Breakfast on board in Sibenik and then off in a bus to Krka National Park. The park is on the Krka River and it's a mini Plitvice Lakes with lakes, rushing and gently moving waters and waterfalls. It is not as remote and the water does not have the colour of Plitvice, paths etc are a bit less challenging and much shorter - but still quite spectacular. It does contain a number of very old, but still operating, water wheels used to grind grain and soften wool.
While we were in the park, Princess Aloha headed a little north and we rejoined her at Vodice which has a very nice marina and is a popular seaside resort for the Croatian people. Onward toward Sali via the Kornati National Park which has both marine and island components. Many, many islands which are quite small, rocky and steep with very little vegetation and most of them featuring long stone fences running to the summits to manage small goat and sheep herds. It is difficult to comprehend the work which went into constructing them. A few tiny villages, occasional houses, chapels and small forts dot the multiplicity of islands making up the park.
With some continuing blue sky and a sheltered spot, four of us (she who "loves the water and swimming" excluded) took a dip off the back of the boat - very refreshing.
Sailed into Sali a very small port town on the island of Dugi Otok. Very quiet as the season is at an end ....... except that we met what must have been close to the original "drunken sailors". A big group of Russian and Hungarians having some sort of fleet race in the area - based on their condition last night it could be a slow race today!!!!
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