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1 Jul 2013
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Hello.
If you are going to Croatia in the main season and you want to avoid the crowd on the border crossing, you can leave the highway on Ljubljana Ring in exit Ljubljana South (jug) and drive about 70km south in direction of Ribnica and Kočevje to Kolpa valley canyon. There is a bordercrossing called Petrina - Brod na Kupi.
Afterwards, you have to come out from the Kolpa Valley canyon on scenic, but quite steep road and finish in Delnice town. From there you can go back to Croatian highway, or pass the Gorski Kotar mountains in the way of Kvarner Bay and Adriatic sea.
If you will need some special information, you can send me some PM, or ask here.
To stick on the topic. Congrats to fellow Croats, who joined EU yesterday!
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Happy days, Lets see who can be the first person to post a picture of the EU flag in Croatia, explaining the the New road under construction was with support (read money) by the European Union
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Thanks everyone and special thanks to NejcT, I have updated my route to follow your recommendations.
Last edited by twenty4seven; 2 Jul 2013 at 19:53.
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Hey.
No problem at all. I recieved your garmin plans, I will check them till the end of the week. (sorry, drowning in work  )
Hope it won't be too late.
If you will have some time to stop in Ljubljana for a day, you are welcome for
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We entered Croatia from Slovenia a few days before the official entry into the EU. At the border the procedure was the usual administration. Check of Passport/ID, bike insurance and bike registration. It all took just a few minutes.
The day after Croatia officially became part of the EU we entered again, this time from Bosnia. It took the border guard about 2 seconds to see we were from Belgium and wave us through. Even without being a member of Shengen it is all just a formality.
To me all the border crossings between the ex-Yu countries seemed more of a statement towards each other than anything else.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NejcT
Hey.
No problem at all. I recieved your garmin plans, I will check them till the end of the week. (sorry, drowning in work  )
Hope it won't be too late.
If you will have some time to stop in Ljubljana for a day, you are welcome for 
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Thanks, I'm not leaving for a couple of weeks
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12 Jul 2013
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Like @duibhceK said, you don't need to worry about the bordercrossing on Slo-Cro border. There is just normal passport scan. No customs anymore.
Checked your route, looks nice.
If you will have some spare time, I suggest you can check the Velebit mountains in Croatia. Directions: Delnice - Ogulin - Brinje - Otočac - Krasno Polje - Štirovača - Ravni Dabar - Baške Oštarije - Gospić.
From Gospić you can take a road east back to Bihać in BiH.
Next to Bihać just before Cro-Bih bordercrossing you have abandoned Yugoslav army base called Željava (Direction - Plitvice Lake - Ličko Petrovo selo - then off the main road on right in way of village Željava and bit further).
Worth of visit, there are interesting bunkers under the hill, where it was a nuclear shelter for MIGs of Yugoslav army air forces, and the entrance in the past was in James Bond style. check here: Zeljava Airbase - V.P.4868 - Today
Hope it helps.
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Thanks very much Nejc, I will add these into my route on our way to Albania, nothing beats local knowledge
We are in a 4X4 as well.
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