Slovenija and mini Balkanexpress

Shortly after Villach we said goodbye to Austria and gave our goBox back, what even brought us some money into our travel cash box. We drove over the Wurzenpass, with 18 % slope and without any problems we drove slowly with 25 km/h over the pass.

Wurzenpass - yes, he is steep, but fortunately we have a gear reduction
Wurzenpass – yes, he is steep, but fortunately we have a gear reduction

On the other side we had for the first time a beautiful overview to the Julian Alps.

view over the Julian Alps shortly before Kranjska Gora
view over the Julian Alps shortly before Kranjska Gora

Further, we drove through Kranjska Gora on top of the Vršič pass, which is completely in the national park. The most turns of the road are built with cobblestones and we were not sure, if it was a good idea, to drive over the pass, but neither Johannes or Emma had any problems.

Hinweise für die Passfahrt - zum Glück können wir Slowenisch
Indications  for the ride over the pass – fortunately we speak slovenian… or not
Vršič pass
Vršič pass

The next day we made a small hike. When we came back to the pass, there were hundred of tourists, so we decided to leave at around midday.

one of the views on our hike
one of the views on our hike
Some felt hot...
Some felt hot…

Accidentally we found the source of Soca, which was impressing us with the cold and crystal clear water.

The blue hole at the source of Soca
The blue hole at the source of Soca

The following hot day we spent climbing close to the Soca river. In the night we climbed Triglav and the next few days we spent paddling on the Soca.

Then we drove on and as it isn't that easy to find a sleeping place in Slovenia, we looked in our climbing guide. So we drove on overland roads to Iška Vintgar, where we stayed next to a small river, close to a natural park. Two days we spent with climbing and biking. Unfortunately a ranger forbid us on the third day to sleep there, so in the evening we drove towards Krka.

castle in Bistro, on the right side we drove through
castle in Bistro, on the right side we drove through
Bike tour to Krim 1107 m altitude
Bike tour to Krim 1107 m altitude

The following day we got up very early and explored the village Krka, the source of Krka and bought some cheese from Krka.

The river Krka flows through Krka
river Krka
village Krka
village Krka
garden in Krka
garden in Krka
wood shelter in Krka
wood shelter in Krka

Then we drove through the valley following the river. We stopped to visit the castle in Žužemberk and went to shop some groceries.

Žužemberk with river Krka
Žužemberk with river Krka
castle in Žužemberk
castle in Žužemberk

In the evening we drove towards the boarder of Slovenia / Croatia.
Early in the morning we passed the boarder without problems, drove to Karlovac and from there through a partly abandoned region, where there were still many leftovers from the war 20 years ago around. Our last stop in Croatia was Dvor, from where we drove to Bosnia.

between Karlovac and Dvor
between Karlovac und Dvor
Shortly before the bosnian boarder in Dvor
Shortly before the bosnian boarder in Dvor

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