Settled on the bus from Plitvice, we roll down the road toward Sibenik, a town on the coast which serves as the base for Krka National Park. 10 mins into the trip we stop for 30 mins at a rest stop (slightly off-putting but at least we were on the right bus). It had a full complement of overpriced food, chocolate, and a handful of brown bears; which we dutifully watched chow down on last night’s left overs.
Arriving in Sibenik, we set out for the old town, not having booked any accommodation that night. We get accosted by an old lady offering a Sobe or ‘private room’ in a building ‘just here’. Just here turned out to be 10 mins walk away, during which our lady had to stop a few times probably from exertional chest pains. Although it was a nice room, it was a wee way away from town and didn’t have the Internet which we needed to book and research things with.
Having listed a hostel which Emily had scouted the night before, we had our own 4 person dorm room as no one else was there at all. Score!!

It’s music night in Sibenik, a romantic walk around small alleys lined with limestone pavement, white walled buildings and numerous choirs practicing in many buildings around town. It was great to stand in the street listening to beautiful acapella music waft over the old town.
An early night for an early morning.

Krka (I’m learning that spelling doesn’t follow the conventions I’m use to, R after K only if followed by another K), is a national park which straddles the Krka river formed from 6 smaller tributaries. We get the public bus at 1115 as the weather decided to turn bad that morning. It wasvlike the magic school bus (sorry I don’t have a photo, would have been a gem), with the the driver trashing the gears to the 30min to the park. We grab our tickets at the park office and head towards a boat for the trip down the river to the falls.
It’s like a mini Plitvice, with cascading waterfalls, and wooden walkways through the forest. The rain and wind however put a downer on the walk. Done in an hour and half rather than 3, we had lunch sheltering under some trees awaiting the boat home. It was a shame about the weather, but really it’s the first bad day we have had all trip. Someone also has obviously put a lot of nitrates in the water upstream this season as there was a lot of algae colouring the water. Talking to a ranger (officially he says they are denying it) he states it will helpfully wash out over the summer.

The rainy afternoon was spent waiting two hours for the public bus home; a more typical tourist bus comes rolling by.
We had decided to try to make it south down the coast to Split that night as it meant we could head to Vis island the following morning. A quick change at the local bus station and we were on our way.