First view of the Adriatic Sea 2009 © Ricky Yates

First view of the Adriatic Sea 1975 © Ricky Yates

As I mentioned in my previous post, our journey from southern Serbia into Montenegro took me along the same route I had traversed by coach when travelling overland from Kathmandu to London during a period of two and a half months in the Spring of 1975. Leaving Podgorica, we continued on that same route, passing Lake Skadar and then proceeding steeply around numerous hairpin bends to cross the Rumija mountain range before being rewarded with our first view of the Adriatic Sea. A similar steep decent around many more hairpin bends, brought us to the coastal resort of Petrovac.

I still remember the thrill of seeing the Adriatic for the first time in my life in 1975 and, . . . → Read More: Travelling through Montenegro April 1975 and October 2009