Waiting for the ferry, coming from Rab.
Bell tower in Rab old city.
View over Rab old city, with the four bell towers.
Rab old city.
View from the market square.
Loading kayaks, www.seakayak.hr organizing the trip.
Unloading the kayaks at Lopar.
Adjusting rudder.
Packing the food in our kayaks.
On our way to Sv. Grgur (Gregory Island).
Arriving at the bay of Sv. Grgur.
Bay of Sv. Grgur. This was formerly prison for political prisons.
Our tents. Thunderstorm, just a local magnificient one surrounded by a clear sky with stars, during the night.
Yogi preparing the food.
Our dinner at the prison.
View over the bay with the ruins of some prison buildings. The prison kept political women prisoners, under the Tito regime, during 1948-1988.
In memory of the victims of the communist regime, killed at Sv. Gregory (August 23, the day of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact so sad for European history?)
Arriving at Baska, partly in shelter, after some windy hours.
The shore at Baska, with a camping site.
Seeking shelters for the tent in the hard wind.
The wind increases (at most 35 knots, 17 m/s).
Watching the waves.
View over Baska.
Heavy rain and magnificient thunderstorms during the night. 5 cm water in some tents. Many things became wet.
The rain turns into a lovely mornig.
Drying wet things in the morning.
Leaving the town of Baska.
Lunch break in the rain, and some thunderstorm, at the southern side of Krk (Rt Bracol).
Lunch under a roof.
Passing some luxury houses at Stara Baska (old Baska).
Good bay, sheltered for wind, west of Stara Baska.
Sunset after six o'clock.
Spaghetti and salsa, the guides Yogi and Bafo in front.
Sunny morning.
The guides Yogi and Carin.
View over the sheltered bay.
Some rest, before the passage to Plavnik.
Pebbles.
Some berries in the autumn.
The 7 km crossing to the Island of Plavnik in good weather, some waves.
Heléne.
Andy and the guide Yogi enjoying the crossing.
Sheltered bay at the southwest side of Plavnik.
Camping in the forest.
A walk in the "hard stone" landscape to the caves.
Swimming into Pirate Cave.
A sandy beach at the end of the cave.
A lot of stone walls in Croatia.
Looking for the rare Griffon Vultures, some pairs nest on the cliffs of Plavnik and on Cres.
The rare Griffon Vulture, Europe's largest bird with almost 3 meters wingspan.
Unfortunatley scared by motor boat arriving.
Almost 3 meter wingspan.
Lighthouse Rt. Veli Pin at the western part of Plavnik.
Carin on a calm Kvarner Bay of the Adritatic Sea.
Perfect weather when crossing to Cres.
The cliffs of Cres.
Many Griffon Vultures, probably frightened by a motor boat with screaming people.
Lunch break at Mugranj.
Around 20 degrees, with warming sun, in the air and 18 in the sea.
Resting
Resting. The island of Plavnik in the middle and Krk to the left.
Clear water.
Carin from above, while searching a geocache.
Griffon Vulture, right hand profile.
Griffon Vulture, with a balloon in its face.
Griffon Vulture, left hand profile.
Camping 6 km south of Beli, at research camp for Griffon Vultures.
Fossil.
Enjoying the dinner at the research camp.
Morning light.
Morning light, Plavnik at the back.
The first sun rays, 0730.
Sun rays behind Krk.
Sun rays.
View towards Plavnik.
Some tide water.
Safer place for tents.
Games at the camp.
View over or bay.
Griffon Vulture south of Beli.
Griffon Vulture.
Griffon Vulture (enlarged).
Rounding all cliffs in a lazy mood in the perfect weather.
Parts of our group.
Arriving at the nice town of Beli, on the top of the hill.
The shore of Beli. A pity that the week is over.
Some kayaks go for an extra tour of some hours.
View from top of the hill at Beli.
View towards Plavnik at late afternoon.
View of Beli.
Farewell dinner, Sven thanks the Croatian guides Bafo and Yogi for a week that became wonderful and cheerful after the first heavy rains and thunderstorms.
Also thanks to the Swedish, well known and cheerful, guide Carin.
