As I said before - Croatia is beautiful. Plitvice lakes is a series of cascading waterfalls in a Karst region. We had to drive about 3 hours out of Dalmatia and into Slavonia. to see them. The park is also the place that the war in the 1990's started - the very first casualty was a park ranger here.
As we walked through the trail, I kept thinking how much my father would like it here - fantastic scenery and good hiking. Then we ran into the bane of Croatia - tour groups. My dad would actually hate it here because of them. Lines of people 20, 30, or 40 people long, all trudging behind a stern woman holding an umbrella in the air; clogging the path and not allowing anyone to pass (or any peace and quiet).
As horrid as the tour groups were, the lakes were still astounding - I would recommend that if you choose to visit here; you spend the night before in one of the lodges, so you can hike in peace before the tour groups from Zagreb, Ljubljana, and Split show up.
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| Slug at Plitvice amazingly like a Banana slug like you might find in California - only Black |
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