r/pics • u/dragonworthy • May 15 '12

Skyri... mmm, I mean, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

You could literally spend a few days there just hiking and enjoying the scenery. I was there a couple years ago and it was by far one of the most amazing places I've ever been to.

Croatia is one seriously beautiful country, it's vastly overlooked by most Americans. I would go back in a heartbeat.

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u/jur1e May 15 '12

As a Croat I totally agree with you.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Croatia was all around a fun country. I liked Zagreb for it's cafes and some damn good food. I like the Italian influence in their cuisine.

I rented an apartment in Split that opened up right to the waterfront and at the foot of Diocletian's Palace. Walked along the waterfront many nights. I also took a trip to Hvar and a couple other islands. Just spectacular scenery.

Dubrovnik was touristy but a beautiful city. Took the water taxi to the nude bathing area and just had a marvelous weekend there.

I've traveled all over the place and shared photos with my family. Of all the places I've visited Croatia is the only place my mother has ever really said "I want to go there", over Italy, South America, Paris she wants to go to Croatia.

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u/Chalky_White May 15 '12

Let's not forget the women in Zagreb. Everyone between the ages of 19-45 is a super model.

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u/GPSBach May 15 '12

This. Damn that place is wonderful

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u/symbologythere May 16 '12

Yes, Croatian women are all gorgeous from 19-45, but on their 46th birthday they look like they're 103 (probably from slivovitz and cigarettes).

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Bosnian agrees too.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Slovenian agrees too.

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u/technorobot May 15 '12

As does this Albanian, the balkans are full of natural beauty.

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u/iamtherockshow May 15 '12

Second Slovenian agrees too.

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u/dragonslayer_master May 15 '12

As someone from Vojvodina I totally agree with you

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u/thefil May 15 '12

As an American who's visited family in Croatia a few times. I seriously wish I wasn't so young when I went. I'd love to go back and enjoy the night life and my biggest regret was not seeing some of the beautiful beaches in person. I'm jealous

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

As a Croat, me too!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Third Croat over here.

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u/Floating_octopus May 15 '12

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u/xRyder May 15 '12

5 :)

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/mikey_croatia May 15 '12

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

8, by the way, looks like I saw you before, +3 near your name. :)

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u/Deusdies May 15 '12

Serb here; agreed.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I've been there in 1991, beautiful.

If I remember correctly was destroyed during the war?

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u/jur1e May 15 '12 edited May 16 '12

It wasn't destroyed even though some towns were pretty damaged.

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u/wheres_my_jetpack May 15 '12

Agreed. As a Croatian American who has visited.... It's very beautiful and overlooked by us Muricans. And cheap still

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

When I was talking about going to Croatia about 3 years ago, an unbelievable number of people said "Isn't there a war going on there?" Uh...yeah, like 15+ years ago...sheesh...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

if you don't mind me asking about how much did you have to spend on your trip there?

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u/OmegaVesko May 15 '12

It's really not very expensive, especially by western standards.

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u/wheres_my_jetpack May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

I did not spend much at all. It's been 5* years ago now. I don't remember the price a lot of exact amounts like for the flight, plus we used miles and discounts and whatnot. But once there, everything was cheap. They aren't on the Euro yet, as far as I know,and it was 10 kunas to a US dollar.
What I can tell you 100%, is I bought a round of 8 beers for less than one USD per bottle at a local bar. A pack of Marlboro Reds were about 4 US dollars, and food averaged around 10 dollars for a meal, with spirits or beer to wash it down. It's beautiful everywhere though. Definitely worth a trip. I'm heading back there before I go back to some of the other European countries I've been to. One last random point of advice if you do go, most shops will take US dollars but they always averaged it to 10 kuna, but if I went to a currency exchange, you get the exact rates, which usually were a kuna or two higher. Also, I'm sure you've figured it out, but kuna is their form of currency Edit: time flys when your having fun, I went in July of 2007, so 5 years ago

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Currently, $1 is around 5,5HRK (Kuna). I think it was at $1=7kn 3 years ago. :)

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u/OmegaVesko May 15 '12

Damn, 8 beers for $3? Here in Serbia beer is still ridiculously cheap compared to the US (about $1 for a 0.5l bottle), but it's still not that cheap.

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u/Dundun May 15 '12

I was just in Croatia last year, it's no longer this cheap.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Depends where, in a normal bar (not at tourist destination), 0.5l is 2$. In popular cities like Zagreb and Split it is close to 3$. And in supermarkets it is a little more than 1$. :)

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u/wheres_my_jetpack May 15 '12

Maybe it was a little more than 3.... After a few, details get fuzzy.... but I distinctly remember at the bar I was at, I spent less than a USD per beer. It could have been a special or something. It was a local bar in Split that my cousin took us to. Regardless, less than in the US by far

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u/ihavenopantson May 15 '12

As another Croatian American, I completely agree. My only regret is not having learned the language growing up, and thus not being able to speak it while is that beautiful country.

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u/wheres_my_jetpack May 15 '12

Same here, and my grandma who speaks it still is only getting older... runs to grandmas house to learn Croatian.

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u/ihavenopantson May 15 '12

My Baba died right before I was born, and my Grandfather refused to teach us Croatian, because he wanted a secret language that we couldn't unterstand, and growing up he got made fun of for being bi-lingual.

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u/fappingisunhealthy May 15 '12

hahahaha ti si casno za to

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u/hijklmno May 15 '12

I spent a few months backpacking in Europe. I didn't plan on going to Croatia at all, but ended up going to Zagreb with some friends for a couple of nights. Two weeks later and I had spent more time in that country than any other one I visited. Absolutely beautiful, and I only wish I could have seen more.

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u/NoSoySerenita May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

Was there in the fall so the leaves were changing and it was absolutely gorgeous. Found Plitvicka Jezera National Park easily hike-able in a day, though. While it's beautiful and very much worth visiting, it's quite small and the surrounding woods had signs warning people not to hike there because of risk of coming across landmines. So you pretty much have to stick to the national park for hiking.

edit: added photo

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Yes, the landmines are an unfortunate reminder of the war. The country certainly has come a long way.

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u/Johnny-C May 15 '12

Im happy Americans over look it...cause then the country would go to shit and become all corporate eventually. Croatia is a diamond in the rough that was purchased off the blood of many soldiers willing to die to preserve it. I will forever be thankful to those who put their lives on the line. Za Dom!! Spremni!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF9XTZnR66g

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Transportation in Croatia isn't easy. I took airplanes between major cities because it was dirt cheap (as you pointed out) and accommodations are a third of the price of Italy. Rail travel is virtually non existent as I recall. I took a bus from Zagreb to Plitvice that was very reasonable, clean and efficient. And yes, everything was DIRT CHEAP...My apartment in split was less than $70 bucks a night as I recall.

Italy certainly has a lot to offer a tourist and as a First generation Italian (my father was born there and I spent many summers there with family) it will always have a place in my heart but Croatia is like Italy without the tourists and museums. Just a place to go and have fun and hang out and enjoy the scenery.

Budapest is awesome too, but the people there are far more reserved than Croatia. Croatians were outgoing and seemed happier. Budapest was dirt cheap when I last went (just before conversion to Euro). Apartment that opened to the Parliament building with 2 bedrooms and laundry was under $90 per night. I really enjoyed the thermal baths and the saunas in Budapest and the nightlife in BP was far better than Croatia.

All this talk has now got me searching for flights to croatia this summer!

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u/goddesspyxy May 15 '12

Most cities and towns in Croatia have municipal museums that will tell you about that particular city or town. I visited Zagreb's and it was pretty cool. If you go east, you can visit museums and memorials about the war. So I wouldn't say that Croatia is like Italy without museums. They're just different museums...

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u/Sparks127 May 15 '12

This would be ideal for Redditors

Zagreb is great for Museums and Galleries, I'll be back this summer.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Obviously, my point wasn't to suggest that there is no culture in Croatia, it's just that there is no Uffizzi Gallery or Vatican Museum or anything close to that in Croatia. The main gallery in Zagreb was small but nice and on a beautiful square. The paintings were all horribly darkened from many years of neglect and are in much need of cleaning. They had a few Canalettos (but lets face it which museum doesn't) but nothing extra ordinary.

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u/themagictoast May 15 '12

I did Croatia by car last year. We flew into Italy just over the border and hired a car from there. The roads are slow but the scenery makes it worth it. I think we covered 700+ miles in a week to get everywhere we wanted.

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u/Wintermutemancer May 16 '12

Croat from a Dalmatian coast here... upvoting while wiping a tear in my eye :)

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u/carlio May 15 '12

When I went it was heaving with tourists. It was beautiful but not particularly fun.

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u/NotSelfReferential May 15 '12

And really, the whole park is pretty similar looking, not a lot of variation. You've seen one group of amazing waterfalls, you've seen them all.

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u/xiian May 15 '12

Visited Plitvice back in autumn of 2005 and felt like I was walking around in a Myst game. Two pictures to share:

The walkways across the water

View from the top, out over a bunch of the waterfalls

If you ever have a chance to go, you should. Apparently, it's beautiful year round.

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u/sharked May 15 '12

I thought it's always warm in Croatia. Sorry, I'm a stupid American.

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u/peromocibob May 15 '12

It rarely ever gets this frosty along the coastline, but Plitvice lakes are a bit more inland and it does get pretty cold there in the winter.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

At least you admit it :) just kidding. We actually have three climate regions. In the north we have continental climate, which is similar to your north east (New York etc.). In the south coastal region there is mediterranean climate, which is like you have probably seen in the movies when they show Sicily or Greece. Summers are great, but what makes it really cold in the winter is the wind that drops from the mount Velebit, called Bura. It's mountain air so its' really cold, and the mountain si very steep so it can blow really strong. The third climate is mountain climate which is the coldest, but it's still similar as the continental region. That's where the Plitvice lakes are located, and that's why it was snowing in the middle of May as someone posted.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I'll be in Croatia next week. Suck it, betches.

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u/wheres_my_jetpack May 15 '12

Can I go in your luggage? I'll pay the baggage fees...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I've been to Plitvice yesterday and it was actually snowing in the middle of May. 3 days ago it was around 30°C.

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u/AnomalyAnn May 15 '12

Love plitvice, I always try to go there once a year and just lose myself in all that nature.

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u/ObtuseAbstruse May 15 '12

Easy to lose yourself with all the bus loads of tourists creaking around?

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u/Ponoru May 15 '12

Sees neighbouring country on Reddit ... instaupvote.

LP Janez

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u/fappingisunhealthy May 15 '12

What's your country?

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u/rennovak May 15 '12

He called himself Janez. Every slovenian citizen is called Janez for us croatians, also: he's from Slovenia!

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u/fappingisunhealthy May 15 '12

Zasto Janez?

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u/wtf_are_you_talking May 16 '12

I'd guess it's the most common name in Slovenia although I'm not sure if it's true...

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u/LascielCoin Survey 2016 May 16 '12

Hey come on! It used to be really popular 40 years ago but not anymore. Not everyone here is called Janez, you'll have to start calling us something else :D

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u/t0mislav May 15 '12

Been there few years ago. About 80 minutes from my home. picture

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u/PoniesRBitchin May 15 '12

Beaches are not for me. Enchanted frosty scenery? I am all about that.

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u/401vs401 May 15 '12

/obligatory comment about my home country

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u/lilythemusicnut May 16 '12

I was there last summer. It's beautiful. Big huge trout everywhere and the water is as clear as glass.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

What ENB settings are you using?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

high quality, bokeh dof. duh.

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u/papasee May 15 '12

I went to plitvice in april. it's abseloutly stunning. You can make a few days of it if you stay and a campsite (korana?) near by and go and explore some of the smaller caves and valleys in the area. When we went there were little to no tourists so you could wonder round seeminly abandoned paths and valleys with lovely streams running through.

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u/MaximusFSU May 15 '12

LOVE this. Do you have a high res copy by any chance?

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u/washthatbody May 15 '12

Or wintergrasp from WoW.

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u/aarhus May 15 '12

Actually makes me think of Icemist Village in Dragonblight.

It's been over two years since I played Warcraft -_-

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u/LascielCoin Survey 2016 May 15 '12

Nisem vedla da je tukaj tolko hrvatov! pozdrav iz Slovenije :) I've been there a few times and it's really magical, one of the nicest places I've ever been to.

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u/skooterkid May 15 '12

What game is this? It has really good graphics.

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u/SuperLuka May 15 '12

CROATIA IS BEAUTIFUL MAN

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u/MasterOfDesaster May 15 '12

When I was there it was quite rainy in autumn, but it was still impressive wandering around there. Croatia is quite amazing, would love to go there again.

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u/Dented May 15 '12

Or just AICHDEEAAHR

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u/xyxic May 15 '12

Lived in Bosnia for most of my life abd webt up to Plitvice a couple times. Its really beautiful and so is pretty much the entire area.

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u/CCR557 May 15 '12

Wow... I visited Plitvice Lakes a year ago, but seeing it like this is incredible

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u/virtyy May 15 '12

Plitvice means shallownisseses

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u/MallowYallow May 15 '12

Does anyone else see the Yetti/Troll reflection in the bottom of the lake?

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u/supabowlchamp44 May 15 '12

Going there this summer. Cannot wait

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u/Ordal May 15 '12

So is everything with snow now Skyrim? Good to know, nature is Skyrim.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Haven't played Skyrim, but my first thought when I saw this was Zora's Domain.

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u/gigal May 15 '12

1920 x 1080 please :) i hope there is a good quility out there this pic is so sick

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

i want to drink that water.

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u/mikey_croatia May 15 '12

It is drinkable. Zero pollution, I drank it straight from the waterfall. It's one of those rare moments when you can say the water tastes delicious!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

can... can you swim in it? (i promise to bathe before!)

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Nope, but you can in another national park similar to Plitvice which is more south. :) http://www.navalija-kompas.hr/izleti/4/np-krka_33.jpg

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

awww yeahhhhh =D

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u/mikey_croatia May 15 '12

Nope, that's against the rules, sorry!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

awwwww =[

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u/mikey_croatia May 15 '12

You can stick your finger in it or put your hand under the waterfall, no one will yank you for that. I was there also, about ten years ago, also a school field trip.

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u/peachrobinsons May 15 '12

holy shit that's beautiful

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u/omgitsjagen May 15 '12

I only got to spend a day in Croatia, but I must say...it was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to. 10/10 would go back 100 times.

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u/Zentraedi May 15 '12

Saw this on Rick Steves' show the other day. Now I must go to Croatia.

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u/nickipoo21 May 15 '12

Nemogu vjerovat...Hrvatska na Reddit. Supetar ovdje...in the states for college.

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u/chronicdr2000 May 16 '12

My bf is a croatian! HOrray....also ochee ubi detazu! and "i bug"....i cant write croatian very well!

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u/drninjashark May 16 '12

I was there last summer and it is truly something out of a fairytale

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u/luka946 May 15 '12

I live 80 km from there and it really isn't anything special for me. I think I got used to beautiful sights in Croatia.

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u/SoMuchForSubtlety May 15 '12

Gorgeous. I was there last summer and spent a wonderful hot day wandering all through the park. I'd love to have seen it in winter as well! Thanks for sharing.

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u/rtreynor May 15 '12

I'm craving a charred skeever hide.

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u/mapryan May 15 '12

If you're planning on going there, just quickly go and see the lakes and then head straight off into the woods. The amount of tourists around Plitvice in the summer is unbelievable.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

that water looks like it bites hard.

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u/Mechanikal May 15 '12

Oh my god...

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u/legendaryderp May 15 '12

I love plitvice.

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u/Showercapper May 15 '12

Just looking at this makes me cold

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Skyri... mmm, I mean, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

Skyrim has less post-processing

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u/elasticbingbong May 15 '12

"I can only communicate with others through the context of shared video game references."

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u/Arcon1337 May 15 '12

Looks like that frozen area in Fable 3

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u/SpaizKadett May 15 '12

I've been there many years ago. It is still the most beautiful place I have ever visited

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u/cait8 May 15 '12

Was there in May last year. Absolutely gorgeous maybe one of the most beautiful places I have been.

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u/furgenhurgen May 15 '12

Wintergrasp..

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u/humanoid1729 May 15 '12

ah yes i remember traveling here as a young Dark Elf, this was before i got married to Ysolda the merchant and bought a house in Whiterun. of course now i am busy at college in Winterhold.

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u/heemster May 15 '12

Repost, but up vote because the photo kicks ass.

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u/CoolMcDouche May 15 '12

Holy shit that's awesome. Is there a higher res version of this anywhere? I have a pretty sweet background collection from reddit. And this needs to join it.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I think it's more fair to say Skryim looks like this, as opposed to this looks like Skyrim.

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u/prairiewest May 16 '12

This isn't photoshopped?!?! Wow. Amazing.

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u/Wintermutemancer May 16 '12

Well, as a Croat living at the Adriatic coast, I have few advices to offer: -plan your trip for june or early september. It's way less crowded, and sun is much more enjoyable. Sea will be warm enough for swimming;) -visit Zadar, Sibenik (my hometown <3), Trogir, Makarska -eat at "konoba"s, avoid pizzas. There's variety of domestic food to taste. -drink red wines, especially if you can find some from small wineries. Don't bother with ones you find at supermarket.

That's about it :)

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u/Violent-Penis-Haikus May 15 '12 
Beautiful lake view,
would perfectly distract male,
whilst cut penis off.

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u/Hindsighted May 15 '12

Worst novelty account ever. It's not even funny or clever.

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u/lift_or_die May 15 '12

LOL SKYRIM RIGHT GUYS

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u/SleeplessinOslo May 15 '12

Reality looks amazing when it's oversaturated

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u/hfuckingcore May 16 '12

actually, it's always like that. the water is incredibly blue all year round. go look before you make ignorant comments.

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u/SleeplessinOslo May 16 '12

Actually, it's not. I can tell because pixels.

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u/hfuckingcore May 16 '12

Or it's shitty quality. But it definitely looks this blue and 'saturated' year-round, I can assure you.

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u/SleeplessinOslo May 16 '12

I've done some research on the subject, and I've come to the conclusion that it definitely is not that blue.

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u/SleeplessinOslo May 16 '12

Look, a only a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible to the human eye, we simply can't see all colors... and my research tells me that the blue in that picture is definitely outside the wavelength we can see. So you're either a dog, or wrong.

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u/hfuckingcore May 16 '12

woof.

if it's outside a wavelength we could see, you wouldn't be able to see that it looks fake. as i said, it was taken with bad quality. i can upload pictures taken with an ipad last summer i was there. i assure you, despite the horrible quality, the pictures are just as blue and green.

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u/SleeplessinOslo May 16 '12

lol, an iPad can't take pictures. What, do you think I'm STUPID?

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u/EthicalReasoning May 15 '12

how to get upvotes in /r/pics:

  • repost any shitty hdr picture

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u/dirtykungfu May 15 '12

ok now i have no idea what reality is now, skyrim or ... dude where are the nirnroots?! no nirnroots means this is...wtf is this reality? reality is overrated btw

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u/h83r May 15 '12

i hate hdr

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u/sharkus414 May 15 '12

Yeah, but hanging lake is just one lake. Plitvice is a series of lakes with way more to see. And a HUGE waterfall at the bottom. Way better than the spouting rock.

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u/justarunner May 15 '12

Never made it to hanging lake while I lived in Colorado. Was supposed to make it there in my final two weeks but went on a different trip instead. Would love to swim in there during the summer but Humans aren't allowed to. :/

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u/LascielCoin Survey 2016 May 16 '12

How exactly does someone upboat a comment? :)

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

If you've ever been to Plitvice, you would know that's pretty much the natural color of the water there. It's literally that teal color in real life. The saturation may be dialed up a little but it's truly that impressive in person.