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Albania Gallery


The photos and audio clips in this gallery were taken by the BikeAbout riders during their visit to Albania. Maps were provided by DeLorme Mapping from their Global ExplorerTM software.

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Albania GIF, 44KB DeLorme Mapping
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Erseke: children JPG, 48KB
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Erseke JPG, 38KB
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Gjirokaster: Andrea and host family for FriendshipTour JPG, 51KB
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Memorial: election day killing, 29 june 97 JPG, 49KB
photograph icon 03/31/98 "Pillbox" bunkers near the coast, Durrës JPG, 42KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 03/31/98 "Pillbox" bunkers near the coast, Durrës JPG, 36KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 03/31/98 Ethan on the street in Tirana JPG, 25KB Casio QV-300
audio clip icon 03/31/98 Faleminderit: "thank you" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 14KB
audio clip icon 03/31/98 "Welcome" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 12KB
photograph icon 04/01/98 Angela (one Person of the Day), Tirana JPG, 23KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Swela (another Person of the Day), Tirana JPG, 11KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Anthony with Mirj (another Person of they Day), Tirana JPG, 31KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Corinne, Padraic, Anthony and Oerd standing in front of the National Museum on Skanderbeg Square, Tirana JPG, 27KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Corinne, Padraic, Anthony and Oerd standing in front of the National Museum on Skanderbeg Square, Tirana JPG, 34KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Mural on the front of the National Museum, Tirana JPG, 31KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 One wall's worth of lists of people persecuted by the Communist Regime in Albania, National Museum, Tirana JPG, 42KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Lists of people persecuted by the Communist Regime in Albania, National Museum, Tirana JPG, 25KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Angela, Ethan and Padraic in Kombetar Park, Tirana JPG, 43KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Kombetar Park, Tirana JPG, 47KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Ilir Zenku and his friend Arta, at the Open Internet Center, Tirana JPG, 28KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Padraic and Corinne enjoy a drink with some Albanian friends, Tirana JPG, 41KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Lake in Kombetar Park, Tirana JPG, 31KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Anthony, Padraic and Oerd before the Ferris wheel (where the statue of Enver Hoxha once stood), Skanderbeg Square, Tirana JPG, 34KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Mosque and building under construction (old and new) on Skanderbeg Square, Tirana JPG, 33KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/01/98 Cultural Center (former Enver Hoxha Museum), Tirana JPG, 29KB Casio QV-300
audio clip icon 04/01/98 Yu shem e bugor: "You are so pretty" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 14KB
photograph icon 04/02/98 Bikes packed up from transport from Durrës to Tirana JPG, 38KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Burhan Berisha (Person of the Day) in Tirana JPG, 33KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Group photo taken after the bike trip to Durrës, Durrës JPG, 38KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 View of the Mediterranean and Durrës from in front of the Presidential Residence, Durrës JPG, 24KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Linda Berisha (Person of the Day) in Tirana. JPG, 32KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Post bike ride cafe stop, Durrës JPG, 42KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Getting ready for the Tirana-Durrës bike ride JPG, 31KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Child wearing Ethan's helmet, Durrës JPG, 36KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Ilir fixing a flat in Durrës JPG, 31KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Getting ready for the departure of the Tirana-Durrës bike ride JPG, 36KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Ethan and Corinne posing with their host family in Tirana: Burhan, Linda and Lavdie Berisha JPG, 38KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Adrian, Fiqo, Afsa and Ermina Tjegulla (People of the Day), Tirana JPG, 27KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Ethan presenting the BikeAbout Web site to a group of students at the Qemal Stafa Secondary School, Tirana JPG, 27KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Students listening to a presentation about the BikeAbout Web site, Tirana JPG, 24KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Swela (left), Angela (in red) and Ethan with students from the Qemal Stafa Secondary School, Tirana JPG, 31KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Students at the Ismail Qemali Secondary School, Tirana JPG, 28KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Padraic presenting to students at the Ismail Qemali Secondary School, Tirana JPG, 22KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Students at the Ismail Qemali Secondary School, Tirana JPG, 21KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Students at the Ismail Qemali Secondary School, Tirana JPG, 30KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Students at the Ismail Qemali Secondary School, Tirana JPG, 35KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Students at the Ismail Qemali Secondary School, Tirana JPG, 32KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Students at the Ismail Qemali Secondary School, Tirana JPG, 31KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/02/98 Students at the Ismail Qemali Secondary School, Tirana JPG, 24KB Casio QV-300
audio clip icon 04/02/98 Shqipëri: "Albania" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 12KB
photograph icon 04/03/98 Oerd outside of the AEDP offices, with Padraic and Ethan, Tirana JPG, 34KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/03/98 Toni explaining the new political dangers in the north, Tirana JPG, 28KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/03/98 BikeAbouters and others listen intently to travel options, Tirana JPG, 36KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/03/98 Police and Albanian Cycling Union escorts waiting for an answer, Tirana JPG, 31KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/03/98 Anthony and Corinne with Valolete and Eleni Laperi Koci outside the National Gallery of Art, Tirana JPG, 37KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/03/98 Oerd and a sculpture of a national hero, National Gallery, Tirana JPG, 22KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/03/98 Corinne is interviewed by Valolete from Radio Tirana, Tirana JPG, 38KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/03/98 Eleni Laperi Koci (Person of the Day) JPG, 7KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/03/98 A landscape in Berati by Eleni Laperi Koci, Tirana JPG, 40KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/03/98 "The Prayer," another painting by Eleni Laperi Koci, Tirana JPG, 26KB Casio QV-300
audio clip icon 04/03/98 Bujrum: "Come and join us (for a meal)" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 12KB
audio clip icon 04/03/98 të bëftë mirë: "enjoy your meal" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 15KB
photograph icon 04/04/98 Ethan with Olton (Toni) Hysenbegas (Person of the Day) in front of the Albanian Education Development Project building (Place of the Day), Tirana JPG, 31KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 Fiqo leading the way with Oerd, Anthony, Corinne and Padraic on a cycle ride to Petrela Castle JPG, 49KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 Ethan and Padraic in front of "pillbox" bunkers on the road to Petrela JPG, 40KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 Oerd and Linda, Petrela Castle JPG, 21KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 The BikeAbout Boys, Petrela Castle JPG, 24KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 Corinne and a view, Petrela Castle JPG, 45KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 Padraic, Ethan, Oerd and a view, Petrela Castle JPG, 40KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 Padraic and Anthony, Petrela Castle JPG, 45KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 View toward Tirana from Petrela Castle JPG, 22KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 Padriac, Adrian (Fiqo's son), Anthony and Oerd, Petrela Castle JPG, 41KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 Petrela Castle and view toward Tirana JPG, 43KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 Corinne, Anthony and Padraic on their bikes in Tirana JPG, 45KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 Anthony and Ethan with truck wreck at the top of the hill to Petrela JPG, 49KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/04/98 Corinne, Fiqo, Padraic and Anthony in front of statue of Skanderbeg on Skanderbeg Square, Tirana JPG, 40KB Casio QV-300
audio clip icon 04/04/98 Ç'kemi: "hi" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 12KB
audio clip icon 04/04/98 mirëdita: "good day" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 18KB
audio clip icon 04/04/98 mirëmbrëma: "good evening" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 16KB
audio clip icon 04/04/98 natën e mirë: "good night" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 21KB
audio clip icon 04/04/98 Si jeni?: "How are you?" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 15KB
audio clip icon 04/04/98 tungjatjeta: "hello (formal)" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 23KB
audio clip icon 04/04/98 mirëmëngjës: "Good morning" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 13KB
photograph icon 04/05/98 Defunct railway line near port in Durrës JPG, 36KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/05/98 Harbor at Durrës, with sunken ship JPG, 34KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/05/98 "Pillbox" bunker next to a house near the port in Durrës JPG, 34KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/05/98 Padraic, Lavdie, Fiqo, Corinne, Anthony, Oerd and Burhan just before departing from Durrës JPG, 42KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/05/98 Oerd and Anthony in the National Gallery, Tirana JPG, 19KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/05/98 Child we met in the neighborhood of our hotel, Tirana JPG, 22KB Casio QV-300
photograph icon 04/05/98 Children we met in the neighborhood of our hotel, Tirana JPG, 41KB Casio QV-300
audio clip icon 04/05/98 Ja kalofsh mirë: "Goodbye (literally: Have a nice day)" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 17KB
audio clip icon 04/05/98 Mirupafshim: "Goodbye (literally: I hope to see you well)" [Albanian] (Word of the Day). WAV, 14KB
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