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At the border they were fast and they treated us very well
We crossed the border between Macedonia and Albania Ohrid and the lake shore. On one side you can see Albania, and the shore is full of cold war bunkers with the purpose of defending the lake against attacks. When you cross the border, the landscape changes. It is quieter on the side of Macedonia, and you can see lots of Byzantine churches and pretty villages. The border is situated in the middle of nowhere. If you have spent less than 10 days in Albania, you can recover the $ 10 you left at the border to enter, we were there for just a couple of days but as we had no receipt we could not order anything.
Nor could we change money once we were in Macedonia, as the currency of each country does not change outside its borders. We would have had to change to euros and then the Albanian LEK euros for MKD, the Macedonian denars. At the border they were fast and they treated us very well. The Albanian bus leaves you about 500 meters from the border but on the side of Macedonia, there are not many buses. A taxi to Ohrid costs is a little more expensive but it is a fasteroption.
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