Blogs from Montenegro, Europe - page 21

Location: Budva, Kotor, Podgorica, Ulcinj Length of Stay: 4 Days Cost per Day: $65 A spoiled, snooty little brat... That's my opinion on Montenegro... Sorry if I come across as giving this place a hard time... Remember though its just my experience... perhaps I just caught everyone on a bad day or 4... Carrying along the Adriatic coastline south of Croatia... its more of the same prettiness... No doubt about it, a gorgeous coastline... but you know what... Looks only account for so much in the big scheme of things... I couldn't help feeling that the locals dont give 2 hoots about tourists visiting their country and in fact they would probably prefer it if you didn't come at all... You're just one mighty big interruption to their day... Aside from just a couple of positive ... read more

"Kotor is one of the great undiscovered places in the world. Montenegro is a beautiful secret!" With the heading of this blog entry we did just like Ringo Starr did in 1967, we took a little help from a friend. (Hope you don't mind us quoting you, Peter...). It is very true that Kotor is a wonderful place that is yet to be discovered by tourists in general and that Montenegro is a underestimated travel destination. The first week of our vacation we spent mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. You can read about what we did there in the previous three blog entries. The second week we spent in Montenegro. We decided to rent a car during these days so that we could travel around more and hopefully visit places that are off the ... read more

Poranek na campingu wsrod wraków przyczep, grubasow w jajogniotach z ketami i ewidentnie nudzacych sie dzieci. Juz po krotkim spacerze poprzedniego dnia wiemy, ze nasz ekotax ktos musi konsumowac po drodze, bo na pewno nie jest przeznaczany na oczyszczanie krajobrazu. Piękny i pachnacy zywica las piniowy przy plazy jest zawalony plastikowymi torbami, co z pelnym niedopalkow czarnym piaskiem nie zacheca do zazywania kapieli morsko-slonecznych. Idziemy jednak na plaze i siadamy pod parasolem, specjalnie takim, co nie ma tabliczki, ze rezerwacja. Stad obserwujemy lokalnych bonzów - a moze raczej Albanczykow z Kosova, ktorzy tu spedzaja wakacje. Lancuch to gadzet obowiazkowy, a do tego duzy brzuch - symbol dobrobytu, bardzo blyszczace okulary sloneczne i, o ile to mozliwe, blyszczace spodenki. I mloda zona oraz co najmniej trojka dzieci. Zdaza sie rowniez babcia - wszyscy wytaczaja sie z Mer ... read more

Thursday 17 June 2010 Km so far: 2265 Easy day today. Went kayaking for an hour on the lake, then swimming. The water is lovely, quite salty and the perfect temperature. Drove 10km up the lake to Perast for lunch and to see the small Venetian town. Late afternoon and early evening reading, swimming, enjoying this fantastic location. ... read more

Monday,14 June 10 Km so far: 1884 Left Kolasin this morning and headed northwest into the Tara Gorge National Park. We drove parallel to the beautiful Tara River before we entered the park but then as we ascended the scenery became more and more spectacular. As we rounded a bend the Tara Gorge bridge came into view, an elegant concrete structure spanning the 1300 metre deep gorge, the deepest in Europe and 2nd deepest in the world after the Grand canyon. Also the 7th highest bungee jump in the world and we watched as someone was being winched back up having made the leap of faith in big elastic bands. Crossed this off the list of things to do before I die. Drove northwest now towards the Durmator National Park, but missed a turning and ended ... read more