Jadranovo

Day 86:
Distance: 20.60 km (2,442.13 km)
Steps: 29,893 (3,497,188)
Move time: 4h53 (558h03)
Spend: £26.52 (£1,566.29)

🇭🇷 Rijeka to Jadranovo. 🇭🇷

After leaving behind my parents at the coach terminal in Zadar, I was back to my lonesome and, on the journey back to Rijeka, I slowly became more and more anxious thinking about the obstacles left to tackle. This isn't England anymore, where the biggest challenge is literally nothing (genuinely can't even think of a single one); the Balkans are a different beast: wolves, bears, endless mountains, stray dogs, border crossings, lack of hiking routes, astronomical roaming fees, the Cyrillic alphabet, fucking LANDMINES. Getting the legs working made everything feel a little better, it's much easier to do than it is to think, but the shit I put myself through in the name of adventure huh. Today felt like the very first day all over again, and I'm not sure I liked it. After only arriving in Rijeka at midday, I made my way pretty uneventfully onto Jadranovo, where I've caught a bus onto Klenovica to be able to stay for two nights in a hostel, which ought to allow me to kick back into gear by ditching the pack tomorrow.Read more