Mesi Bridge
![The Mesi Bridge, Ura e Mesit in Albanian, is around 6 km NE of Shkodėr](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943768.HG5BflL3.BalkansMay113783.jpg) The Mesi Bridge, Ura e Mesit in Albanian, is around 6 km NE of Shkodėr |
![Mesi Bridge, built by the Ottomans in 1768](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134906711.UjHGeWCP.BalkansMay113784.JPG) Mesi Bridge, built by the Ottomans in 1768 |
![Mesi Bridge, linking the ancient trade route between Shkodėr and Kosovo](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943770.LsBVjzJV.BalkansMay113785.jpg) Mesi Bridge, linking the ancient trade route between Shkodėr and Kosovo |
![Mesi Bridge over the Kir River](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943771.tt07Pd82.BalkansMay113786.jpg) Mesi Bridge over the Kir River |
![Mesi Bridge - 108 m across the Kir River](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943773.ppLNJDzk.BalkansMay113787.jpg) Mesi Bridge - 108 m across the Kir River |
![Amazing blue mountain water of the Kir River](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943774.39NO0Y26.BalkansMay113788.jpg) Amazing blue mountain water of the Kir River |
![High span on the 18th Century Ottoman Mesi Bridge](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943775.K0j2lJ5l.BalkansMay113789.jpg) High span on the 18th Century Ottoman Mesi Bridge |
![Amazing clear blue water of the Kir River](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943776.RNISvkxD.BalkansMay113790.jpg) Amazing clear blue water of the Kir River |
![Mesi Bridge over the Kir River, northern Albania](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943777.PZaa0Kpq.BalkansMay113791.jpg) Mesi Bridge over the Kir River, northern Albania |
![Albanians enjoying the clear water beneath the bridge](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943778.v899lfI7.BalkansMay113792.jpg) Albanians enjoying the clear water beneath the bridge |
![Albanian boy coming wading in the chilly river](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943779.7ZXlYNlV.BalkansMay113793.jpg) Albanian boy coming wading in the chilly river |
![Pristine, except for the plastic bags in the trees and the garbage dumped from the village](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943780.GAocgX8T.BalkansMay113794.jpg) Pristine, except for the plastic bags in the trees and the garbage dumped from the village |
![Kir River, Albania](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943781.P1ip0P81.BalkansMay113795.jpg) Kir River, Albania |
![I didn't have enough time to drive the extra distance to Drasht Castle ... the locals said there wasn't much left to see](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943782.zbm02UlM.BalkansMay113796.jpg) I didn't have enough time to drive the extra distance to Drasht Castle ... the locals said there wasn't much left to see |
![Ura e Mesit](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943783.z0wrYbnY.BalkansMay113797.jpg) Ura e Mesit |
![Kir River, Albania](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943784.P8a2gyQq.BalkansMay113798.jpg) Kir River, Albania |
![Kir River, Albania](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943785.jMshu1kG.BalkansMay113799.jpg) Kir River, Albania |
![3m wide Mesi Bridge](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943786.rAN5M8Sg.BalkansMay113800.jpg) 3m wide Mesi Bridge |
![Mesi Bridge, NE of Shkodėr, Albania](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943787.OcaTGJz3.BalkansMay113801.jpg) Mesi Bridge, NE of Shkodėr, Albania |
![Mesi Bridge](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943788.xFy5tNdQ.BalkansMay113802.jpg) Mesi Bridge |
![Mesi Bridge](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943790.4mUCgXPJ.BalkansMay113803.jpg) Mesi Bridge |
![Mesi Bridge](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/93/329493/1/134943791.QgXM3mRf.BalkansMay113804.jpg) Mesi Bridge |
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