Tara National Park! Oh so green! Oh so beautiful!
But oh my god why are the roads in such a horrible state?!
So tempted to look around but have to focus 100% on the road: endless potholes, gravel, sand, cars overtaking on blind turns… and accidents… saw quite a few of them during the day (no wonder!).
Rode around the Zaovine lake, then north to the Perucac lake, then east along the Drina river (yes, it’s the same river that I saw in Višegrad!), and then chased the sunset across the mountains on my way back to Kremna.
What can I say? Serbia you are so beautiful! Just please fix those roads 🙏
A twisty road through a pine forest with little traffic and decent asphalt. Amazing!
A beautiful lake, and next to it a restaurant with grilled fish. Delicious!
Friendly people curious about my Russian number plates. Sweet!
And the main highlight of my route through the south of Serbia – the Uvac river!
I was so scared of the 6km gravel road leading to the viewpoint, and hell yeah it was challenging (my gravel riding skills are below zero) but the view was so much worth the effort! One word – breathtaking! 😍
Already knowing that one can expect anything from the Serbian roads, I asked the owners of my apartment if the route that Google Maps suggested to get from Sjenica to Podgorica was asphalt. They said yes.
I asked if I could actually cross the border there, they said yes.
So I was pretty sure I was on the right track.
I was riding a pretty decent road through beautiful landscapes and wondering why there was no traffic there. And then – boom – dirt road, good 15km of it to the border, twisty gravel downhill.
Oh god, this was exactly what I had feared.
Half way through the 15km I started wondering if there was an actual border crossing there. And when I arrived to a closed barrier gate, it became pretty clear to me that there wasn’t.
Oh no. I’m not going back up that gravel road, and all around Serbia to get to the official border crossing.
Please let me cross here, please, please, please.
I hope by the time I come back the asphalt situation will be improved 🤞 although… it might ruin some of the adventure spirit 😅
