Zabljak

I have no idea what to say here.

It's well on the way to winter here but that didn't deter us from white-rafting down the River Tara about half an hours drive from Zabljak where we are staying. 

We were lucky with the tourist lady teeing it up because all through Europe the summer activities such as rafting have well and truly wound up and we've been left, more than a few times, saying to the kids 'it's a shame we weren't here earlier'.

Tara River

Team Tara

The rafting trip was to take us down the Tara river which runs through the deepest canyon in Europe and is said to be second deepest only to the Grand Canyon in the US.

We were picked up by a bloke in a dodgey blue minivan that was remiss of seat belts and working suspension.  (Personally I was hoping we weren't going to be driven straight over the border and sold to Albanian people smugglers.  Blondes fetch a good price apparently.)

Bridge over the Tara

Our fears were unfounded however and we arrived at the rafting centre and spent an hour sitting about waiting for something to happen while the fellas in charge dithered about here and there.  

We've worked out that things move fairly slowly in Montenegro so we just went with the flow and enjoyed a cup of local tea.

Lunch after

Finally we hit the river and it was very spectacular.  Not a high adrenalin rafting run by any stretch but enough white water to keep the kids amused and what we lacked in thrills we made up in fantastic scenery and crystal clear water.

View from the bridge

After we finished our 8km sojourn down the river we had a big lunch of fish straight from the river cooked by the Dad of the rafting guide.  We think.

A fun day out and although it cost us €195.00 sometimes you just have to lash out.