Friday 14th June
We had an amazing day today.
After camping at MreznicaRiver Waterfalls site in Croatia
The night was peaceful, apart from a few rounds of
attack helicopter gun fire into the forest across the valley. It was bass
thumping stuff, you felt it in your chest and we're glad you weren't on the
receiving end of it.
Thankfully it stopped about 2130.
It was a wonderful place to spend the night, Louis
and took a walk down to the river to look at the falls we'd be going over.
Scared or what ? I'm no Bear Grills !
We gathered at the building opposite where we'd
camped and had a safety briefing, equipped with wet suit, swim shoes, helmet,
life vest etc. Then descended the valley down a tough track to the river in a
battered old land rover discovery.
The river was turquoise and beautifully clear.
The rock here is limestone karst.
There were only six of us on the group, a German
couple, two girls from Canada
backpacking who'd met a girl from the US
I paired with Carmen from the US
It was brilliant adventure stuff, riding the rapids.
Some we could just go down following the line of the instructors, others the
instructors checked out first. About half way down we came to falls that were
too high to go down in the kayak, so we got out, pushed the kayaks over, then
had to jump the 5 metre down into the pool below. Brilliant stuff, I just loved
it.
Lots of wildlife to be seen, butterflies,
dragonflies, birds, fish (only tiddlers really) a couple if herons were
watching us. No bears or wolf's were seen unfortunately.
On one of the falls I got tipped into the water,
flipped out like a tag doll ! But I'm pleased to say I wasn't the only one.
It created some laughs among the others though.
The water was cold, but very refreshing on a hot day
and we did have wet suits on, so all ok.
A wonderful day, one not to be forgotten, and one of
the reasons I love this type of travel. Being able to seek out adventures such
as this means so much to me, and I hope it can continue.
After all that adventure, we needed somewhere for the
night.
I had planned on heading down to Zadar, but it was a
lengthy journey, and I remembered a place we stayed last year on the coast at
Senj.
It's parking right on the Adriatic
so a wonderful view and a great little taverna nearby that we enjoyed last
year.
So that was it, destination decided, Senj it was.
The taverna is still there and a nice sea food
risotto with mixed salad was very welcome. Followed by a couple of large beers
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Overall a great day, one to live in the memory forever.
Most of the photos are video so it will take a while to edit but heres a couple of photos.
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| Mreznica River Waterfalls |
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| Mreznica River Waterfalls |
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| Our parking at Senj |
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| Senj |
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| Senj |
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| Our sunset view for tonight |
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| Our route to Senj fron Mreznica |
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