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Sunday, Jul 10, 2005

Croatia - The finish

David Murray
2007-02-21 19:16:21

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So, we jumped on a ferry and left Hvar and headed for Korcula. The Lonely Planet states that if you go past this island, you are making a mistake, so we figured that this was not a mistake that we wanted to make !!!!!

Ferry, bus, mobbed by your usual friendly Croat who wants to sell you a room. Most were quite shit actually, but Lucy took a drive with a guy and a 10 minute walk out and we had our apartment for two days. Upon arriving, we met a friendly Kiwi mother and daughter and they told us the town was small but nice. Into town for dinner, never got to walk the walls as a mother of all thunder storms hit !!!!! Eventually, we made it back and crashed. Next morning, we went exploring. Isn't life funny, because I grew up all my life thinking Marco Polo was born in Italy, when he is actually born in Korcula. I know you won't believe me, but we went to his house. Back in the dark old ages, this island used to be under Venetian rule, hence him being a Croat. As Croatia was now used to seeing my body, the water was just across the road, so we went swimming. One day, turned into two, into three and then into four, as we could not get a bus ticket out of there !!!!! It was nice to be stuck there though, and after the shit that was Hvar, this was a pleasant surprise. The Lonely Planet had come through with goods. Quite remarkable actually, as our book is from 1997 !!!!!

Up early for the bus to Dubrovnik. I have these memories of a battleship, out in the harbour and it was shelling the town, and I have always wanted to go, then the bus arrived and we were once again mobbed by the people offering us a room. We met a nice man, price was good, so we took it, but the room was pretty shit though. Changed, and then decided to hit Dubrovnik.

Some people say that you should go on first appearances, while others say that you should always give things a second chance.
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