Today’s goal was to head to the Adriatic coast. We drove off along some of the same windy and slow road that I had driven to Kosovo and there were some fantastic views. We took a short side route to see a canyon and then pressed on to the capital, Podgorica. We just skimmed the outskirts of the capital we no desire to head into the center as it was over 30 degrees and what we did see of the city, including some rundown communist era apartment buildings, just didn’t entice the soul to see more. We passed a large saltwater lake and considered having lunch there but pressed on to the coast and we were rewarded with that decision. We climbed a big mountain, opting to take the overland route versus the toll tunnel and the view of the coast was absolutely stunning. We pulled over and soaked in the Montenegran coastline with a few islands in sight.
Our second campsite at Zabljak:
The high plateau plains by Zabljak:
Hauling wheat in Montenegro:
Seemed like a sign to nowhere:
The view from the canyon:
The ugly capital of Podgorica:
The massive lake:
Betty and I arriving at the coast:
After a tasty meal of bread and Kosovar pate (thanks again Louise!) along with some freshly picked raspberries, wild strawberries, blueberries and a bit of chocolate, Betty rolled us down to the seashore and we entered a town called Petrovac. It was a busy place with hundreds of beach goers waltzing down to find some sun and sand. We found a place to park and headed to a beach ourselves only to be flabbergasted by the sea of humanity there. The 500 meter long, 10 meter wide beach must have had a few thousand people on it, there was hardly an unused space. Wow.
The busy beach:
More beach mayhem:
At least we could get a beer at the busy beach:
Garth and a not so busy sweater vendor (what was he thinking?!?):
Holly and Garth went for a swim and then I did (we needed someone to keep an eye on our valuables). I followed their recommendation of heading a bit more to the right in the water as there was sadly a fair amount of garbage floating about. After the quick dip, we had a beer under a shaded table with a nice view of the rocky coastline. We jumped back into Betty and headed north to try and find a campsite near the larger town of Budva. We ended up finding one north of that town at a beach called Jas. We camped in a newly weedwhacked grassy area just 100 meters from the shore. This beach was not as busy as Petrovac and thankfully the water seemed to be garbage free. We had a nice meal at a seaside restaurant (excellent calzone!) and then called it a night.
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