Had a good night's sleep in Ovcar Banja but other than some monasteries there didn't seem much to see so we made our way straight to Zlatibor where I've found dino park as something to entertain the kids then we're all doing Serbia's longest zip line.

The hour drive to get there was fine but the outside temperature kept reading colder as we climbed higher into the mountains. Turns out this area is a ski resort in winter and there's a lot of building work and development happening.

As we approach dino park it appears the website may have made it out to be rather better than it actually is but thankfully thy kids are young enough to not really notice and still think it's amazing. It's very clean but the 'rides' are quite dated. Liliya was upset that she was too light to go on the bungee trampolines so Robert said he also wouldn't go so as not to upset her further.

They loved looking at all the dinosaurs and spent a while on the very basic park.

We saw a 12D film advertised so were given our glasses and tried to strap ourselves in only to find the seat belts were broken but apparently we didn't need to worry. We were intrigued as to what made this 12D and soon discovered absolutely nothing. My glasses were broken the seats moved about slightly as we got chased by different dinosaurs, it was so bad it was funny but the kids thought it was amazing so it did the job.

Next they tried the electric quad bikes, probably a bit tame for Robert but he wasn't quite old enough for the real quad bikes and seemed to have fun all the same.

The 'zoo' consisted of some randy pigs (which the children thought were hilarious), goats, rabbits, a reindeer, yak, and a couple of donkeys. This passed some more time as did visiting the soft play area.

We were there around 90 minutes and my plan had involved is being there a lot longer which meant we were able to get to the zip line a lot sooner than planned.

I wasn't sure how long to expect from Serbia's longest zip line but it was decent at 550m. The road up had many hairpin bends and although it wasn't far in distance it took a while to navigate.

We found the take off site and the kids fell in love with the local dog whilst they prepared the ride and offered us some of the local rakiji. I knew it would taste vile, I hate the greek version raki, but still something made me accept this lovely Serbian hospitality and neck the shot. I wasn't wrong I wanted to throw it back up but held back the gagging whilst Al accepted another shot!

First up was Liliya and I, she's very unpredictable and I wasn't sure if she'd actually come on with me but she couldn't wait. Other than her finding it a bit noisy she loved it.

Robert and Al were a bit big to sit together so they got their own seats but at least we're able to do a tandem ride. Not sure which the kids enjoyed more though the zip line or the ride back in a really shonky old car without any seatbelts with Liliya on my lap as we navigated some of those same hair pin bends again.

We were offered a parting shot, which Al as designated driver had to decline and me, well just because I was likely to be sick if I had another.

I had planned for us to stay another night in Serbia but in doing that we'd have a long drive the next day so with 4hrs 35 to get to our Montenegrin campsite a day early we decided to just blast through. Robert was happy because it meant he got to finish listening to his audio book and Liliya took the opportunity to have a nap.

I'm not sure whether it was the rakiji, the hair pin bends or a bit of both but I felt rather queasy so tried to join Liliya in the land of nod but couldn't drop off so just kept sipping my juice and trying to enjoy the scenery.

As we approached the border we were really hoping it would be a quicker experience than a few days ago. Amazingly after a 5 minute wait behind the other cars we were then through the Serbian side in around 1 minute (didn't even check the kids in the back). We were expecting to then in quick succession be processed by the Montenegrin passport control but you actually drive another 5 to 10 minutes before that happens. Interestingly the border is in the middle of one of the tight narrow roads by the side of the river so no space to have passport control hence they have separated it having one at a point there is a wide enough road in Serbia and the same again in Montenegro.

The views were stunning but the roads were small and rural until all of a sudden we got onto a toll road. The road was essentially a set of tunnels cut through the mountain which seemed very new. Turns out they were only opened in July 2022 and the plan was for the road to lead from Podgorica to Belgrade however only the first 41km was finished at a total of $1 billion. There was also controversy over the spending and agreement with the Chinese so there's doubt over whether it will ever be finished.

We're now spending 3 nights at a camp site right on Lake Skadar and the weather is looking good so there may be some relaxing in the sun tomorrow before our boat trip in the late afternoon.