On our last day in Slovenia we headed to the Karst region to explore the Postojna Caves full of stalacmites and stalagtites. Sam was excited to hear that tour involved a 5km mini-train ride around the cave network...unfortunaely we were both disappointed to find this "5km" was actually 2.5km there before returning on the same stretch of railway.
After the caves we returned to Ljubljana to Hostel Tabor our non-prison but prison feeling hostel...
The next day we had an early start and caught our last train of the trip, the 8.15am train to Zagreb! As we left the EU we got a Croatian passport stamp...Sam was excited by this!
At Zagreb we boarded a 4hour bus to the Plitvice Lakes National Park. After what felt like forever we arrived at Plitvice, at a stop in the middle of nowhere - thankfully we were met by our guesthouse owner, Igor (Mary was disappointed he didnt look like this...)
Soon after we visited the beautiful Plitvice Lakes National Park:- we walked around and soaked up the scenary and had a very nice afternoon.
Back at the cottage we settled in for a nights sleep but ran into a few problems with insects. Mosquitos buzzed past our ears, spiders lurked under pillows whilst little-jumping-unidentiable insects jumped underneath blankets in our beds. The biggest shock came whilst Mary was trying to murder mozzies...a giant dragon-fly decended from the ceiling, we made fruitless attemps to trap it with a saucepan in order to free it outside but in haste of the moment it flew into the light fitting. Mary was distraught, feeling responsible for its death, meanwhile the distinct smell of burning toast did not ease her pain!
The next morning we found giant moths outside the front door...thankfully they had not been in the room...they we as large as Marys hands put together which is more than a little disturbing.
We hopped on a bus bound for Sibenik and 4 hours later we arrived, only to find out we had missed our connection to Skradin by 10minutes and that the next was not due for over 4hours. The bus had been so hot, when we made a stop at Zadarwe were not surprised to see the temperature outside was 36degrees, however thankfully a seabreeze at Sibenik made it a little more bearable. The sea looked very inviting and refreshing, alas to our dismay there was no swimming area so we did what we do best - wasted time people watching with a beer and lots of food...
After waiting an additional 45mins on our delayed bus to Skradin, we boarded what could have very well been our "final journey." The busdriver (who rudely tutted at us getting on for giving him the equivalent of a £10 note for the £4 fare) was rushing, flirting with young female passengers, whilst steering the prehistoric bus at high speed around sharp corners with one hand on the wheel!!
After a good nights sleep we caught the ferry from the nearby harbour to Krka National Park. Here we walked around the park on boardwalks and swam in a plunge pool of the mighty Skradinski Buk waterfall (Sam had issues with the algae on the rocks, touching it and saying "ewwy" in a heartfelt feminine way...nevertheless the brave soul prevailed and we both really enjoyed it).
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