Carly and Jez

Monday (30/8/2010) After an unplanned sleep in we packed up our gear and returned to the port for the ferry to Korcula (A larger island about an hour from Mljet). Winging the accommodation again we were greeted by a mob of touts with rooms and apartments. We took up Mr Simioni offer (a passionate Croation man) with a beautiful apartment right in the center of town. We got some lunch and went to explore the town just missing the bus to Normandy beaches opting for a swim where we were instead. The water was freezing in comparison to Mljet hence the swim was short lived and we snoozed in the sun. As the sun began its descent it cooled off so we headed back to the apartment for a warm shower, booked some flights and made ... read more

Thursday (26/8/2010) We started our Croatian leg of the journey considerably later and slower then planned and with stinking hangovers. We headed to the beach for a swim with Rory. It was a beautiful warm morning, cloudless blue skies, crystal clear warm (enough) water. After our swim Rory headed back to catch a ferry to one of the islands and we chilled out on the pebble beach making the most of the sun. We grabbed some lunch and headed back for a quick change before we ventured into the old town. Not accustomed to the heat (and starting to wonder how we would survive our first summer back in Australia.. nothing to do with the hangover) we took the bus into the Old Town. First stop was ice cream from Dubrovnik’s original ice creamery.. delicious. We ... read more

Saturday (21/8/2010) After breaky we decided to go on a tour of the Burren. Neither of us exactly sure what to expect and perhaps both feeling a little lazy we were happy for someone else to lead.We got some excellent directions and Kilfonora Hostel kindly offered to ring ahead just in case we were a few minutes late. We arrived with a minute or two to spare and John our leader was expecting us. He was also waiting for a tour bus so we checked out the photo’s by the fire in his beautifully decorated Grandma’s house. Once another (large) tour group arrived we set off through John’s family farm and up into the Burren. The Burren as it turns out is the name given to the entire region because of the limestone hills or in ... read more

Wednesday (18/8/2010) Relatively refreshed after a full Irish breakfast we set off for a look around Cork. Our first stop Blarney Castle. About 20 minute drive from Cork through luscious green countryside. We walked through the beautiful gardens to the famous castle and climbed to the top to kiss the famous Blarney stone. Carly puckered up whilst Jez stuck to the photography. After checking out the wishing steps, witches kitchen and beautiful gardens. We made our way back to Cork, finally finding a car park (just about back at our B&B) we made out way to the farmers market picking up a delicious antipasto lunch and finding a conveniently located park just across the road to enjoy it in the sun. We wandered through the streets past the street preachers, checked out the price of hurling ... read more

Friday (6/8/10) Drive Day Another early start we were back on the truck this time bound for Mozambique! We stopped midmorning at a local stone curio’s picking up a couple souvenirs. Back to the truck we cruised along some the very narrow single lane road’s. Keen to get to camp we planned a quick lunch stop, which took over 45 minutes to buy a couple bottles of water (TIA). A couple hours later pulled into our roadside camp spot for the night, in time to whip up some spag bol for dinner. Saturday Up and at em, we hit the road right on 7am along surprisingly good roads. We stopped to buy some fresh cashews and made another quick road side with lunch everyone keen to get to Vilankolos. We arrived at Vilunkalos a small African ... read more