samedi 9 mai 2009

Day 8 Zadar-Plitvice

The place is not the cleanest of places but very spacious and comfy. In the morning we decide to go to Plitvice National Park, a 3h bus ride from Zadar.

Then everything gets a bit complicated because of a women whose stupidity is as great as her incompetence. She tells us the only bus back from the park is at 1445. This would only leave us 2 hours in the park! We run back to pack the bikes (in order not to be stuck all night in the park), put them in the bus, after we arrive we do 3/4 of the park running. The information at the park has no clue about the buses. Most of private buses packed with retired German tourists. Then we learn from a hotel that actually there is a bus at 1700, but it only leaves at one of the entrances.

We do not have much time, so we run hysterically about 6K back to the other entrance to put our bikes together and cycle to the first entrance, where we catch the bus. All this stress has wasted our visit a bit, as we would have done the entire park (and would not have brought the bikes) if we had known we could go back at 1700. When you are not in the high tourist season, noone seems to be able to help you!

The park is gorgeous and very well kept. The park comprises some forests but the center is a series of lakes, separated by natural locks. Yellow to orange calcareous concretions submerged in cyan water are lovely. The waterfalls are impressive and crossed by wooden bridges (not sure about H&S!).


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