Plitvice Lakes

Set out from Split this morning in a very nice black Citroen.  All mod cons including GPS, but so much automation we had trouble finding the handbrake, air conditioner controls and alarm release.  LH drive of course.  Drove along the beautiful coast for a while to Trogir then cut across to the main A1 autobahn which runs through the centre of Croatia.  Travelled inland through very high barren limestone mountains - very high bridges and long tunnels (one must have been at least 5 km long)

The A1 is an excellent toll road which would have been very expensive to build and maintain (who paid??).  It is well signed and has a 130 kph speed limit.  Most cars were travelling much faster.

We are now staying at a very nice guest house about 5 km from the Plitvice National Park entrance.  The photos below are all taken here.

Among the tourists we hear a small sprinkling of spoken English, a little French, and the majority impossible to tell (most likely other parts of Europe). There are not many from Asian countries.