Camping Mimoza

Andy was up early for a swim at the beach below the campsite. Sara had a lie in. Then breakfast. Then off to Montenegro via Lidl!

In our excitement (not about Lidl) we managed to leave last night's campsite without paying ☹️. Unintentionally obviously! Have now emailed them to ask how to pay remotely.

Crossing the border was a bit tedious. We queued for about 30 mins to leave the EU. Then about the same to get into Montenegro. In both cases, we were waved thru very easily - but they were definitely taking much longer with some people, including searching their cars. I think they must like Brits in blue vans.

We had to show our passports and the V5 for the van at both crossing points. We don't know why Montenegro does this. Bosnia didn't.

We hadn't actually agreed on where we were heading in Montenegro before we got here so we followed the coast south to the Bay of Kotor. Then, more or less on a whim, joined the queue for the ferry to Lepetane. As we moved towards the ferry we realised that we needed to buy our ticket before boarding. Sara had to jump out of the van, buy a ticket at the kiosk, then literally run back to the van as I was boarding. Very exciting.

After one false start, choosing, then leaving, a campsite that wasn't very good, we are now at a nice little place on the coast more or less opposite Perast - you'll have to look at a map to understand the strange geography.

It's a beautiful area with mountains climbing straight out of the sea, not dissimilar to Crete. After settling in, we cycled back the way we had come to visit Tivat, mainly to find an ATM because the campsite is cash-only.

Again, lots of money in the marina area, Regent Porto Montenegro, but in this case, some of it is flowing into the local economy - or at least into the local economy close to the marina. Huge developments of new buildings and shops going on. It felt like a completely different world to the one we had left on our bikes about 20 minutes before.

We ended the day with a quick drink at the campsite bar before having a meal made with horrible Croatian sausages. Yum.Baca selengkapnya