The trip to the Albania Mountains is one hell of a ride. You have to go through a marathon before you can reach the destination. Ride a bus, ride a ferry, ride a bus again and be in a sea of strangers. It is the luck of life that will keep you going so keep it handy. But everybody says after the storm comes a rainbow – during the trip, there will be scenic views along the way.
It is important to always be ready getting on a trip. You have to be jam-packed full. Always make sure to have your bags ready and your heart, strong.
Albania has a village where blood feuds were imposed. It is paying for the souls that were killed earlier. Every rule has an exception so as this historical phenomenon. Children, women and the elderly are exempted from these killings. Tourists are not. Even though the culture at their villages are prim and proper, people are mostly appalled on how these feuds are tolerated. Albanian law has four pillars namely honor, hospitality, right conduct and kin loyalty. The blood feuds are the other side of the coin. People in the villages are very helpful and accommodating. You would not expect why this has happened. But it is known that blood feuds caused broken families. Lack of moral will always kill the essence of family. The law after all has its teeth. But it bit in the wrong meat. It did not cry for justice. It disconnected the bond that kept the villagers alive – their right.
Ignorance is bliss but this abused is a different thing. Planting vengeance as an obligation breaks a person. This resulted to isolated individuals. What we fondly call – weirdoes. This is not what you will expect if you get to experience what it is like to be in the village. The Alps and the green scenic views, the cold crisp of air and the smell of wood, a quiet place you can read on poetry books is a place full of hatred and fear. This has started from the past. Equivalent to a life is another life taken away. This is part of history which we hope remains history.
There was a change though when the prime minister had heard what the villagers had to say. The villagers found wisdom in their hearts to finally live on with their rights. The prime minister has involved all the villagers on making laws and plans for the place.
This is what, after all, resolves the feud in the neighborhood. The understanding everyone longed for a period of time. The rights taken away because of zipped mouths and obligatory conscience. This is finally the agreement between the feud and the rights of the Albania Mountains.