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Top 13 places to visit in 2013

Top 13 places to visit in 2013

A new year is upon us and many of you will shortly be planning your adventures for this year. We thought we’d devise a list of the top 13 places to visit in 2013. Some of the locations we’ve been to but others we’re yet to see Places we’ve been and want to go back to… and where we think are the top 13 places to visit in 2013: 1. Plitvice Lakes, Croatia If you haven’t been to Croatia, the country [...]

Hiking in heaven at Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes

Hiking in heaven at Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes

When I told my friend that Dave and I would be travelling to Croatia she suggested we visit Plitvice Lakes. I had never heard of it before and aside from being the oldest national park in southeast Europe and the largest in Croatia, the guide book covered it in only a couple of pages. The park covers almost 300km² although the walk around the perimeter of the lakes is about 20km. This is a bit much to do in a day [...]