The Kotor Serpentine is a series of 26 bends, running up the mountain behind Kotor. It’s a little scary, but we got lost getting to the start of it, and took a much more dangerous road up to the Fortress Blanche wrote about. There was a big – big earthquake in Montenegro in 1979, everyone […]
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Losing an Oar & Gaining a Motor
Outboard Motor, Shopping, Bends, Views and Wild Horses Shortly after arriving in Montenegro, Steve and I went out in Teddy to the edge of the Bay as we wanted to collect live mussels to use as fishing bait. No sooner had we gotten out of our islet to hug the shore between us and the […]
Read MoreLong & Windy Road – mostly in 2nd Gear
Having spent an amazing couple of days and nights at Virpazar, staying at Marko’s Country House, packed two bottles of his Prevalis red wine into our luggage, been spoilt with yet another outstanding delicious Montenegrin typical breakfast and filled our water bottles from the fresh spring, it was time to return to base camp Naluka. […]
Read MoreLake Skadar Mini Break – Part 2
After our first night’s sleep at the beautiful Country House Djurisic, we both woke up feeling a little bit itchy. During the afternoon of check-in, Marko asked if we would like a blanket for our bed as there was just a sheet. Worried about temperature dropping at night we said we would. After attending to […]
Read MoreLake Skadar Mini Break
For clarity, a Mini Break is when we leave the caravan at a campsite and travel in the Poacher with luggage staying overnight somewhere else. I thought we were going to set off early for our trip to Lake Skadar last Thursday (27th May), as I am used to Steve’s early starts to get the […]
Read MoreSticks and Snakes to the Rock
Following Sunday night’s mixed fish BBQ thrown by us celebrating Steve’s catch, 6am the next morning (Monday 24th) Steve and John went fishing with their rods, heavy weights and heavy heads in a tiny boat driven by Nebojša, the guy who ferries guests past our terrace to and from the expensive fish restaurant Catovica Mlini. […]
Read MoreFab 4 Go Fishing & Save a Turtle
When messaging with Captain Ivan on what time we should be collected to go fishing, not being a morning person especially on a Sunday, I suggested 10 or 11am. Apparently, fishing is best during the first hours of sunrise, so we agreed on a 7am start. Steve and I set the alarms on our mobiles […]
Read MoreIt’s All Organic
Our friends Richard and Chris joined arrived at our campsite last Thursday and stayed a week. We’ve enjoyed their wonderful company discussing Schengen, ninety days in, ninety days out, benefits of being in Montenegro (neither EU or Schengen) and our travel plans over a drink or few at our local drinking hole the Tramontana Beach […]
Read MoreMorinj, more Mountains and Finding Monty
Autocamp Naluka is situated in the little town of Morinj, famous for its milling and seafaring traditions, equidistant between Kotor and Herceg Novi in the Boka Kotorska Bay. Sounds idyllic doesn’t it? Believe me, it is! Within seconds of arriving, Duchan the owner of the campsite welcomed us. Although the campsite is small having only […]
Read MoreFour Borders & an Inspection
We try never to drive when it’s dark, raining or windy, so when we woke up to a clear blue sky without wind (there’ve been a few gales over the past few days and nights) we were delighted.. Additionally, since the clocks went back at the end of March, the sun rising earlier enabled us […]
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