Thanks Roger! We can only keep putting our work out there and hoping someone will notice us I guess! 😄 With a bit of funding we could create so many more videos / photo projects about this area of Albania alone, it just comes down to money and time
Someone comes from uk and shows me landscapes of my country that i have never seen so close😂. I'm albanian living in northern Italy and I do a lot of trekking in the Italian Alps, I am ashamed of not knowing my country🤦 thank you so much for these unforgettable views. You have to try it for yourself to understand the extraordinary nature of these experiences.
Thank you for watching! We hear this a lot actually haha I think we just love to find the most obscure and remote places in each country we visit. It's so much fun exploring the lesser known places for us.
Lovely video guys, looks like an absolutely stunning spot. Glad you're back home safe and sound, and great that you're still uploading these trips to keen everyone in lockdown entertained!
Thank you! Yeah we still have a few more episodes to release before we're back up to speed. Then we'll have to actually go out and start adventuring again :D
What an amazing episode you've produced, it must of been a right sickner to not have the sound for you but don't beat yourselves up over it, I've really enjoyed watching your experience over there thank you so much this is far better than what's on tv.
Thanks so much! That means a lot ☺️ We managed to work without the audio for this video but sadly it doesn’t bode well for the documentary project we were working on- we’ll just have to go back some day 😂
That’s the live of every Albanian alive begins we are strong people and so proud for our past and present and what’s to come ! Thanks for this documentary remains me my Childhood the way I grow up 🥰 even though now at my 34th year after 18 years abroad currently in uk London I miss those times when life was peaceful !!!! Respect for that grandma she is e Hero all Albanian mothers are heroes they have sacrificed they have worked so hard ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
WOW... thank you for taking us along on your adventures... this was beautiful to a place I’ll never get to see on my own....Fabulous documentary... really enjoyed!
The quality of your travelogue just gets better with every upload. I hope you get the chance to travel again soon, and take us all on your journeys. Love and peace to you both.
Thank you so much! We feel we're always improving with every video- our filming, our camera pieces and our editing techniques so it's really nice to hear that it shows. We can't wait to hit the road again once the lockdown is over and we've saved up some funds again! Same to you 🤙
Beautiful, beautiful video! Please guys show it to everyone you know so maybe a lot more British people will change their mind about Albanians. I mean it's sad but UK's media doesn't like Albanians much, does it? You are doing a great job
You would think you had gone back in time .brilliant to see how people live in different parts of the world .its fantastic you do this keep up the amazing work you do 💙❤
Fantastic footage, I don't know why this series hasn't been picked up by the mainstream. This is genuine exploring that ordinary people can do without enormous teams behind the camera. Your rapport with all the local people you meet shows the best in people. The lady's house on the plateau was immaculate, as was her hospitality. A shame one of the sheep was snacking on a blue plastic bag. These memories will remain with you for a lifetime. Thank you for sharing it with us. Once this crisis is over do you have any further plans for trips. If I could suggest something for you is that perhaps you do a small special explaining how to become a patrean so you can contine doing this and what it involves. I am now so envious of your life choices I wish I had done this before I got sucked into mortgages and marriage! Keep up this fascinating journal and I hope you are both safe and well. Guy. P.s. you forgot a warning about vertical drops!
Thank you very much! We’d love to be able to do this full time eventually and reach even further afield places too. We do have plans to embark on a huge journey for our next trip but will require a lot of saving / planning and we have a few things we need to sort out here in the UK before hand too. That’s a good shout, we’ll have a look at doing that once this series is all tied up. Thank you so much for watching and for the feedback too! All the best Lucy and Ben
What an amazing place! Unreal footage, you have captured that place beautifully! Sorry to hear about the interview audio - technology at its worst! Keep safe M&C! ❤️🚐👍
Very great video. Absolutely beautiful view and you two have special respect for taking your time to show us those remote places that not everyone has the chance to visit. ♥️
Thanks so much! To be honest if we had the funding we’d be doing this kind of video all the time, it really is an interest of ours and a not very well known topic either. We could happily spend a month or more filming in this region alone!
Hi, so glad you enjoyed the video! We’d love to return to this area and meet some more people, it’s one of the most amazing and interesting places we’ve visited. What a beautiful place to grow up
Hi guys, I came across your channel just before lockdown, I've been on Furlough for 3 months now, so I've become addicted with getting up to date with your fantastic journey, this vlog was amazing & that climb up into the mountains to visit the old lady was crazy, I could never imagine living up there & to be so isolated, what would happen if she had an accident or become ill, absolute shame you lost the audio from her interview... I take my hat off to you both (if I wore one) driving on those unmade roads in your trusty old LDV 🚐💨💨 I've actually got into vanlife since watching you & fancy having a go myself, you'd think I would have had enough of driving after being a trucker for 40yrs... Anyway guys, keep up the great work, looking forward to the next part of your adventure... Stay Safe...😷✌
Hi, thanks so much for the lovely comment! So pleased to hear you’ve been enjoying our videos, and this one is a particularly favourite of ours! The way these people live is fascinating. We learned on our last trip to Albania that if someone in the mountains gets ill or has an accident they must take a mule down to the nearest point of public transport and basically get to the hospital the long way because there is no other way. They receive very limited healthcare as a result of their remote location, although most of them do live to a very old age because they’re so fit from working the land. We quite like the idea of trucking and long distance driving- you’d probably find travelling in a van quite relaxing and easy by comparison! Next video’s out on Sunday, we hope you enjoy ☺️
Hey guys i have recently watched some of the videos and they are great shows true Albania currently in uk from the virus cant wait to get back home north in kukes a must visit for you too👍
Thank you! Yes we would much rather be back in Albania too, hope we can return soon enough! We wanted to visit Kukes last time but ran out of time, next visit for sure :D
You are more than simple wanderers.you seem to have quite sympathetic attitude towards the suffering people. Please explore more rural areas for me----- a curious viewer and your admirer.
Even without the interview you got an absolutely superb video. How old do you think Aga is? Does she work the farm alone without a husband, parents, or children? When you were walking (especially down) I was thinking how easy it would be to pull a muscle or twist an ankle and imagining the consequences of doing that halfway along. Could you get a dirt bike along those tracks? I think a mule would be far better than walking, but I'm a lazy b. It's a stunning place but I couldn't stick living somewhere like that. Best wishes to you both, and it goes without saying that I'm eagerly looking forward to your next video. Many thanks for sharing your work.
Thanks so much! ☺️ We’d probably put Age at around 40-50 at a guess, she has a husband who was away in Tirana when we visited and a daughter who was away studying so she was holding down the fort alone! Yeah that path was treacherous, we would not recommend doing anything of this sort without a guide as you could easily get lost (or probably wouldn’t know where to begin in the first place). It is amazing how the people that live there know all the routes across the mountains, because there’s still a single signpost telling you the way. Even if you could ride a bike at the top of the mountain there’s no way you could ride one up, it would be very difficult and probably too steep and loose to attempt, plus there are sections where you’re just climbing over rock. It would be a serious commitment to decide to move somewhere like that, but if that’s all you’ve ever known I guess you don’t really consider that. Next video will also be focussing on this area of Albania, although probably a bit shorter one as we got rained off while filming 😅
Another cracking video and really enjoying the photography. Even got my 14 year old son interested in your videos now! Can't wait for the next episode 😁
Great video! Really enjoyed that one, that honestly looked like one hell of a hike, god can you imagine trying to haul your groceries up the hill if you stocked up for winter like she was planning? That's some serious tenacity. The waterfall looked stunning as well. You guys always seem to find the crazy roads though 😆. That poor van. Reallllly enjoyed your videography with this one. Sucks the audio didn't work out but the footage you did get looks amazing. I bet you can't wait to get back out and film more once this is all over! I know I'm itching for the road
Thanks Grace! It's crazy isn't it? Tenacity is definitely a trait required to live in those mountains! She probably leaves some of it at the bottom of the hill and makes multiple trips, or maybe takes a mule- there's only so much one person can carry at once we imagine. We're so pleased with how all the filming (and photography) came out, and we learned so much about this region from our guide. We think the Albanian government owes us some new suspension for our van by this point... 😂
Honestly I didn't even notice any audio issues. I had that happen once, I interviewed my photography teacher with my new Go Pro hero 6 and I didn't switch the mic setting to external mic DOH! After that I trained myself to make many small clips when making a video . That way if any audio issues happen, it isn't a loss of an entire days work. No fun :>) Cheers! Nice drone footage btw.
Really cool videos. It's rare that I comment, but really. So refreshing to see some good travel videos that aren't horribly cheesy with the typical, horrible commercial music.
Oh guys thats such a shame about the footage, felt really sorry for you. We still enjoyed this video a lot, it's like watching our travel adventures through your eyes. We stayed at the same park up, drove that same crazy road with that huge puddle/lake in the road, experienced the absolute madness of Shkoder. Your videos are definitely making us want to go back to Albania and thats after I (Laura) said never again.
Haha thank you! It’s still a sore spot even now 😂 Albania has a way of pulling you in doesn’t it. We hope you guys get to visit again someday and we hope that everything is still okay for you where you are 🤞
Epic adventure! I was wondering how you keep your equipment charged and upload etc. while on the road. Also what equipment do you use? I would love a video on the tec stuff! As for the sound now you know why they are called accursed mountains LOL 😕
Thank you! We will definitely do a video explaining what equipment we use if people would like to see that. Yeah we really screwed up on the sound but lesson firmly learnt lol. I'll post a link to the gear we use here and we will get around to doing a kit video once this series is finished. Cheers! www.amazon.co.uk/shop/fromrusttoroadtrip
Thank you! Unfortunately the audio isn’t salvageable as the mic simply wasn’t plugged in properly so it’s just static and very muffled talking, it would be impossible to get a clear recording out of it. Oh well, we’ll just have to go back!
OMG The audio failed! Feel your pain! GRRRRR. Still it was an amazing film which brilliantly expressed what it is like to live there. Really enjoyable film. Thanks.
So frustrating! We're still gutted about it even now. But it's a good reason to return to the area! Thank you so much for watching and for the feedback. So chuffed that it came across how we'd planned.
That’s a great way of putting it! It really does feel like stepping back in time there and just amazing how people still live like nothing’s changed over hundreds of years
@@FromRustToRoadtrip The culture is very special to as you have probably noticed the eagerness to be hospitable for a guest. If your interested in knowing more, there is a book that describes how these village communities functioned when they were more populated. Link to the book: www.amazon.co.uk/Kanuni-Leke-Dukagjinit-Code-Dukagjini/dp/0962214108/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=kanuni+i+leke+dukagjinit&qid=1589736626&quartzVehicle=77-976&replacementKeywords=kanuni+leke+dukagjinit&sr=8-1
I hope the work is still being carried out by the amazing charities, volunteers and others who care for the mistreated animals of Albania. There are a lot!!
Oh my goodness, the sheep eating the plastic bag! I don't imagine there is a vet nearby.... This is exactly the kind of village I want to live in. Where I am right now there used to be more cows than people too, but then came the paved roads, then city water supply, then a fire department, then widen and straighten the roads, rebuild the bridges. Now I am surrounded by pink houses, mountains blown to pieces, and the traffic is obscene on weekends as I am 2 minutes from the sea. And the corresponding decline in morals and ethics, and increase in greed and self centredness. We used to leave our doors open and people would just drop in, but now everything has to be firmly locked. I've lived here all my life, but no more. I am concerned that Albania may not be protecting enough land in the way of parks etc as they are encouraging so much 'progress'. If you look at how much protected land there is on the north Spanish coast, they had the right idea. Thanks for making this! Bless you both. :)
Can’t agree with you more with everything you’ve said! And we’re surprised you’re the first person to notice the sheep eating the plastic bag! These are all the reasons why we don’t feel we belong in the UK; it’s overpopulated, overdeveloped and no longer enjoyable to live in. And that’s why we love Albania and the Balkans so much, but we can already see Albania heading down a dark path, and once these natural areas have been developed there’s no going back. Tricky though, as we know it’s a poor country and needs the income generated by tourism, but there must be a more sustainable way of progressing. Without sounding selfish we don’t want Albania to change! We love it just as it is; let’s hope they realise before it’s too late
I wouldn't beat yourselves up about losing some audio. You still managed to make an brilliant episode! I guess you can't be far off the point when you had to high tail it home?
Thank you, yeah we are surprised how we managed to pull it back, unfortunately it’s a huge step back for our documentary project which we do need the audio for. Think we have another 3-4 videos to come before we’re up to date with being back in the UK, including our mad dash home!
Such a g8 episode guys! Think the comments nail it. Time to contact the TV people / Netflix / Vice & start planning post covid! Tip top. Ur quite the pairing. U need rewarding $$ coz we want more! Ad was good too (but only 1?). Get planning!
Wow thanks for that! We’ve got so many ideas for the next adventure. Will require lots of planning and a lot of dollar but we’re determined to make it happen. If we had backing from one of those guys it would be awesome haha
@@FromRustToRoadtrip Sounds great! If not its their loss. hahaha. Maybe you could add some other types of ads, like euro tunnel referral program (saw Kinging It include it in their travels - reach out to them 4 ideas, they seem nice) & some van insurance with similar stuff of wot ur doing. If you could weave in some benefits into your plans for $$ / referrals or something free / jazzy for clickbait im sure u 2 will take off. But subscribers r king & so i reckon u start hitting up docu / show places...Quibi even maybe or a platform like it. Anyhoo, late ramblings, lol. Goodluck & stay safe : P
The village should open up to ecco-tourism - offer traditional food and lodging along with a wicked hike. I'd love to spend a night up there under the stars - Very unique experience!
Hi guys...you doing a wonderful jod with these remote villages, I hope on day you guys would come back as British ambassadors ..these people are Albanian's the last of mohicans as we know it...i come from Mat county Diber North East of albania along Macedonia border...i left 25 years go in search for better life because of the hars terrain and weather, and my mum at 75 years old and she still lives there with the old fashion...i now live in Cambridgeshire in England...in the future if you do visit albania, County Diber is worth visiting...its reach in history, its a mining erea as well as isolated villages by road and by the weather, they are covered in snow up to 4 to 6 months...places like Krasta. Martanesh. Luzni. Golloborda erea which they speak Bulgarian because of more than 500 years of isolation, its a fascinating region...so keep up the good work guys...🇦🇱👐🇬🇧👐🇦🇱👐🇬🇧
Hey, thanks for the recommendations and really glad you liked the video! There are so many more fascinating areas of Albania, and we need more time to explore them all! We will definitely visit the places you’ve recommended next time we’re in the country (hopefully as soon as possible). It’s no wonder people leave behind such difficult living conditions although the people who stay are very admirable- it’s not something you’d see in the UK for sure! Thanks again for the lovely comment ☺️
Thanks Mike! Appreciate it 😄 Glad you enjoyed the video, it's one of our favourites for sure (although we do say that about all of them to be fair haha)
You guys obviously love to get off the beacon track to remote areas ( well remote for Europe at least) May I suggest you ditch the van buy some Mountain bikes and then explore. Believe me its the only way to travel.
We definitely do! Ben can’t wait to get himself another bike and explore, me I end up arse over handlebars just on a flat road 😂 But even a mountain bike wouldn’t make it up to some of these villages, we’d surely topple off the edge trying I think!
I am looking for a small cheap house in the countryside, with a piece of land and a stream of water running through the property or bordering it. It should also be close to the ocean (within 100km distance).
Beautiful video. Fun fact: Shkodra used to have a bicycle factory, where most of its people worked, during the communist regime and its nick name is CITY OF BICYCLES because everybody rode bikes there and there were no private cars at that time either. Now that cars have taken over those bikers might still feel they own the roads. I wouldn't mind if there were more bikers than cars though.
Thank you! And that’s very interesting. We’ve never seen so many bicycles or so many people who don’t know how to ride them on a road 😂 It’s quite tricky driving through when they’re coming at you the wrong way round a roundabout for example haha
I am Albanian and have been all over the country. I agree "roads" are treacherous and best traversed by mule or horse. I now live in the United States where my father was born. People here complain about a single pot hole in the road.🤣🤣😂
Our thoughts exactly... about two days too late! We usually always record on two cameras and always do a sound check but for some reason (exhaustion? Excitement?) we didn’t do either on this shoot. We certainly won’t make that mistake again!
Kelmend - the land of the brave / honor / loyalty / wise / freedom loving people where the ottomans were NEVER allowed in order to keep their language / land / culture / religion Love my people
+READ ME+ We are home in the UK now, not currently travelling anywhere due to the virus outbreak. We really hope you enjoyed this week’s travelogue! We'd love to hear what you think in the comments. If you enjoyed it, don’t forget to share, like and subscribe! Check out our Patreon for early access to content and help us keep making more films. www.patreon.com/fromrusttoroadtrip The resulting photo documentary essay “Outlands” is available to view here: www.lbjournals.com/outlands-albania-ii See you on the next one 🙌
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@@FromRustToRoadtrip you do have filmmaking skills, I can see how much work you put in and I wish you luck. Just change the Angela rippon voice over and I'll shut up. Lol
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Its crazy what the ancient albanians had to do to avoid south slavic, turkic assimilation
Can't believe you two haven't been snapped up by one of the major TV channels yet, your videos are so inspiring and factual.
Thanks Roger! We can only keep putting our work out there and hoping someone will notice us I guess! 😄 With a bit of funding we could create so many more videos / photo projects about this area of Albania alone, it just comes down to money and time
National Geographic needs to hire you two. Thanks for another amazing virtual trip. 👍
That would be a dream come true! Pleased you enjoyed it 🙏
Nat geo is a sham
You can be more legit and successful being independent
Don’t sell out!
Que maravilla de paisajes y cuánta buena gente 🤗❤️
Someone comes from uk and shows me landscapes of my country that i have never seen so close😂. I'm albanian living in northern Italy and I do a lot of trekking in the Italian Alps, I am ashamed of not knowing my country🤦
thank you so much for these unforgettable views. You have to try it for yourself to understand the extraordinary nature of these experiences.
Thank you for watching! We hear this a lot actually haha I think we just love to find the most obscure and remote places in each country we visit. It's so much fun exploring the lesser known places for us.
Live on brother Love the world.take people as they are not what they try to project
Albania is absolutely fantastic! ❣️
Love this country ❤😪
Thank you guys, you are lovely.
Amazing video.
Iam from india your albania mountain vlogs exlant and keep tape
You guys are awesome keep up the great work/lifestyle few ever find yourself in Santa Barbara come by say hi
Yay! So glad to see this fabulous film. I was worried Ha !
So pleased you liked it 😃
Lovely video guys, looks like an absolutely stunning spot. Glad you're back home safe and sound, and great that you're still uploading these trips to keen everyone in lockdown entertained!
Thank you! Yeah we still have a few more episodes to release before we're back up to speed. Then we'll have to actually go out and start adventuring again :D
Absolutli a fantastisk video but I think all you video from Albania is great
Thanks a lot!
What an amazing episode you've produced, it must of been a right sickner to not have the sound for you but don't beat yourselves up over it, I've really enjoyed watching your experience over there thank you so much this is far better than what's on tv.
Thanks so much! That means a lot ☺️ We managed to work without the audio for this video but sadly it doesn’t bode well for the documentary project we were working on- we’ll just have to go back some day 😂
That’s the live of every Albanian alive begins we are strong people and so proud for our past and present and what’s to come ! Thanks for this documentary remains me my Childhood the way I grow up 🥰 even though now at my 34th year after 18 years abroad currently in uk London I miss those times when life was peaceful !!!!
Respect for that grandma she is e Hero all Albanian mothers are heroes they have sacrificed they have worked so hard ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Very interesting and enjoyable.
I also enjoyed the history of the mountain people.
Thank you! It's a fascinating history in this area
Stunning place!!
WOW... thank you for taking us along on your adventures... this was beautiful to a place I’ll never get to see on my own....Fabulous documentary... really enjoyed!
Thank you so much we’re pleased you enjoyed it 😃
The quality of your travelogue just gets better with every upload. I hope you get the chance to travel again soon, and take us all on your journeys. Love and peace to you both.
Thank you so much! We feel we're always improving with every video- our filming, our camera pieces and our editing techniques so it's really nice to hear that it shows. We can't wait to hit the road again once the lockdown is over and we've saved up some funds again! Same to you 🤙
Amazing channel great videos always exited for the next one thank you for the great videos ❤️👍🏻
Excellent as always guys 👍😎
Thank you 🙏
Beautiful, beautiful video! Please guys show it to everyone you know so maybe a lot more British people will change their mind about Albanians. I mean it's sad but UK's media doesn't like Albanians much, does it? You are doing a great job
Appreciate your efforts!!! still rather you than me!! lol One hell of a climb. what ana mazing lady in the village.
Thank you 😃 haha it was such a hard walk but now we’ve forgotten just how hard we’d probably do it again 😜
@@FromRustToRoadtrip Ha that's like childbirth!
You would think you had gone back in time .brilliant to see how people live in different parts of the world .its fantastic you do this keep up the amazing work you do 💙❤
Yes it does feel like you’re travelling through time in the mountains it’s such a surreal place to visit. Thanks for watching 🙏
Fantastic footage, I don't know why this series hasn't been picked up by the mainstream. This is genuine exploring that ordinary people can do without enormous teams behind the camera. Your rapport with all the local people you meet shows the best in people. The lady's house on the plateau was immaculate, as was her hospitality. A shame one of the sheep was snacking on a blue plastic bag. These memories will remain with you for a lifetime. Thank you for sharing it with us. Once this crisis is over do you have any further plans for trips. If I could suggest something for you is that perhaps you do a small special explaining how to become a patrean so you can contine doing this and what it involves. I am now so envious of your life choices I wish I had done this before I got sucked into mortgages and marriage! Keep up this fascinating journal and I hope you are both safe and well. Guy.
P.s. you forgot a warning about vertical drops!
Thank you very much! We’d love to be able to do this full time eventually and reach even further afield places too.
We do have plans to embark on a huge journey for our next trip but will require a lot of saving / planning and we have a few things we need to sort out here in the UK before hand too.
That’s a good shout, we’ll have a look at doing that once this series is all tied up.
Thank you so much for watching and for the feedback too! All the best Lucy and Ben
So happy to see my birthplace , thanks so much you guys for the video and for visiting those people 😘
It’s a beautiful area of Albania full of amazing people, we would love to return some day soon ☺️
Timed it perfectly guys. just made a fresh brew and got the notification. Noice!
Haha we love it when things come together like that- enjoy! ☕️
What an amazing place! Unreal footage, you have captured that place beautifully! Sorry to hear about the interview audio - technology at its worst! Keep safe M&C! ❤️🚐👍
Thanks guys, appreciate that! Hope you are both safe and having a good time
Thank you very much for visiting Albania your videos are amazing you explore a lot of amazing side well done guys🙏🇦🇱🇦🇱🇽🇰🇽🇰
Thank you! We love the country so much and cannot wait to return again one day
Very great video. Absolutely beautiful view and you two have special respect for taking your time to show us those remote places that not everyone has the chance to visit. ♥️
Thanks so much! To be honest if we had the funding we’d be doing this kind of video all the time, it really is an interest of ours and a not very well known topic either. We could happily spend a month or more filming in this region alone!
You are doing a really good job, very interesting, many thanks.
Thank you so much ☺️
I really enjoyed this episode! Thanks for sharing the adventure!
Thanks for watching 🙏
Yayyyyyyyyy new episode of Little tooth. Thumbs up 👍
Thank you for showing us new perspectives of "the world".
Thank you for watching! 😄
Great video and well narrated. Thanks for sharing
Thank you! Much appreciated 😄
Thank you guys for sharing this. I am actually from that area and it felt so good to watch this video.
Hi, so glad you enjoyed the video! We’d love to return to this area and meet some more people, it’s one of the most amazing and interesting places we’ve visited. What a beautiful place to grow up
Loved this one! Well done!
Hi guys,
I came across your channel just before lockdown, I've been on Furlough for 3 months now, so I've become addicted with getting up to date with your fantastic journey, this vlog was amazing & that climb up into the mountains to visit the old lady was crazy, I could never imagine living up there & to be so isolated, what would happen if she had an accident or become ill, absolute shame you lost the audio from her interview...
I take my hat off to you both (if I wore one) driving on those unmade roads in your trusty old LDV 🚐💨💨
I've actually got into vanlife since watching you & fancy having a go myself, you'd think I would have had enough of driving after being a trucker for 40yrs...
Anyway guys, keep up the great work, looking forward to the next part of your adventure...
Stay Safe...😷✌
Hi, thanks so much for the lovely comment! So pleased to hear you’ve been enjoying our videos, and this one is a particularly favourite of ours! The way these people live is fascinating. We learned on our last trip to Albania that if someone in the mountains gets ill or has an accident they must take a mule down to the nearest point of public transport and basically get to the hospital the long way because there is no other way. They receive very limited healthcare as a result of their remote location, although most of them do live to a very old age because they’re so fit from working the land.
We quite like the idea of trucking and long distance driving- you’d probably find travelling in a van quite relaxing and easy by comparison!
Next video’s out on Sunday, we hope you enjoy ☺️
Thank you for visiting Albania! 🙏
We hope to come back soon! It's one of our favourite countries by far :)
Thanks for using our music at the end of this video. We love your films and are enjoying how you use our music :)
That’s great to hear! Your music just has this worldly traveller vibe that fits perfectly with our videos, thanks for letting us use it! ☺️
Thanks for another really interesting video xx
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
Excellent video very detailed and well edited! I will check out the rest of your videos
Awesome, thank you!
Need weeks spent up there in the summer.
footage after spending some time there would be superb
Another great vid
Thank you!
There is always another time!! Great videos thanks
Thank you 🙏
Hey guys i have recently watched some of the videos and they are great shows true Albania currently in uk from the virus cant wait to get back home north in kukes a must visit for you too👍
Thank you! Yes we would much rather be back in Albania too, hope we can return soon enough! We wanted to visit Kukes last time but ran out of time, next visit for sure :D
It was still an awesome video guys. If you hadn't mentioned the missing audio we wouldnt have missed it.. Stay strong xxx
Thank you! We are pleased with how it came out in the end ☺️
ahhh the lady was so nice, this video made me happy. thank you guys for making this awesome video ☺️
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. The Albanians are just the loveliest people, so hospitable
You are more than simple wanderers.you seem to have quite sympathetic attitude towards the suffering people. Please explore more rural areas for me----- a curious viewer and your admirer.
Thank you, that’s very kind of you! We hope to be doing plenty more of this in the future, we just need to save up the funds to do it first ☺️
Even without the interview you got an absolutely superb video. How old do you think Aga is? Does she work the farm alone without a husband, parents, or children? When you were walking (especially down) I was thinking how easy it would be to pull a muscle or twist an ankle and imagining the consequences of doing that halfway along. Could you get a dirt bike along those tracks? I think a mule would be far better than walking, but I'm a lazy b.
It's a stunning place but I couldn't stick living somewhere like that.
Best wishes to you both, and it goes without saying that I'm eagerly looking forward to your next video.
Many thanks for sharing your work.
Thanks so much! ☺️
We’d probably put Age at around 40-50 at a guess, she has a husband who was away in Tirana when we visited and a daughter who was away studying so she was holding down the fort alone! Yeah that path was treacherous, we would not recommend doing anything of this sort without a guide as you could easily get lost (or probably wouldn’t know where to begin in the first place). It is amazing how the people that live there know all the routes across the mountains, because there’s still a single signpost telling you the way. Even if you could ride a bike at the top of the mountain there’s no way you could ride one up, it would be very difficult and probably too steep and loose to attempt, plus there are sections where you’re just climbing over rock.
It would be a serious commitment to decide to move somewhere like that, but if that’s all you’ve ever known I guess you don’t really consider that.
Next video will also be focussing on this area of Albania, although probably a bit shorter one as we got rained off while filming 😅
Another cracking video and really enjoying the photography. Even got my 14 year old son interested in your videos now! Can't wait for the next episode 😁
That's so nice to hear! Thank you
Great video! Really enjoyed that one, that honestly looked like one hell of a hike, god can you imagine trying to haul your groceries up the hill if you stocked up for winter like she was planning? That's some serious tenacity. The waterfall looked stunning as well. You guys always seem to find the crazy roads though 😆.
That poor van. Reallllly enjoyed your videography with this one. Sucks the audio didn't work out but the footage you did get looks amazing. I bet you can't wait to get back out and film more once this is all over! I know I'm itching for the road
Thanks Grace! It's crazy isn't it? Tenacity is definitely a trait required to live in those mountains! She probably leaves some of it at the bottom of the hill and makes multiple trips, or maybe takes a mule- there's only so much one person can carry at once we imagine. We're so pleased with how all the filming (and photography) came out, and we learned so much about this region from our guide.
We think the Albanian government owes us some new suspension for our van by this point... 😂
Honestly I didn't even notice any audio issues. I had that happen once, I interviewed my photography teacher with my new Go Pro hero 6 and I didn't switch the mic setting to external mic DOH! After that I trained myself to make many small clips when making a video . That way if any audio issues happen, it isn't a loss of an entire days work. No fun :>) Cheers! Nice drone footage btw.
Really cool videos. It's rare that I comment, but really. So refreshing to see some good travel videos that aren't horribly cheesy with the typical, horrible commercial music.
Thank you so much ☺️
Oh guys thats such a shame about the footage, felt really sorry for you. We still enjoyed this video a lot, it's like watching our travel adventures through your eyes. We stayed at the same park up, drove that same crazy road with that huge puddle/lake in the road, experienced the absolute madness of Shkoder. Your videos are definitely making us want to go back to Albania and thats after I (Laura) said never again.
Haha thank you! It’s still a sore spot even now 😂
Albania has a way of pulling you in doesn’t it. We hope you guys get to visit again someday and we hope that everything is still okay for you where you are 🤞
Epic adventure! I was wondering how you keep your equipment charged and upload etc. while on the road. Also what equipment do you use? I would love a video on the tec stuff! As for the sound now you know why they are called accursed mountains LOL 😕
Thank you! We will definitely do a video explaining what equipment we use if people would like to see that. Yeah we really screwed up on the sound but lesson firmly learnt lol. I'll post a link to the gear we use here and we will get around to doing a kit video once this series is finished. Cheers!
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Another wonderful video! .. What a shame about the audio being wasted .. can anyone sort it for you? .... Gorgeous sunset and ruggidness again :))
Thank you! Unfortunately the audio isn’t salvageable as the mic simply wasn’t plugged in properly so it’s just static and very muffled talking, it would be impossible to get a clear recording out of it. Oh well, we’ll just have to go back!
1:00 in and I am like wow
Fantastic introduction
Thank you! 🥰
OMG The audio failed! Feel your pain! GRRRRR. Still it was an amazing film which brilliantly expressed what it is like to live there. Really enjoyable film. Thanks.
So frustrating! We're still gutted about it even now. But it's a good reason to return to the area! Thank you so much for watching and for the feedback. So chuffed that it came across how we'd planned.
For both of you.....you are the best.
I am coming to Albania in April to see how life is going there
My father comes from a similar area east of where you are now. Its one of the few places I know that you can timetravel.
That’s a great way of putting it! It really does feel like stepping back in time there and just amazing how people still live like nothing’s changed over hundreds of years
@@FromRustToRoadtrip The culture is very special to as you have probably noticed the eagerness to be hospitable for a guest. If your interested in knowing more, there is a book that describes how these village communities functioned when they were more populated.
Link to the book: www.amazon.co.uk/Kanuni-Leke-Dukagjinit-Code-Dukagjini/dp/0962214108/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=kanuni+i+leke+dukagjinit&qid=1589736626&quartzVehicle=77-976&replacementKeywords=kanuni+leke+dukagjinit&sr=8-1
beautifull,,wish I was there
I hope the work is still being carried out by the amazing charities, volunteers and others who care for the mistreated animals of Albania. There are a lot!!
That's way Is called mule otherwise was called doctor😄😄😄
Amazing video as usual guys
Oh my goodness, the sheep eating the plastic bag! I don't imagine there is a vet nearby....
This is exactly the kind of village I want to live in. Where I am right now there used to be more cows than people too, but then came the paved roads, then city water supply, then a fire department, then widen and straighten the roads, rebuild the bridges. Now I am surrounded by pink houses, mountains blown to pieces, and the traffic is obscene on weekends as I am 2 minutes from the sea. And the corresponding decline in morals and ethics, and increase in greed and self centredness. We used to leave our doors open and people would just drop in, but now everything has to be firmly locked. I've lived here all my life, but no more.
I am concerned that Albania may not be protecting enough land in the way of parks etc as they are encouraging so much 'progress'. If you look at how much protected land there is on the north Spanish coast, they had the right idea.
Thanks for making this! Bless you both. :)
Can’t agree with you more with everything you’ve said! And we’re surprised you’re the first person to notice the sheep eating the plastic bag!
These are all the reasons why we don’t feel we belong in the UK; it’s overpopulated, overdeveloped and no longer enjoyable to live in. And that’s why we love Albania and the Balkans so much, but we can already see Albania heading down a dark path, and once these natural areas have been developed there’s no going back. Tricky though, as we know it’s a poor country and needs the income generated by tourism, but there must be a more sustainable way of progressing. Without sounding selfish we don’t want Albania to change! We love it just as it is; let’s hope they realise before it’s too late
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I wouldn't beat yourselves up about losing some audio. You still managed to make an brilliant episode! I guess you can't be far off the point when you had to high tail it home?
Thank you, yeah we are surprised how we managed to pull it back, unfortunately it’s a huge step back for our documentary project which we do need the audio for. Think we have another 3-4 videos to come before we’re up to date with being back in the UK, including our mad dash home!
for the interviews, you should always record also with your iPhone (double voice record)
Wow what s church 😻
Soon after a month we will set foot on the land of Albania and see how life is there as we love to visit please let us know.(Matthew -USA
Amazing, enjoy!
Such a g8 episode guys! Think the comments nail it. Time to contact the TV people / Netflix / Vice & start planning post covid!
Tip top. Ur quite the pairing. U need rewarding $$ coz we want more! Ad was good too (but only 1?).
Get planning!
Wow thanks for that! We’ve got so many ideas for the next adventure. Will require lots of planning and a lot of dollar but we’re determined to make it happen. If we had backing from one of those guys it would be awesome haha
@@FromRustToRoadtrip Sounds great! If not its their loss. hahaha.
Maybe you could add some other types of ads, like euro tunnel referral program (saw Kinging It include it in their travels - reach out to them 4 ideas, they seem nice) & some van insurance with similar stuff of wot ur doing.
If you could weave in some benefits into your plans for $$ / referrals or something free / jazzy for clickbait im sure u 2 will take off.
But subscribers r king & so i reckon u start hitting up docu / show places...Quibi even maybe or a platform like it.
Anyhoo, late ramblings, lol.
Goodluck & stay safe : P
Well done
Beautiful 😍 #wanderlustdelicacies
The village should open up to ecco-tourism - offer traditional food and lodging along with a wicked hike. I'd love to spend a night up there under the stars - Very unique experience!
Brilliant
Thank you
Hi guys...you doing a wonderful jod with these remote villages, I hope on day you guys would come back as British ambassadors ..these people are Albanian's the last of mohicans as we know it...i come from Mat county Diber North East of albania along Macedonia border...i left 25 years go in search for better life because of the hars terrain and weather, and my mum at 75 years old and she still lives there with the old fashion...i now live in Cambridgeshire in England...in the future if you do visit albania, County Diber is worth visiting...its reach in history, its a mining erea as well as isolated villages by road and by the weather, they are covered in snow up to 4 to 6 months...places like Krasta. Martanesh. Luzni. Golloborda erea which they speak Bulgarian because of more than 500 years of isolation, its a fascinating region...so keep up the good work guys...🇦🇱👐🇬🇧👐🇦🇱👐🇬🇧
Hey, thanks for the recommendations and really glad you liked the video! There are so many more fascinating areas of Albania, and we need more time to explore them all! We will definitely visit the places you’ve recommended next time we’re in the country (hopefully as soon as possible). It’s no wonder people leave behind such difficult living conditions although the people who stay are very admirable- it’s not something you’d see in the UK for sure! Thanks again for the lovely comment ☺️
I am so happy I am Danish in denmark we have nov mountain weel done
Thank you for watching
fab
Beautiful Country, but them mountains.. Thems not a patch on the Cornish alps ;0)
😂 Ain't no Brown Willy
Not white enough....
hey its Mike forager subbing from my other channel because you rock so much
Thanks Mike! Appreciate it 😄 Glad you enjoyed the video, it's one of our favourites for sure (although we do say that about all of them to be fair haha)
You guys obviously love to get off the beacon track to remote areas ( well remote for Europe at least) May I suggest you ditch the van buy some Mountain bikes and then explore. Believe me its the only way to travel.
We definitely do! Ben can’t wait to get himself another bike and explore, me I end up arse over handlebars just on a flat road 😂 But even a mountain bike wouldn’t make it up to some of these villages, we’d surely topple off the edge trying I think!
How the hell did she get all the things up there, fire, furniture, freezer, tv, etc.
She and her husband carried them up on sticks- took them four hours!
10:00 sad to see that bottle of raid
Poison everywhere in the world
I am looking for a small cheap house in the countryside, with a piece of land and a stream of water running through the property or bordering it. It should also be close to the ocean (within 100km distance).
I think with 25.000 or 30.000 euro you can find a nice Place with a small Castle house
Beautiful video.
Fun fact: Shkodra used to have a bicycle factory, where most of its people worked, during the communist regime and its nick name is CITY OF BICYCLES because everybody rode bikes there and there were no private cars at that time either. Now that cars have taken over those bikers might still feel they own the roads. I wouldn't mind if there were more bikers than cars though.
Thank you! And that’s very interesting. We’ve never seen so many bicycles or so many people who don’t know how to ride them on a road 😂 It’s quite tricky driving through when they’re coming at you the wrong way round a roundabout for example haha
I am Albanian and have been all over the country. I agree "roads" are treacherous and best traversed by mule or horse. I now live in the United States where my father was born. People here complain about a single pot hole in the road.🤣🤣😂
Haha very true! We never complain about English roads after having been to Albania 😂 Thanks for watching!
Saying after the event, make a second sound recording, maybe on a phone. Such a shame. 👍
Our thoughts exactly... about two days too late! We usually always record on two cameras and always do a sound check but for some reason (exhaustion? Excitement?) we didn’t do either on this shoot. We certainly won’t make that mistake again!
what month is this?
This was February 2020
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Kelmend - the land of the brave / honor / loyalty / wise / freedom loving people where the ottomans were NEVER allowed in order to keep their language / land / culture / religion
Love my people
Live honour
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You're becoming better than National Geographic 👏
Aaw you’re too kind! Working with NatGeo would be the dream ❤️
They are a sham. Complete sham. Keep being genuine and your life will be filled with treasures unimaginable to those who slave away to the machine.
dont know if anyone gives a damn but if you are bored like me atm you can stream pretty much all the new movies and series on instaflixxer. I've been watching with my gf lately :)
@Raphael Jack definitely, been watching on InstaFlixxer for since november myself =)
its a good place to make the next Hobbit movie
Agreed!
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Arga is probably in less need than these young people.
In those mauntains retain the first language of the umanity.
ALBANIAN language is THE MOTHER of all the EUROPIAN languages,is monoxyllables.
Every word haves a ALBNIAN roots.
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That's a donkey.
You don't work for the BBC, chill out on the talk over 😘
You don’t work for IMBD, chill out on the critique 😉
@@FromRustToRoadtrip 🙈🙉🙊
On a serious note though we’d love to work for the BBC, or Channel 4... anything that involves documentaries really!
@@FromRustToRoadtrip you do have filmmaking skills, I can see how much work you put in and I wish you luck. Just change the Angela rippon voice over and I'll shut up. Lol
Noted 👌
Don't drive in Tirana
Already have, it was fine! 😃