Croatia 2018 - Wednesday, May 16, 2018 - Dubrovnik. Kotor, Montenegro


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IMG_5438 - Our breakfast view back toward Orašac where we visited the Dubelj farm for supper yesterday.
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IMG_5453 - A view back over the old town, the conical Velika and Mali Petka hills, our hotel, and on across toward Orašac .
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IMG_5468 - Along the Dalmatian coast toward Montenegro.
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IMG_5481 - Classic mountainous Montenegro. Montenegro means Black Mountain.
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IMG_5484 - The border crossing to Montenegro took about a half hour and some experienced negotiation by our guide and driver.
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IMG_5485 - Montenegro is not in the Schengen Area, so in busy July-August this border crossing often takes 4-5 hours.
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IMG_5489 - While waiting, we watched these workers stand on these light, flexible ladders and walk them around like stilts.
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IMG_5491 - Italian Cypress or Pencil Cypress trees rise out of the vegetation all along the Dalmatian coast, giving an Italian feel.
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IMG_5497 - Igalo is famous for its Institut Igalo, a large, luxurious, communist era, health spa. On the grounds is Josip Broz Tito's Villa Galeb.
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IMG_5498 - Every settlement has its fortification. The adjacent town, Herzog Novi, has this Kanli Kula (Bloody Tower).
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IMG_5505 - The modern farming of Mediterranean mussels and European flat oysters in of the Bay Kotor started in 1960.
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IMG_5509 - Verige (Chain) Strait is a narrow neck between the outer and inner parts of the Bay of Kotor.

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