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JLBG Says: A little further, a herd of a dozen of young donkeys tried to make their living along the new road.Photo 1 : a mother donkey and her young one find nothing for grazing!Photo 2 : an older donkey has found a few weeds on the shoulder of the road.Photo 3 : one young donkey has...
JLBG Says: In 2007, I took a photo of a nice looking donkey grazing peacefully along the narrow gravel road, high above the sea in a fantastic landscape (photo 1). He could even possibly graze ON the road!Believe it or not, in 2009, the same donkey was still there, in the same place,...
JLBG Says: In May 2009, from the newly coated road, I spotted another part of the terraces of Lukove. From the road, they looked in perfect condition. There did not seem to be any missing trees in the rows and it did not seem neither that any of the walls of the terraces had fallen...
JLBG Says: However, just after the dilapidated entrance into the estate, the terraces appear and have a very different aspect.The first photo seems to represent almost the same place that was pictured on the 1985 booklet (previous tip). In the background, on the left, a versant of the...
2007, terraces of Lukove, the former headquarters?
JLBG Says: The first photo shows on the left, in the background the village of Lukove, 20 kilometers north to Saranda. I feel that the dilapidated majestic entranceway was for the entrance for the headquarters of the estate. You can see on the far right a dilapidated, one level and...
JLBG Says: The first four photos of this tip were taken in 1988.In 1988, the terraces of Lukove were amongst the greatest prides of the Albanian government and I have a 25 pages booklet that was given for free. The mountain around Lukove was prepared, terraces built, watering channels...
JLBG Says: Genus Saponaria belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family. There are about 20 species of Saponaria. The roots of some of them (Saponaria officinalis or common Soapwort) contain substances that allows to use them as an organic soap, hence the name. They are native to southern...
JLBG Says: Red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas) is common throughout the whole Europe but I found that the variety that grew in Albania had a deeper red than usual. These particular one grew on the same dump than Saponaria calabrica. If there had been a competition for the most beautifully...
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The first four photos of this tip were taken in 1988.In 1988, the terraces of Lukove were amongst the greatest prides of the Albanian government and I have a 25...
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Lukove and its terraces, on the Albanian riviera
Lukove is a small village on the Albanian Riviera, 19 km north to Saranda. The name of Lukove had been made famous by Enver Hoxha because of the terraces of Lukove. On the old narrow unpaved road...
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