Magnificent Montenegro

Home to a couple of cruise ports, Montenegro is becoming a magnet for travelers looking for something new and different
Magnificent Montenegro
The Bay of Kotor boasts tiny villages, medieval towns, and scenic mountains. cge2010/Shutterstock
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KOTOR, Montenegro—For a while, I wasn’t sure we would make it.
Burly and jovial and smiling, Mico grasped my hand in a hearty handshake at the airport and then, my bags loaded in the back, him behind the wheel of a minivan with me in the passenger seat, we were winding through the Mediterranean mountains, with Mico telling me tales of his home country. Soon, we were descending toward the sea, and that’s when we started to swerve.
Tim Johnson
Tim Johnson
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Toronto-based writer Tim Johnson is always traveling in search of the next great story. Having visited 140 countries across all seven continents, he’s tracked lions on foot in Botswana, dug for dinosaur bones in Mongolia, and walked among a half-million penguins on South Georgia Island. He contributes to some of North America’s largest publications, including CNN Travel, Bloomberg, and The Globe and Mail.
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