Qafë-Thanës-Struga border crossing

Qafë-Thanës-Struga border crossing
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Information
Countries:	Albania | Macedonia
Type:	Road
Motorway:	E 852

The border can be reached from the Albanian city of Elbasan in a shared taxi for 600 lekë (July 2009).

Hitching out

East into Macedonia

Position yourself a hundred meters down from the border and put your thumb out. Alternatively, ask the parked truck drivers. Plenty of trucks pass through this border crossing, and you may even get a lift as far as Bulgaria.

Experiences

• Quarim had major problems crossing this border with the autobus from Tirana in May 2008, because they found cocaine in the bus. After he gave a bribe (which could have been dangerous), they let him go.