Our night passage north from Albania concluded at 8am at the Customs Quay in Bar, a port we visited just 2 weeks previously, convenient to clear immigration and customs formalities. This was soon done and we left speedily to find a quiet anchorage so we could catch up on the lost sleep of the previous night passage.
We settled on St Stefan, a pretty holiday bay sheltered by the iconic rocky headland, home to the famous St Stefan hotel.
We slept well, enjoyed lazy swimming and when sufficiently irritated by the afternoon jet skiers, we left and headed into Budva, just a couple of miles further north.
What a fun town!
Clearly party central for the mixed race holidaymakers, many Russians. The thumping disco finally quietened down around 1am, but we were away exploring the cafe bars in the old walled town. Again a picture postcard lovely town with beautiful churches, spires, bell towers and impressive citadel which we climbed for stunning views over the bay. Mo was fascinated by the library inside the citadel. Filled with many English language books, one title included ‘Scouting in Serbia’ where the youth depicted on the cover was heavy laden with weapons!
From Budva to Bigova, 10 miles or so north up the coast, we anchored in the quiet bay and enjoyed a lovely sunset.
July 3rd we revisit Herceg Novi in the Gulf of Kotor briefly to collect Paul and Yvonne, our Farnham friends who are flying into Dubrovnik. They will join us on the sail back into Croatia.
We have enjoyed Montenegro. We are sure the new airport at Tivat will find itself on the Easy jet or Ryan Air destination list before too long!
Deja Vu 