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Travel the World with Emma
DIR By: Emma
Date: December 1, 2013, 2:49 pm
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That's right. Please share all your travels with me as I love to
listen and love to look at all the great pictures.
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Re: Travel the World with Emma
DIR By: Clay Death
Date: December 1, 2013, 3:46 pm
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totally awesome thread idea.
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Re: Travel the World with Emma
DIR By: Clay Death
Date: December 2, 2013, 9:34 pm
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this is Bryce Canyon, Utah.
Utah is a mecca for mountain bikers and I have yet to make it
there. I need to plan a trip to this place.
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Re: Travel the World with Emma
DIR By: Nikki
Date: December 14, 2013, 6:23 am
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Ahhh, I like the idea.
I think I should post some photos of the places I visited this
summer.
I started my 2-weeks Balkan trip in Zadar, Croatia.
Church of Saint Donatus
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Main square near the Church of Saint Donatus
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The port of Zadar
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The Sea Organ -
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The music it is playing is quite soothing. I spent the entire
day lying in the sun near the sea organ and enjoyed the sea
breeze while listening to the music.
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Greetings to the sun -
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When the sun was going down, I was close to the Greetings to the
sun but sadly I missed the spectacle. They say that the sunset
in Zadar is the most beautiful one in the world. So I preferred
watching the sunset instead and snapping lots of pictures of it
with my phone. It was breathtaking indeed. :P
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Re: Travel the World with Emma
DIR By: Nikki
Date: December 14, 2013, 6:39 am
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During my stay in Zadar, we went on a guided tour to Plitvice
Lakes National Park.
Normally I hate nothing more than guided tours but unfortunately
there are only very few busses running from Zadar to Plitvice
and back. That means if we had taken a bus, we would have only
had 2 hours or even less in the park. The guided tour allowed us
to spend 6 intensive hours in the park. I'm used to walk a lot
but after 6 hours in the heat and basically running after the
tour guide (who was very eager to show us everything in very
little time), I thought I would die. There were 2 girls from
Ireland going on the tour with us and one of them was wearing
high heels. I wonder how her feet felt at the end of the day.
::)
Well, what's there to see in the park? Waterfalls, crystal clear
waters, wildlife, untouched nature. All too beautiful to be
true. My own pictures only reflect half of the beauty of the
park. I think I was also too amazed by the landscapes so that I
didn't take that many good pictures.
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In the park itself I didn't see too many wild animals but on the
way back home we visited a wildlife sanctuary which gives
shelter to bears, deers and wild pigs which are still too young
to live in the national park by themselves or which are injured.
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Just found out that the bears living in the park are called
"European Chocolate bears" (or European brown bears). They are
sweet as chocolate indeed. I just wouldn't want to be attacked
by one.
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Re: Travel the World with Emma
DIR By: Nikki
Date: December 14, 2013, 6:46 am
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On the way from Zadar to Split, I visited �ibenik.
It is a beautiful small city with a stunning cathedral. You can
walk up a loooooooooooooot of stairs to get up to a fortress
(which was unfortunately closed when I was there) for
breathtaking views over the city and the Dalmatian sea.
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Re: Travel the World with Emma
DIR By: Nikki
Date: December 14, 2013, 6:51 am
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Next up was Trogir. I was also just passing through on the way
from Zadar to Split and had nowhere to leave my luggage when I
arrived. That is why I just walked around a bit to get a little
glimpse of the charming historic quarter which is built on an
island and connected to the "newer" parts of the city by
bridges.
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Re: Travel the World with Emma
DIR By: Nikki
Date: December 14, 2013, 6:59 am
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Split is touristy and way too expensive for Croatian standards
(nothing compared to Dubrovnik though). I loved it though
because the Roman monuments were just amazing, the views of the
city and the harbor from Marjan hill were amazing and the
nightlife was top. Although I partied every night until 5 am, I
got to see a lot of the city.
Some of my favorite places...
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Waterfront
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Some of the many Roman monuments in the city
I wouldn't suggest going near these places around lunch time.
There are so many restaurants everywhere and all of them are
packed, people standing in line waiting to get a table, etc.
Incredible. :P
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View from Marjan hill
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Re: Travel the World with Emma
DIR By: Nikki
Date: December 14, 2013, 7:03 am
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A Croatian guy who we had met wanted to show us a less crowded
beach on our last day in Split. So we went to a village called
Omi� which is in the East of Split. Afterwards we went back to
Split to have a drink. At midnight I had the guys singing me
Happy Birthday in Croatian. Hahaha.
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Re: Travel the World with Emma
DIR By: Nikki
Date: December 14, 2013, 7:21 am
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Then it was time to say bye bye to Croatia for a few days. I was
nervous about my first trip to Bosnia, the country where East
meets West, a country which is - according to my Croatian
friends - still traumatized from the horrible war in the 1990's
and a country of contrast and contradiction.
Anyway, upon arriving in Mostar I quickly realized how warm and
welcoming the people were. You could see that it is a poor
country compared to its neighbor Croatia but with a rich culture
and lots to offer to tourists who are interested in history and
beautiful landscapes.
The famous bridge
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"Don't Forget" - You can see these stones everywhere in the
city... And it is impossible to forget about the horrible war
which killed so many people in Mostar and the rest of Bosnia.
The war damage is still present in many parts of the city.
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Ruins of a bank. I didn't go inside but apparently you can still
see documents dated from the day when the Serbs and Croats took
it over and turned it into a sniper tower that they used to pick
off the Bosniaks.
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What else is there to see? Hummm, many beautiful mosques:
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Ottoman bazaar with beautiful cobblestone streets (slippery when
wet)
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