Leaving Kazara National Park requires driving back down the mountain. The same narrow road with sharp turns, and switchbacks as on the way up, but just to keep it interesting… this time there is traffic! A few oncoming cars decided to save time by cutting the corners only to come around a blind corner and find themselves face-to-face with Rosie. More than one surprised face followed by rapid movement back onto their side of the road (sometimes it is good to be big).
Made it back down the mountain sans incident. We stopped in the town of Kozarac for groceries (small store called Kost) and to get some cash at the Kost ATM (euros are not accepted everywhere, and not everyone takes plastic). Heading towards the town of Jajce, we stopped at a gas station to fill up our tanks. Rosie’s first fill-up since we left Zug, Switzerland. A guy started taking photos with his cell phone and told me his friend was a big AC/DC fan. Brenda said she saw a woman who was beside herself and couldn’t stop staring at Rosie. Lot of AC/DC fans in Bosnia apparently.
We took a side road to get to Jajce. Lots of twisty turns up and down a mountain, but wider roads, so no problems. We got to Jajce and parked next to a small river and waterfall where a set of huts had been built over the waterfalls.
Watermills (Mlinovi) have been built on the Pliva river since the middle ages. These ones, dating from the 16th century, are the last remaining watermills and have been named a National Monument.
Water flowing below the huts turned wheels attached to shafts connected to stone discs in the huts (original huts did not have roofs). Grain has been ground in these mills from the middle ages until as recently as WWII.
The mills are still owned by individual families, and have been passed down from generation to generation.
A small white expedition van pulled in front of us and parked. The license plate was from Chile. A couple in there 20’s got out and said hello. They have been in Europe for 3 months. Before that they travelled in South America for 3 years (they have 195,000 followers on instagram). We chatted for a bit and gave them a tour of Rosie.
The river runs thru a small park and has been diverted into many channels. One channel goes into a small pool where a kiddy slide has been set up to allow kids to slide into the water. Several waterfalls in addition to the area where the river runs by and under the huts. Quite spectacular! More traffic and people than expected for a sunday nite, but didn’t go on too late. Nice quite nite with the sound of the waterfalls in the background.
