Čarobni Perast in kajakiranje med otočki Boke Kotorske, Črna gora

Potep po Črni gori je tedne visel v zraku. Vse te korona prepovedi in zapovedi so se spreminjale iz tedna v teden in nič ni kazalo, da se bodo stvari izboljšale. Tako smo tisti petek prešli na plan B, odtavali do trajekta na Pag, tam pa nenapovedano dobili novice, da je karantena ob povratku iz Črne gore v Slovenijo preklicana. Še isti večer smo tako prečrtali Hrvaško in v enem šusu mimo Dubrovnika odpotovali do Boke Kotorske. Tako kot smo bili nad začetkom potepa po Črni gori presenečeni mi, so bili nad nami presenečeni tudi lokalci v Črni Gori. Glede na to, da so bili zaprti vsi kampi in restavracije, domačini očitno še nekaj časa niso pričakovali kakšnih turistov. Do prvih dveh kampov v Boki Kotorski smo prišli tako, da smo kar na vrtu zmotili lastnici kampov in ju prosili, da nas gostijo. 🙂 🙂 Lastnici, obe gospe v poznih letih, sta bili navdušeni in v naslednjih dneh smo se počutili pri njih kot doma. Gostoljubnost domačinov v Črni gori je res neverjetna in praktično ni bilo srečanja brez povabila na kozarec domačega, pokušino domačega sira in pršuta… Seveda vse ob kramljanju o situaciji v Sloveniji, obujanje spominov na bivšo Jugoslavijo, pogovori o služenju lokalcev v bivši skupni armadi … Boka Kotorska drugače ponuja ogromno zanimivosti, najlepši pa nam je bil zagotovo Perast, nekaj posebnega pa je bilo tudi kajakiranje do otočkov “Sveti Đorđe” in “Gospa od Škrpljela”. Boka Kotorska, ki je ponavadi dobesedno nagnetena s turisti in križarkami, je bila ob našem obisku prazna. In videti te lepote v miru je bil res privilegij. 😉

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We didnt know if we could make a trip to Montenegro for weeks. All this government restrictions due to corona virus changed almost every week and because of that we decided to start with our plan B. So on that Friday we drove to the ferry to the island of Pag, but when waiting for it we got info that the quarantine on the way back from Montenegro to Slovenia had been canceled. On the same evening, we decided to skip Croatia and traveled straight to the Bay of Kotor. Just as we were surprised by the start of the trip around Montenegro, the locals in Montenegro were also surprised to see us. Given that all campsites and restaurants were closed, the locals apparently did not expect any tourists for some time. We got the first two campsites in the Bay of Kotor by surprising the owners of the campsite right in their garden and asking them to host us. 🙂 🙂 The owners, both ladies, were thrilled and in the following days we felt like being at home. The hospitality of the locals in Montenegro is really amazing and there was practically no meeting without an invitation to a glass of homemade wine or schnops, tasting homemade cheese and prosciutto … Of course, all the time chatting about the situation in Slovenia, sharing memories of the former Yugoslavia, … The Bay of Kotor otherwise offers a lot of interesting things, but the most beautiful was certainly Perast, something special was also kayaking to the islands of “Sveti Đorđe” and “Gospa od Škrpljela”. The Bay of Kotor, which is usually literally full of tourists and cruisers, was empty at the time of our visit. And seeing these beauties in peace was really a privilege. 😉