Breathtaking parts of the World
There are places all over the world that leave you completely speechless. They’re all out there, waiting to be discovered, unearthed and experienced. Those places can be temporary in the laughter of a child, they can be more permaneant natural beauties; a crash of a wave or Gulfoss waterfall, or they could be structures created to overwhelm the senses such as The Vatican. Today, I’ve added to this list with the Plitvice Lakes National Park.
Words cannot describe this place, and the pictures I’ve taken can only ever hope to capture a small part of it. I want to record this speechlessness and total peacefulness while it’s still fresh in the memory though, and recommend that all of you at some point visit the park as one of the most beautiful places on the planet.
I’m not joking.
We entered at the aptly named Entrance 1 at around 7.30am as the sun was just peaking over the valleys corridor, and a fairytale mist formed a veil over the water below. A short walk down the hill, and I was on a small wooden bridge across the lake, with small waterfalls to the left, reeds to the right and Veliki slap (meaning big waterall) just ahead of me. Whilst not as massively impressive as the singular Gulfoss Waterfall in Iceland, it is Croatia’s largest, and makes up just a small part of the beauty of the area.
I could have easily spent days just existing here, and exploring all 294.82 km(2). Take a book, stare into the distance, or close your eyes and listen to the turqouise water all around you, and you’ll know exactly how I felt.
I don’t even feel any disapointment at not seeing the bears, deer, wild boar and wolves that live in the woodlands above. Yep, guide book. Again.
I did see a cave where a bear obviously lived though. I know a bear lived there because it was very dark, and there was one of those stick witch-type brooms just by the entrance. How do you explain that, if it’s not Momma Bear cleaning house?
Plitvice Lakes. The highlight of the trip so far, and hopefully not the last 
