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Background: The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent Communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998.

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By jasandtrav
August 10th 2008

Croatia

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Hiya guys speaking to you from croatia. Cratia has been amazing exceeded every single expectation we had. the Sea was so clear although it was really very cold. we chilled it was the first country me and trav had actually done alone and it was realy nice. we went to town a few times and he took me our for the best romantic meal!!! we decided to be sporty to and go white water rafting along the river cetina. this turned in to the biggest adventure when our boat got stuck on a rock and we nearly all were dragged out. [View Full Entry]

By winanddi
June 23rd 2008

The Wedding at Omis

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This is the wedding we saw in Omis. I have had to split the video to get it to stream on the blog. I hope those of you that know Croatia will delight in the tradition of the wedding... I like the singing and the horn blowing...but I'm a noisy person. The group came to the docks and sang songs where the groom's boat was moored. Then the groom turned up in a car, presumably with the best man and sang songs, out of the sky lite. And then the whole group drove down the road, rooster still attached to the [View Full Entry]

By rastle
May 8th 2008

One legged Pirates in Omis

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Omis - Pirates Arghhhhhhhh

We woke for breakfast and were told that Teddy had accompanied Ami for a late night swim. Ami had a fear for swimming in the sea so after a few drinks built up some dutch courage and decided swimming would be a good idea. Well, I think it was going ok for her until she had to get out. Two words “sea urchins”, adding a third "ouch". One place where there were no sea urchins is Zlatini Rat, Croatia’s nicest sand spit. That was our destination for the morning swim, it was a cracking day so the water was amazing and [View Full Entry]

By dsthanh
August 30th 2006

Canyon by the sea

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Making an unexpected day trip from Split today. Omis is a beautiful little coastal town by the Adriatic Sea south of the second biggest city in Croatia, Split. I took a public bus in the morning from Split heading south. I don't know how far I should ride the bus and where I should get off. This day trip is by far the most spontaneous journey I have made. Bought the ticket from the little window not too far from the ferry terminal, I hopped on the bus #60. I sat by a Croatian gentleman who did not speak English, yet, [View Full Entry]

Omis view from the "unofficial" ticket window

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