#Kamenjak

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Sunset at Kap Kamenjak, Istria, Croatia, 2016

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Kamenjak - Istria

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Looking a doe in the eye!

Every morning, like clockwork, I go for a run. It’s long past a healthy habit and grown into an addiction — I feel restless and fidgety when I don’t run. So much so, that my wife chases me out when I get too twitchy around her.

Having settled at the outskirts of a village right next to a nature park, I point my toes that way — into the park, on a rocky trail which branches into web of smaller trails crisscrossing the peninsula from east seashore to the west seashore and back many times. It zigzags through shrubs and forest and over the rolling rocky hills with barely a bush on them. The park is called Kamenjak and lays on a peninsula about 9 kms long and up to 1 km wide. It’s got plenty of space for wildlife.

Unlike in Canada where, on my runs, I met racoons, skunks and on a few occasions a coyote, in Kamenjak I see more often than I care to, wild boars, jackals, pheasants, rabbits, snakes and deer. Deer were everywhere in the fall of 2022 when we moved in, but I haven’t seen any since one almost killed me last spring. I was returning from a long run on heavy legs, listening to a podcast. I remember being hot and looking forward to a shower and a long cold drink. The road went through thick growth squeezing it on both side when, suddenly from the right side the foliage split and a large brown mass leaped across the road, narrowly missing me. I didn’t have time to stop, let alone reach out, but if I did, I’d be able to run my hand over its back; it was that close! By the time my shocked brain registered it was a deer, it was already swallowed by the thicket on the other side. Had it misjudged and leaped across half a second later, it would hit me dead-on. But, yeah, that was some time in April, or possibly early May and I haven’t seen another deer since. Until today.

Not far from the spot of that near-accident with its relative, a doe emerged through the bush and stepped gracefully on the road. I was maybe 20-30 yards away, running towards it. She looked at me curiously, not quite sure whether to be afraid or amused by this funny, slow, two-legged animal. Our eyes met. I kept running, she stood still, expectant. In the hindsight, I should have stopped and taken a picture. But, I was so happy to see her that I did the stupidest thing: I waved (!) and shouted “Oh, hi beautiful!”. At which her ears twitched and she vanished in a puff of dust into the forest. I must have imagined her rolling her eyes and shaking her head in that single jump to safety. Well, I guess she’s used to hunters, human or animal, chasing after her, but she never had someone waving at her and calling her beautiful. In English, nonetheless!

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Kamenjak, Croatia the place I keep on coming back | Martinas Life

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New blog online 50 things to do in Istria Croatia

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Che fare a Pola? 

Passeggiare, oppure correre la maratona

Tra un concerto e una rievocazione storica, indispensabile ritagliarsi del tempo per visitare l’acquario di Pola, collocato all’interno della vecchia fortezza austro-ungarica Fort Verudela, e poi alla sera godersi il lungomare, magari arrivando fino ai “Giganti Luminosi”, le gru posizionate sull’isolotto di Uljanik, nella baia di Pola, che ormai sono una vera e propria attrazione grazie allo spettacolo di luci progettato da Dean Skira, light designer croato famoso a livello mondiale. A questo proposito, di grande richiamo il festival Visualia, kermesse luminosa che quest’anno è prevista dal 21 al 23 settembre, con installazioni ed eventi di luci sparse per tutta la città. Negli stessi giorni, per chiudere in bellezza l’estate, si tiene anche la Pula Marathon (il 22 e 23 settembre), una “mezza” che regala l’emozione di correre tra la storia (info qui).

Via dalla città

Con un paio di giorni in più, facendo base a Pula, si può mettere in programma una visita all’arcipelago delle Brioni, perfetto per godersi il mare e le isole, oppure a Capo Kamenjak, l’estremo sud dell’Istria, una punta selvaggia dove scatenarsi in bici o camminando con vista sull’Adriatico.

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Kamenjak WC #croatia #analoguephotography #prakticamtl5b #35mm #kamenjak #ishootfilm #blackandwhite #bnwpoland #bnwphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CZFjjnRIZ2K/?utm_medium=tumblr

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when i went to Kamenjak, Croatia :)

7.2017.

Beach Pinižule

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Rab- Kamenjak

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Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus), Kamenjak, Croatia by Terathopius https://flic.kr/p/2iL6Cci

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May 17, 2020; Rt Kamenjak, Croatia

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Porer Lighthouse

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Rt Kamenjak

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