{"id":1217,"date":"2013-08-31T18:19:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T17:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2013-08-31T18:21:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T17:21:01","slug":"krka-waterfalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1217","title":{"rendered":"Krka Waterfalls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){   (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),   m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)   })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');   ga('create', 'UA-42922575-1', 'merrington.net');   ga('send', 'pageview');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>We sailed a windy path to Skardin and found it is a delightful town.\u00a0 The ACI Marina is just a few hundred yards away from the main square of town by path and bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Swans sail in the harbour and in the waters nearby. \u00a0They are regal, graceful and just as cheeky as seagulls.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1208\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090909-640x4801.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1208\" alt=\"One of the many swans here, they are very entertaining and graceful\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090909-640x4801.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090909-640x4801.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090909-640x4801-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090909-640x4801-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the many swans here, they are very entertaining and graceful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We needed a view fix and walked up to the fortress, which is not very steep and took photos of the town from the hill.\u00a0 The town is small and a mix of old and new buildings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1220\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090877-640x370.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1220\" alt=\"Skradin\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090877-640x370.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090877-640x370.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090877-640x370-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090877-640x370-500x289.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skradin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is the pick-up point for the boats that take you to Krka National Park. People either drive or come by boat to Skadrin to take the boat up to Krka and its incredible waterfalls and system of paths through rushing water and ponds under a roof of pines, chestnuts and figs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1216\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1202-640x340.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1216\" alt=\"Skradinski buk - a travertine waterfall\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1202-640x340.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1202-640x340.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1202-640x340-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1202-640x340-500x265.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skradinski buk &#8211; a travertine waterfall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The falls are majestic, a waterfall at one end (see in the photo) and a clear pool running into cascades. We walked up to the source and various look out points. \u00a0There are rushing flows of water and the paths take you under a canopy of chestnuts, figs and pine. \u00a0Pine and flowers and figs are all aromatic, very fresh and uplifting.<\/p>\n<p>There are also historical artifacts &#8211; old churches and mills, rushing water or mill ponds everywhere you turn.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1228\" style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1270-427x640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1228\" alt=\"The Old Mill Creek\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1270-427x640.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1270-427x640.jpg 427w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1270-427x640-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Old Mill Creek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lelsey, James and I wandered for hours.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1218\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1235-640x427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1218\" alt=\"Lesley photobombing James\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1235-640x427.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1235-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1235-640x427-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1235-640x427-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lesley photobombing James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1219\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1238-640x427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1219\" alt=\"Gaila and Lesley\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1238-640x427.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1238-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1238-640x427-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_1238-640x427-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaila and Lesley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We finished up by taking another excursion boat to the Franciscan Monastery on the man made island of Visovac. \u00a0It was a small island, entirely picturesque and we enjoyed the grounds as well as the building. \u00a0They only give you thirty minutes which is simply not enough. We&#8217;ll leave you with a photo of this tiny jewel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1230\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090988-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1230\" alt=\"The monastery of St Francis, Visovac\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090988-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090988-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090988-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/P1090988-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The monastery of St Francis, Visovac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We sailed a windy path to Skardin and found it is a delightful town.\u00a0 The ACI Marina is just a few hundred yards away from the main square of town by path and bridge. Swans sail in the harbour and in the waters nearby. \u00a0They are regal, graceful and just as cheeky as seagulls. We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1217\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Krka Waterfalls<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-2","category-national-parks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VxXq-jD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1217"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1233,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions\/1233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}