{"id":99,"date":"2026-07-28T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/hikes\/?p=99"},"modified":"2026-08-07T07:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T05:18:21","slug":"day-3-ceremi-to-doberdol-the-breaking-of-the-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/hikes\/2026\/07\/28\/day-3-ceremi-to-doberdol-the-breaking-of-the-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3: \u00c7eremi to Dob\u00ebrdol – The Breaking of the Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Day 3: \u00c7eremi to Dob\u00ebrdol
Tuesday 28 July 2026, 15.8km, 1030m up, 440m down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VITA Guesthouse to Guest House Leonardi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One by one our group came down with the gastro symptoms. Everyone, suspiciously, except Brad and Elisa who the rest of the team labelled ‘the 2 Marys’ – referencing Typhoid Mary. With the frequent trips to the bathroom, nobody slept well and few of us ate anything for dinner, and anything other than bread and jam for breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our kind host, Tatiana, assured us that it would likely only last 24 hours. She said that over the last 4 years many hikers were troubled the same way. We guess it is possibly norovirus which we know to be highly transmissible. There were 5 people who felt strong enough to hike on to Doberdol. The other 4 of us reluctantly decided to accept the offer of a lift. In this way we could still join the others for the remainder of the hike, although missing another day on the trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Ros) We set off on a fairly smooth gravel road but soon turned off onto a poorly maintained rutted dirt road and bumped and slid our way slowly up, down and around the winding mountain road. Thankfully the driver was careful, and familiar with the road because at times the tyres lost grip on the mud and any slide could potentially take us rolling down the steep mountainside. Miraculously none of us were sick and we arrived in Doberdol, located our bunk rooms and collapsed on the beds to gain some much needed sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Rob) The trail started up through the forest quite steeply. There were many hikers all starting about the same time so there was a lot of leap-frogging, but eventually the groups thinned out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We soon crossed the border into Montenegro and continued for a few km before crossing back into Albania. We passed a few farmers homes which may be seasonally occupied in the summer for grazing horses, sheep and cows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our last climb brought us to large hanging grassy valley which has the summer settlement of Dob\u00ebrdol and our guesthouse (one of several). There were 40-50 hikers at the dining room, where we enjoyed a filling dinner of chicken, penne and the ubiquitous cucumber, tomatoes and feta cheese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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