Thursday 18 August 2016

Bar - Great name for a town don't you think

Albanian flag down, Montenegrin flag up, we didn't bother with the yellow T-Shirt this time. We'd left Duress at 6:05am, the sales went up in an ideal NE at 8:25am and down at 1:10pm and docked at the Customs Quay at 1:45pm.

Having had such a smooth experience checking in to Albania, we thought this would be similar... Ah, no. At 3:15 we finally left that dock and headed around to the Marina Bar, and no it doesn't serve drinks. Who would have thought?

The first thing that hits you here is that it is a whole lot more expensive than anywhere we have experienced. 107 Euro per night in the marina and only one thing of mild interest to see in the area. For yachts it really is just for checking in or out of Montenegro



We hired the guy who had helped us dock to take us to Stari Bar, the original Bar. Abandoned in 1878 after it was devastated in the war between the Turks and the Montenegrin. Two churches were used to store gun powder and in 1881, one went up and in 1912, the other basically totaling the town.

The new Bar or Novi Bar is now the most important commercial port in Montenegro.
For 10 Euro the guy drove us up there and picked us up an hour and a half later. The town was indeed a wreck but worth a look.

Half an hour was plenty so time for a meal in a great little place on a lovely narrow marble stone road with the usual tourists shops, bars and restaurants.

The following day we got the same guy to take us to the big supermarket where he waited an hour for us to buy the resupply. He then returned us to the dock, helped unload and took me into town to acquire some wifi.

For those coming to this part of the world, best deal in the Med with M-Tel. 5 Euro for 15 days of unlimited internet.

Unfortunately I had intended to slot the sim into my IPad Air and make it the boat hotspot but it did not allow for this. The IPad has unlimited internet so getting my hands on it has been a mission.

The town is an ugly place. Nearly all the buildings are the old soviet era concrete monstrosities and because they were so sturdily built, things won't change unless they have a major earth quake.

I did spot this amazing franchise opportunity though and thought I'd bring it to all my FB friends so they don't miss out. Whose in?












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