Trtnik

After a fairly solid lunch, we took a short hike up to Slap Sopota. Initially I wondered who Sopota was and what she had done wrong but Larissa laughingly explined that Slap is Slovene for waterfall. (Who said Slavs don't have a sense of humour?) Reminds me of Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains.
Apparently the mountains surrounding us are riddled with cave systems and are drawing an expanding crowd of adventure tourists. Andre and his gang have been asked by the property owner where they are building a garage if they would clear the entrance to one system that begins in a sinkhole 10m from his backdoor.
It seems to be common knowledge that illegal hunters gut their kills and leave the offal in bags up in the hills. In this case, as Marco found to his digestive system's detriment when lowered on a rope to inspect the condition of the cave entrance, they had been tossing the bags down the sinkhole, where they not only decomposed but also attracted other animals who then could not escape so contributed more mass to the atmosphere. The guys do not appear to be very keen to take the job.Read more