Mount Dajti. Tirana, Sunday, 17 February 2013

Kurt and I went Saturday to Mount Dajti, a mountain and a protected area just outside Tirana with the Dajti Ekspres Cable Car (Teleferik) - an Austrian-built express cable car. We walked from the end station of the Teleferik the 25 km back to Tirana. View from Mount Dajti in the direction of Tirana Tirana from Mount Dajti One of the famous one-man bunkers of Enver Hoxha the Communist leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985 Mount Dajti is a mountain to the east of Tirana. Its highest peak is at 1,613 m. In winter, the mountain is often covered with snow, and it is a popular retreat to the local population of Tirana that rarely sees snow falls. Its slopes have forests of pines, oak and beech Coffee pit stop for the two senior consultants A boy and his donkey When we came down from the mountain there were olive trees