http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html After putting Zvonimir on the bus back to Zagreb and work we set out on the first serious days walking in the Paklenica National Park from sea level to the peak of Vidakov Kuk at 836m. http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#0 0bcebe93-6513-4718-b7a0-7f7ac969ab85 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2132/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2132/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We started out on the flat</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#1 f695d992-ccd2-4f1e-9dc8-7003067a446f http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2134/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2134/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">walking through a gorge popular with climbers</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#2 5919cf8e-78db-476a-967f-251ef141cd25 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2135/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2135/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">but after the first kilometre</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#3 b3532f37-cb9b-4b74-845b-8c6d46b48944 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2136/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2136/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">we started going up</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#4 af7738ea-b0e5-4c1d-ba47-b375e7f30c29 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2137/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2137/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and up</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#5 69e0db4e-7751-4ce5-a4cd-8e0f4c867a30 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2139/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2139/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the karst formed fantastic shapes</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#6 c5acb5ec-ab02-4b85-9e55-d638fafcdf57 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2140/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2140/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">giving us lots of opportunities to stop </p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#7 65bd58c5-2cd3-4b66-8d2f-60cd67b33334 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2142/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2142/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and take photos</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#8 75f684b1-150e-464d-8b3b-60b568fefee5 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2143/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2143/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">while catching our breath</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#9 2e1705c9-3051-484b-ace0-6a0c508ced62 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2144/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2144/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the platform marked the end of the first stage</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#10 49f87f65-d56b-4fad-acf7-a00645f3de9e http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2145/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2145/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">hot work in the sun</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#11 376d1ac8-08bf-4deb-84d2-1f58a1bdb9e3 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2146/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2146/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">making the most of the cool draft from the caves</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#12 ef4968a9-3be3-4c67-903b-463e1b18e354 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2147/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2147/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">we had thought we were near the top! </p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#13 c8364b7c-b024-4e65-8f2f-0808cb450bc5 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2149/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2149/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The bridge to Pag island in the distance</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#14 dfff4b0a-f48d-4b6e-ba48-b51ec084c9fb http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2150/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2150/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">taking advantage of a bit of shade</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#15 2972d0ef-92e8-4633-a84b-e5864653672f http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2151/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2151/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">before the going got tough</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#16 696e256c-56c5-432c-beca-78a1cd1bddab http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2152/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2152/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">with a bit of a scramble up a steep gulley</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#17 bbeb90ba-0f8a-49f9-a2e4-b5ccb59723e8 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2153/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2153/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">but at least it was waymarked all the way up</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#18 54f1d6ae-9721-408a-a508-508c10bbe548 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2154/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2154/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">best not to look down</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#19 bba791b6-26f6-4bb7-ae8e-7066ebf1f47d http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2156/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2156/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">I wouldn’t fancy doing this carrying a pot of paint !</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#20 cc429707-3ee8-48ee-9b1f-e27213969db8 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2157/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2157/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the rock formations at the summit</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#21 ed458a09-a6d1-435e-b22b-d9f3ac45a530 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2158/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2158/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">made weird and wonderful shapes</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#22 f62c1de0-377c-40da-b86b-b7b513cf817a http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2160/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2160/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">this one looked like an elephant’s head</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#23 a00548bc-49d4-4f2c-a1df-8005bb81859a http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2159/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2159/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">this one looked a bit like Jo</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#24 743280bb-f722-48d4-a189-bf0732c6d86a http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2161/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2161/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">we were pleased to reach the top</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#25 65ac1231-cdd1-48c0-9d9e-5a748065f13f http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2162/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2162/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and start our descent again</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#26 2e38dcb8-c1d7-461d-b04c-1e3fc16284e4 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2164/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2164/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">checking for blisters</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#27 f602d6be-bd78-4422-ae1f-71fea52fa1cc http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2165/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2165/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the elephant again </p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#28 225145cb-6140-43ad-a85d-49f19fe62ad0 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2166/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2166/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">pleased to be back on a proper path again</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#29 05d7b2f1-be6e-408f-ac12-0faf28d7add0 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2167/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2167/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">we could hear the climbers but didn’t spot them</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#30 b476adfe-71ba-419d-8c16-a165c6c1e769 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2169/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2169/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">moon rising at the end of a long day out</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#31 da41fdcd-ed1e-450f-b403-169fcbd6e7ec http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2171/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2171/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">heading back down the gorge</p></div></div> http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park.html#32 c1cca38a-e0db-4baf-971f-f5f5ebf767fd http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2173/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Paklenica_National_Park_files/Media/100_2173/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">before driving on to catch the ferry to Pag</p></div></div>