... and mushrooms

Beautiful Slovakia, august 9 - 11

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August 14th 2010
Linda and I make a 5 hour walk in Slovensky Kras. This is a canyon in the Karst mountains, only an one hour drive from Kosice. We are looking for endemic plants. The area is full of caves, but one of them is special. It is only a small cave called Ochtinska, not far from Roznava. It is the only aragonite cave of Europe. In all world there are only two of them. I belief the other one is in Argen ... 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