Kotor, Budva and Bregovic

We head to Kotor first, getting an easy ride with a delivery man. Delivering beer and soft drinks to beers along the bay is his summer job, in winter this job disappears, low season, no tourists, less bars... This is the life in the Kotor bay. Kotor is still as nice as two month ago when i was her but it is noticeably hotter. The walk up to the castle is not easy under this sun. We regularly feel like in an oven, the heat coming from above and hitting back up from the stone ground. The view is beautiful, the old castle impressive. Reminds me of last time, funny to be twice in the same place with two month interval. Major difference, under the sun, the 1300 stairs are not so easy than at 6 am...






After a slice of pizza, we head for Budva where Bregovic is playing tonight. This is the last hitchhiking ride with Judith since we will take the train to Guca and then the bus back to Belgrade. For this ride, her wish is realized, we get a ride with a truck driver.


Fun guy, driving his empty truck like a madman through the mountains roads. He drops us close beach which turns out to be the ugliest, most dirty and frequented beach in the Balkans so far. Also as i noticed two month ago, the city is horrible, hotels everywhere, all concrete... Like we say in French c est plein de beauf. I was warned not to stay in Budva... but hey! Bregovic is playing! So after resting a bit, we look for a room and find nothing but a 40 euro room with no towels, no hot water, no kitchen and no toilet paper... Of to Jaz, the beach where the concert is held. It is not really on the beach but just behind on a big empty area of stone and concrete. The drive there in an overcrowded 1.5 euro bus is worth a couple words, we stand right into the door way and as we slowly progress trough the car jam we get plenty fresh air from the opened doors. Beers are tuborg only, a bit like at the police concert. Disgusting beer, and at 3.5 euro for 0.4L it is also the most expensive in the Balkans... Poor barman is paid 25 euros for the night. And I cant imagine how people coming here with their 300 euro monthly pay can afford to buy beers...The concert however is long and great, the whole crowd sings along and the show goes on for hours.



Back to Budva, we are starving and very surprised as it is impossible to find hot food, no Pleskavica! how is this possible in the Balkans?? this looks more like overwhelmed, fancy European coast... we content ourselves with self made sandwiches from the last opened market.