by the end of the trip.

Having arrived in Budva I found somewhere to stay and then had a quick look around the city. Two things became immediately apparent during my wanderings; firstly that Budva itself didn´t have much to offer (in terms of scenery) apart from the beach and secondly that the rich and beautiful had descended on the city to enjoy basking in the sun. I was very impressed with just how good looking the girls in particular were (most of them were Serbian) and concluded that they would even give the Argentines a run for their money in the beauty stakes.