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After experiences in cycle-touring abroad gathered 6-8 year long, for this (2003) summer I preferred to cycle along the Adria...

Biketour along the Adria sea, 2003

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2004-02-05 19:10:01

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to the Biogradsko National Park. I had read about it that it’s one of the three virgin forests in Europe. The climb was – for my surprise – only 4 km long, but 8% steep. I left my bike with the pack at a booth on the shore of the 1094m high situated lake, and then I went on a less than hour long round-trip around the lake. It seemed that the virgin forest started behind the lake; there I had to cross the marsh on thin wooden bridges. The plants, the flora lived free. There were a lot of water- plants, streams, ferns, mosses and I could hear a lot of birdvoices. The air was also humid. Back to Podgorica I cycled on te road I got known last day: through the Moraca-canyon. I couldn’t not to stop for some photos, videofilms. From Podgorica I turned right towards the next nature-beauty I had read about in Hungary on the website of „baraka”: the Rijeka Crnojevica. Because I couldn’t find other at last I asked a man about accomodation. He invited me, so I could build up my tent in his garden. We had a very good evening with a lot of speak, a little bit of brandy and he was such friendly that he made roast potatoes for me.

18th June: Meterizi – Rijeka Crnojevica – Virpazar – Petrovac – Budva – Jaz beach = 80 km + 1085 m heightdiff.
The uncle started working in the garden at about 5 am, but it didn’t disturb my sleep. I wanted to thank the opportunity to sleep in the garden but the uncle didn’t let me to pay for it: „We are such men, if the other needs help, we help him. ” I had only good experiences with the people in Montenegro. Maybe they are poor, but very friendly and helpful. After some kilometers cycling I got a view to the Rijeka Crnojevica (photo), which is both a small river and a village too. It was so fantastic, as on the pictures: the untouched nature, the fresh green coloured plants, the riverbend and at left the Lake Skadar. Everywhere I could see everything was green: the mountains dark-green, ...