Butterflies

Slovak Karst

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July 24th 2006
Hiya I'm in a town called Roznava in the Slovak Karst. I went for a walk today near a place called Silica to see a cave. Felt v. brave walking by myself through the forest. The forest was at first appearance alot like English woodland - broadleaf, lots of beech but just there's an awful lot more of it. Huge tracts of land - glacial valleys, steep hillsides as far as the eye can see is all carp ... read more

Europe » Slovakia

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In 1918 the Slovaks joined the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation within Soviet-ruled Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia once... ... read more