Adriatic Coast - Croatia and Slovenia
By Johan - After our side trip to Bosnia and Serbia we returned to the Croatian Coast via the Neretva River Valley - a beautiful flat way to return to the coast; it was an easy enjoyable ride. We backtracked from Mostar along the Ciro Trail for the first half to Čapljina and then just followed the river out to the border and the coast. The Croatian Coast is beautiful; mountains dropping into the ocean, crystal clear oceans to swim in and to top it off a myriad of old towns with a mixture of Roman, Venetian and Hungarian architecture. European summer is in full swing here with calm blue sky’s and 30 to 34 degrees Celsius in the afternoon. Too hot to bike really so we stuck to a regime of biking from 7am to 1pm. By that time steam started coming out of our ears and we both got to rage stage so time to set up the tent and dive into the ocean for the afternoon. Not a bad lifestyle at all. Mostly rocky beaches though so don’t forget to bring your beach/sand shoes....