Cooler today (Monday 13th) , 22 degrees, so pleasanter for traveling and a very pretty drive through rolling wooded Bosnian countryside.Much of the forested landscape could have been in NZ round the Nelson Lakes or the King Country.We passed through lots of villages with rather plain blocky houses, many uninhabited. Some of them were prettily decorated with hanging baskets, hay stooks and vege gardens, especially corn. Jajce had a pretty waterfall and was the town where Tito apparently held an important summit meeting.We also passed a beautiful scenic area called Pliva Lake, which was totally undeveloped, but anywhere else in the world would be a stunning holiday area.
We also drove through some limestone karst country not unlike around Maungati, with big potholes.
The Plitvice National Park is a huge area of 16 lakes and 2 rivers. The lakes are interconnected by weirs and waterfalls and are really spectacular.We spent 2 1/2 hours walking around this lovely park, including a short boat ride.Apparently there are brown bear, lynx and wolves in the park, as well as woodpecker and mountain owls. The most common tree species was beech, also fir and spruce.The water was a real aquamarine blue but it was hot and teeming with tourists. Never mind!
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