Tara River Rafting, Montenegro

“AAAARGGGGGH!” Mike cried, his body tight to the inflatable tube in the bow of the raft. “My arm’s stuck!” Kirsty and I panicked and sprang forward to pull him back on board.

The Hound of the Baskervilles: Tara River Canyon, Montenegro

“Mark, have you got the truck’s electronic immobiliser key in your pocket?” “Yes, but I’m not going to swim.” From our campsite, Eko Oaza, we’d walked down to a little beach on the shore of the Tara River. Mark had taken it upon himself to stride out to a rocky island in the middle. “Mark,Continue reading “The Hound of the Baskervilles: Tara River Canyon, Montenegro”

Biogradska Gora National Park, Montenegro

“No trees have been felled in the park since the 19th century. Some trees in this forest are five hundred years old,” said Radovan. He was a local, and one of the many who had come to look inside our truck, The Beast, the evening we arrived. Biogradska Gora is the smallest of Montenegro’s fourContinue reading “Biogradska Gora National Park, Montenegro”