With daily departures to all neighbouring countries using increasingly comfortable air-conditioned buses, travel in the Balkans is getting easier every year. Domestic destinations are often stll served by furgon minibuses, a transport choice often held together with little more than tape and famous for departing only when full. Tirana's current bus station is a depressing parking lot west of the centre, but this summer the new East Bus Terminal should open by the TEG Mall. Tickets can usually be bought on board, at one of the ticketing offices along Rruga Mine Peze, or online (international services) via www.autobus.al.