Sky high in Slovenia

To get from Croatia to Slovenia we were faced with a choice of a 12 hour cramped stuffy bus ride or a 1 hr flight for $A150 extra. Not a particularly hard decision.... Air Croatia all the way!

On our journey we met a couple of friendly local girls who took us under their wing and gave us all the tips on where to sleep, eat and drink in town and when we arrived at Ljubljana (capital of Slovenia) at midnight they introduced us to the street snack of Burek (a delicious mince or cheese filled pastry) and even gave us a free taxi ride to our hostel. Not a bad start!

Having said that our first night in Slovenia was spent in a jail cell.....

The hostel we were staying at was an artisticly converted old prison, complete with metal doors and barred doors. Very funky!

In our jail cell in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Next day we hired bikes and toured the many sites of Ljubljana before jumping on a bus to Lake Bohinj.

¨Now things might get a little wierd here.... i want to see two dragons! '
Ljubljana.

Bohinj had been given a pretty good wrap by Caius, Tara and GT and we were very stoked to find that it well and truelly lived up to our expectations. A beautiful lake surrounded by huge towering mountains! Kind of like the NZ of Europe.

Slovenia is also known as the cheap adventure sports capital of Europe so decided to make the most of it and go paragliding - made all the more tempting as it was under $A100. We were all pumped to go but started getting a little worried when we got to the top as our tandem instructors um'd and ah'd for about an 1hr over whether or not the strong winds would be safe enough to fly in. We got especially worried when we realised that it was the end of the season and we were the only paying customers of the day!

Not surprisingly they decided it was safe to go and before we knew it we were off hovering 1000m above the ground with beautiful views of the snow capped mountains, green fields and the lake. It was a truelly awesome exhilerating experience and we'd recommend it to anyone!

Em preparing for takeoff
If you look closely u can see a small dot just above the middle of the horizon which is em in flight! Click on the pic for a better view.

Enjoying the serenity of Lake Bohinj


Em looking sweet, upon the seat, of a bicycle made for two!
Enjoying the local brew, overlooking Lake Bled.

Next stop was Bovec. It is notoriously difficult to get to by public transport, so hard in fact that we decided to give hitchhiking a go in an effort to get there faster! (dont worry mums, its apparently quite normal and even legal in Slovenia). After quite a wait we eventually had some success and finally made it.

Em attempting to put on the hitching charm.

Bovec was another beautiful picturesque mountainside town but the highlight for a pair of travellers like ourselves was our apartment which had MTV, a kitchen, a bath and a separate loft bedroom for just E30. pretty gud!

Unfortunately it rained a bit while we were there but we still decided to hire some mountain bikes to go on a ride. We set off on what was supposed to be an easy short ride and made it back 4hrs later drenched, tired and muddy after some serious mountainbiking. Made the Manly dam ride seem easy! Great views though and Gav managed to get some of the seroius mountainbiking adventure he was after while Em got plenty of walking practice in!



We are catching an overnight train tonight to Hungary. Looking forward to the goulash and hot spa's as recommended by our Hungarian native friends, the Dicko's!