Speeding is a danger in Montenegro due to the sheer amount of rockfall produced by the combination of basalt and limestone.
During the day this is less of a problem, but at night, if you experience a rockfall at high speed after a couple of beers you can expect the next bundle of flowers at the side of the road to be yours.
There’s no accommodation in Podgorica unless you book ahead.
I had to drive back to Centinje for a room in a hotel without running water.
Sunset over lake Skada.
Road to PodgoricaThis village is advertised by guidebooks to be the best thing since sliced bread.
Do not expect sliced bread or a village. This is a hamlet with no shops, no commerce and no reason to visit.
I visited twice, once last night on the way to Podgorica, and again today on the way back.
Rijeka CrnojevicaHistorical capital of Montenegro. Surrounded by basalt mountains more like a Swiss chalet town than a national capital. I had to drive though twice before satisfying myself it was actually the capital.
Yes there are large holes in the ground, some of the roads are not made up and there are large piles of logs in the street, but this town did once used to be the national capital of Montenegro.
There are a few attractions in the town, like the national museum. And some of the women are good looking.
Cetinje Montenegro
Cetinje MonasteryAgain, the orthodox. People are invited to prostrate themselves at glass boxes.
Each box houses a different worthy god. Kissing is obligatory.
Candles are lit.
There is also a shop selling honey, postcards and different touristic nic-nacs.
Some parts of the monastery are out of bounds.
Museum CetinjeLocated in the centre of town, this grand old museum documents the chronology of Montenegro from the Romans up until the end of the soviet era.
It makes an interesting series of exhibitions, marked most notable by a wall of portraits of wartime veterans.
There are some interesting weapons here which I have not seen elsewhere.
The exhibition is €3.