We were missing the coast so headed down to Zadar for a bit more beach time before we headed into the mountains of Solvenia. Arrived into Zadar in the middle of the scorching heat and asked the girl at the information desk where a nearby campground was. She told us there was one bout a 15 min walk away, so we headed off in that direction only to find (after walking for 30 mins in 30 + degrees with all our gear) that she had sent us on a wild goose chase as the ca...

Arrived in Plitvic Lakes Campground after a short bus trip from Zagreb. Found Pete and Emily from Canada were also camping there, so caught up with them over a few drinks. Next day we headed for the lakes, tried to get the student discount but no luck with this, so made our way into the reserve along with heaps of tour groups and other tourists and travellers. Once we got into the area further people went there seperate ways down heaps of different tracks suround...

Our plan was to head straight out to the Plitvicka Lakes once we got to Zagreb, but after our painful 7 hour train ride from Belgrade we couldn't face getting on a bus for another couple of hours. So found a very sweet hostel in Zagreb where we could camp on the lawn for a good price, and it had awesome cooking facilities. There was a massive supermarket nearby (one of our pastimes has become wandering through supermarkets so we were stoked with the size and ch...