野性/($的巴尔干

　　/,The Balka)n P`e.^ninsula is notorio%,us for being one of !,the great ba-:ttl]; e/*g(
(roun]]__ds
*)of* hist or y?_!);. And y et, i t possesses ]/another `_ ]!side un#^]known t] [^o -many, where ancient forests and vast  ] w$`etlands har *`bor pri=stine wilderness, an#d, sheer c-]li^ ff walls a`
nd desolate plateaus@( `_preserve a seem\ingly*- un changed past).. Surveying!-`. th]ese striking and st?ar($ k ;la$ndscapes, on.:e might think the,]y’ve ventu-re*`d/ into :% the Middle-ear$ *\t:h of J.R.R. Tolkie+.)n’s Lord of: the Rings\%.　　Indeed the_  Balka.`n) P+enins,
ula is ho!\%me to:$ _=)a variety of
re

\_gions t?hat bo#: r@#der; on\? _mythical. In (
Cro]%; atia ’s K\!opacki ?$R@#@.it Wetlands, land mines kee-@p pe,`$opl+e awa$_ (y, but ; !
enable native wildlife to #thr %ive!. F^.
urther# ^ (so%* *uth, Monteneg_ro’ *s.! Tar\a R#$@iver ??
carves t
hrough Europe’s longes]t and deepest can=.yo:n, and neighboring f/*orests: -* /prov@ ide refug^[[e to+ ? rare (?animals su??)ch a/s the Ba,l;kan: Ly+;nx. ;=To
$the east, mil\lions o# f birds^ ;%]:f** ^#loc((k to the Danu be Delta t[\o feas.t on s !warms of m?\osqui!_toes. And at the we#^st of the Balkans is )@S$kadar  Lak e, a remarkable ]l
!andscape of pea!%!ks an$:d water.　　This is a journey @/to a :world +se^!`emingly fo : :rgotte%=n by time. ]#This is t )he wi#+ld Ba$lk@ans.