From 1948 until 1991, Albania was completely isolated from the rest of the world. Dictator Enver Hoxha, a friend and admirer of Joseph Stalin, called his country a paradise on earth. Traveling was taboo, private property was abolished, and the outside world was considered to be the enemy. Hoxha had the whole country covered with 750.000 concrete bunkers. Every family had to be able to defend itself from a bunker two meters in diameter. Albania was gray and desperate then, but has become much more colorful in recent years. Half of the population is younger than 20 years of age. In the train, they invite the world to come and get to know them.
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