High in the mountains of Durmitor National Park in the north of Montenegro lies Zabjlak. This tiny mountain town lies minutes away from the Tara River Canyon which boasts depths only 200m shy of those of the Grand Canyon. The town is growing rapidly as incredible skiing, hiking and world class white water rafting brings more tourists every year. In the spring, the rafting apparently reaches class 4 levels. Zabjlak seemed to J and A like Jasper might have looked like way back in its early stages. J and A signed up for the rafting tour and after a morning of sitting by the river side enjoying homemade cheese and greasy donut like pastries we hit the water. Oh, let's not forget a couple of shots of mysterious homemade moonshine (much like rocket fuel) at 10:00 am to wake you up for the afternoon rafting. Unfortunately , the rafting in the autumn months is quite tame compared to the spring. In fact we barely got wet. However, the views as we cruised down the Tara river were stunning. One of the sights to behold is the Tara river bridge, spanning the canyon 152m above the river. Designed and built by a famous Montenegrin architect (name forgotten) the same architect was ordered to destroy parts of the bridge just after its completion with the start of WWII. He then rebuilt the destroyed sections with the end of the war. Afterwards we hiked up to the highest point of the Canyon and looked out over the Tara River. Amazing.
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