Hotel Enigma Durmitor National Park

... So I think from now on it will get only better! The mountains here are huge! And some downhills seem to last for ever... Amazing. Also its great to meet the people who were also partcipating last year again and now also Joao from Portugal is on the tour! <br><br>Today the wheater changed... Probably it will rain some times in the next days... After all this heat quite refreshing... <br>

<br>Helloooo<br><br>I started this day at 5:50, grabbing my hammock from somebodys garden and start walking to the main bus station, where from the trip to Durmitor national park started. I paid 60 euros for a rafting trip, including breakfast and luch.. Well, the breakfast was ready, when we arrived there, at around 11:30 haha... It was tasty ...

... I'd been moving and writing so much lately, it took a second for me to relax and be still. The black lake ... the lack of people's voices and machines ... the twittering of small birds ... the splashing of water fowl as they hit the lake ... the darkness ... minks squeaking ... trees breaking ... there could've been bears ... my tent ... ..... Thanks, Dusha; Sasha &amp; Isadoara; Ilea; Miroslav; Micko; Rifko; disgusting guy; and Nesrut for rides!

What a tiring old day I have had! I have walked a total of 11 hours pretty much non stop with only a few stops in between to rest my legs. I managed to wake up at 6am as the sun was coming through my window, it was a beautiful morning with clear blue sky and the sun coming out. As it was such rubbish weather yesterday I wanted to make the most of today when the weather was good and get out early to see the national park. I set off at 7 and grabbed a load of fruit for breakfast which I ...

Well I finally made it to Durmitor National park and from what I have seen so far it is a beatiful place. I left Budva at around 9:30 on the bus to the capital Podgrica to catch a connecting bus to Zabljak the parks town. The lonely planet says that most travellers just pass through the capital which is exactley what I did, it didnt look like a great place with concreate style council houses around it wasnt that attractive. I managed to get on a bus to Zabljek after hanging ...

... were a little disappointed because we had found about 30 other tourists around the lake. From OUR hike to get there, we thought we might have been the only ones there! RIGHT!? We saw baby strollers, women who would not be able to hike for 1.5 hours even on flat ground and romantic couples....HOW DID THEY GET THERE!? Come to find out we had gone the LOOOOONG way to the lake. Oops! Of course, in our McShaffner way, we were NOT going to give up just because of a bit ...

... Suspended and embedded in the cliff. There was a taxi driver who offered to take me to the Upper Monastery for 10 Euros and the Lower one for 5 Euros. Well you know me. I arrived at the Lower one and put my bag at the konoba (small restaurant). Another taxista offered to drive me up to the top for 1 euro, but my taxista quickly shushed him by explaining in Montenegran that he had already told me 5 euros extra. All of the taxistas then w lightening speed ...

... we were rafting (due to canyon's lower altitude compared to Zabljak), I had a great time. Dorje was also super-nice and went out of his way to give me a ride to Curevac to view Tara River/Canyon from above. Now satisfied I have done all I could before the weather turned worse, I went back to the flat. Cooked ramen, took a bath, read in my bedroom w three beds and then drifted off.

... has been closed for a few weeks after summer season. After some deliberation, Tony, Benji, and I decided to tackle Kulina, the second highest mountain. It looked benign, sitting there just taunting us. It was only 800meters change in altitude to 2400m high. Can't be all that bad. So we started hiking, up the grass, next to the chairlift, another plateau, repeat, up the loose gravel, slip/sliding, repeat. At some midway point I wanted to tell Tony I was heading back. But ...

... here only people who like hiking. The lokals are very friendly and not interested to get the money out of your pocket. (camping 2.50Euro) So I enjoied the mountains for 4 days. By the way. Euro is the official currency. In the past it was Deutsche Mark.