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28-29SEP2004  I was a little nervous about traveling in Yugoslavia.  I talked to several people who all had some advice.  But, the advice was a bit contradictory.  I finally plotted a course through Montenegro and then through Kosovo avoiding Mitrovica.  

The road in Montenegro was one of the most spectacular rides of the trip.  Through a mountain gorge with a rushing river, in and out of tunnels and around sharp turns, the road was wonderful.  

When I arrived in Kosovo, I had to pay 30 Euros for an extra insurance policy.  I studied the map and  took a short cut...or it looked like a shortcut on the map.  Instead it was a very narrow, steep, winding one-lane road through small villages and farms.  It took me almost 2 hours just to cover 40 kilometers.  After the shortcut, I returned to the main road and made better time.  

I stayed the night in Prestina next to the UN compound.  The motel was overpriced and pretty shabby.  On the advice of  the owner I locked the front wheel and, for the first and only time on the trip, locke the bike to the metal rail in front of my room.  I´ve never seen so many official vehicles.  Almost 10 percent of the traffic was officials of one sort or another.  

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