As England continued its bizarre unpredictable weather, a short two day trip to Lake Plitvice in Croatia which promised warmer weather was much welcomed. Lake Plitvice the oldest national park in Europe and the second in the world. I cannot vouch for this fact but it is what our taxi driver told us. I have been to a million and one national parks and never really thought much about how they came into existence. Thus hearing this little fact made it feel like I was travelling into national park history origins.
We initially booked a service to take us from Zadar aport to Villa Vuk in Mukinje Village near the national park. It never turned up so we resorted to taking a taxi. Our driver turned out to be really cool telling us bits and pieces about himself and his country. His first little piece of information to us was that Villa Vuk means Wolf Villa.
Getting to Mukinje Village took two hours and a long drive through mountains. We actually went in a tunnel through the mountains and I kept thinking about dwarves living in mountains. Our driver told us that both sides of the mountain has different temperatures. We also learned that there is an illegal local specialty dish called Pisztaz or however it is spelled, naturally you would not be able to find it on the menu and it also happens to be extremely pricey. He also added that he regularly goes into the mountains to hunt bears for leisure. Clearly different to what I do for leisure...
The lake is famous for its waterfalls and there are millions of it in and around the park. What really took my breath away was the clarity of the water, it was absolutely stunning. There were a great many times where I was so tempted to take of my shoes and jumped into the water, but no swimming was allowed.
Different parts of the lakes reminded me of different things. There were places where I felt like I stepped right into the Hunger Games scenario, walked into the Hobbit, and even the landscape of Eragon. My head clearly is not the most sane on earth but it was beautiful.
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