Had a WhatsApp message from our visitor in the night. He
was concerned that he had scared us in the night and that he came to
take some time lapse photography but didn’t want to disturb us with
his engine running. Amazingly thoughtful.
Some
walkers came up and we chatted for a while. Then we left for Bosnia.
The
region is very rocky and the fences are created just to get the rocks
off the ground as olives trees don’t run away.
The
exit of Croatia was quick and straight forward but the entry into
Bosnia was a little slower. First off, the official would not accept the
photocopy of our green card (3rd party insurance) so went and
retrieved it. First time we have used the original. Next he was not
satisfied with the copy of EC’s Rego. So dug around and found that,
but it was last years with march 2018 on it. So went back into EC and
finally found the 2019 one. He checked the date and was satisfied.
Each time I went to get the original I ensured I took the copy back
to EC with me.
The
customs had a quick look in the door and we were through.
The
Australian gov smart-traveller website indicated we needed to
register within 48hrs of arrival. We,
not surprisingly are still a little touchie on this topic.
Stopped
at a frozen over lake, Busko jezero, for lunch.
John
found some tight contours on the map and wanted to investigate, so we
would camp there.
As
we were closing in on the turn off, we stopped to chat to 3 young guys who couldn’t make it up the hill. They, didn’t have winter tires
on. We didn’t really want to tow them as the sun had already sank
and we would be camping close to dark as it is. Had finally decided
to help when another vehicle arrived, John gave them a chunk of rope
he’d picked up south of Punta Natales in southern Patagonian….
Our
little white road through the villages had been cleared of snow so we
felt OK driving along it. Space on the side of the hill was hard to
find but finally a small spot loomed out of the dark. We turned
around and set up camp. Gently snowing.