Sunday morning we left Krakow for the mountains - the Polish Tatras. Morskie Oko was our destination - a beautiful alpine lake called " the eye of the sea". After catching an intercity bus and then a local one, we arrived at the bottom entrance of the National Park. We had our full backpacks so as you can imgaine, we were reluctant to walk the 6 miles and 1400ft (500m) ascent up! However, the horse and cart that was on offer was expensive and charged full price for the bags, so we walked up. We were not alone though - Morskie Oko is very popular with Polish tourists and as we plodded passed the natives and the horses, I'm sure most of them (including the horses!) thought we were mad... Martin's pack looked monstrous and he was carrying about 55lbs (26kg, just under 4 Stone, for you Brits). I was carrying about 45 lbs - about 20kg - just under 3 Stone. Our mountain hut was swarming with people when we arrived, but the trudge up was worth it because when the daytrippers left it was very pretty and tranquil. We were lucky too: our room had the best view in the house with a wonderful balcony to sit on and drink in the view, and a few beers. As if we hadn't done enough for one day, just before supper we walked around the lake and up a steep path to another lake. This picture was taken from there. You can see the lodge at the far end of Morskie, our home for the night. * Mush
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