http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Croatia , Dalmatia , Hvar en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:01:00 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:01:00 +0000 We left early in order to make the hour drive back to Spilt and catch the ferry to Hvar. We had prebought our ferry tickets but on close scrutiny realized that they were not for any particular boat so we wanted to make sure we would get our car on. The lineups reminded us of the pandemonium on the docks of Athens but to a much lesser degree. After a couple of uturns in the middle of traffic http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-427394.html There is an amazingly sweet girl who works at the Green Lizard Hostel named Kristina and today we decided to make the most of her day off work and hire a scooter to fly around the island on. Two scooters would have been ideal but Kristina clearly didn't trust herself driving and the economics worked out better with one scooter also so we ventured out on one. After a late start to the journey 2pm http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-417885.html Throughout the last few weeks I have been given the opportunity to engage with many croatians and now that I am safely out of the country I feel I can finally right about it. I am not writing about all croatians I am however writing about the majority of croatians that I have encountered. These croatians i am speaking about have come across as incredibly angry and bitter people who do not want t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-417882.html Well guys for the last 20 something days I have found and enjoyed a steady lifestyle for the first time in a while. I have been working unofficially of course for the green lizard hostel where in exchange for around 3 hours of work I get free accom. and free beer the beer is an amazing local beer too called Karlovacko. More than a fair trade I believe So a typical day for me over the last fe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-417869.html Since the last time that I have written I have flicked the tourist mode switch to the off position and flicked on the r n r switch. I have backtracked to the dalmatian island of Hvar in order to enjoy what I couldn't last time I was here. And boy oh boy am I enjoying it. I have settled into the daily routine of beach nightlife and snoozing with a little food every now and then. Its a good lifes http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-412918.html HvarWe leave Split on our first boat of the trip and head to the island of Hvar. The Croatian island have the look and feel of Italy's Amafi coast and the greek islands but more bite than them we love Croatia.Hvar is the sunniest place in europe apparently receiving 2724 hours of sunshine each year. Hvar town is gorgeous its built within 13th cenetury walls of medieval Hvar. It marble paved http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-410425.html Well I have little to tell about the island of Hvar beside the fact that im going to be heading back to it soon to actually see it. I have spent the past few days bed ridden with a reasonably bad case of the flu and have only ventured out for food or a quick trip to the beach nudist beach actually but ill spare you the details for now. Diving had to be postponed for obvious reasons and on my wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-407143.html Time to relocate again but this time its to an island called Hvar which is about an hours ferry ride from split. I was really looking forward to the ferry ride mainly because boats are AWESOME but also because it would be a nice relaxing ride where I could take in the wonderful views of the dalmatian coast. Unfortunately though as I was so tired from the previous nights activity I could not ke http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-405917.html We took a ferry from Split to an Island just off the coast called Hvar and we stayed in this amazing town right on the ocean. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-392023.html bull 78 HvarRise and shine it is time to find a smaller non connected chunk of land off the coast of Croatia. Oh yeah its 730am my ldquolandladyrdquo woke me up because she needed to keys to the place backhellip I would have discussed my dissatisfaction but I do not believe she knew many other words in English other than ldquokeyrdquo. I stuck it out anyway regardless of her takin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-386870.html As always I had a great time with Flo We rode bikes swam in the sea cooked healthy meals reflected on life taught the men how to BBQ that was hysterical gt and spent time with her parents. I love them Once Flo left to return to Paris I rented a place from the nicest people. Everyday when I would return from the sea there would be fresh flowers by my bed. They often left figs an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-373151.html The smell of salt water fish is definitely the first thing that springs to mind to describe the air along the coast of Croatia. It was warm and sunny almost hot and so very different to the weather that I had left behind in smelly soggy London. A week spent exploring Croatia and its islands sounded to me like a perfect place for a holiday...and it wasI arrived in Split a small city which http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-337439.html One of the most captivating sights of Hvar has nothing to do with infrastructures. As you may have noticed from the previous postmdashor this onemdashthat the sunsets here are quite amazing. My last night in Hvar I thought Irsquod make this the highlight of my night and walk to what I thought would be a great spot and capture a stunning view. I took many pictures trying to capture it but http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-330005.html On Friday I took a ferry from Split to Hvar Town on Hvar island. It was raining in Split so I had on a few layers but as we approached the island I started to bake and took off my jackets. We landed and even before I was off the boat I was negotiating a price for accommodation. Now that I had an idea of what I wanted and what I wanted to pay for it I felt better telling them no. In the end I pic http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-328666.html AllIf you are not a st. louis sports radio listener you probably wont get the title just thought i would pass that along. well we have actually just arrived in Munich via an overnight train frmo Zagreb Croatia and are starting prep for two days of Oktoberfest. Our last day in on Hvar was actually a bit cloudy and we tried to take a ferry over to Brac or Korcula but the times just didnt mat http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-326669.html Alright well time for an update from Croatia. We are doing great having a blast here on the island of Hvar. After publishing our last blog we found and awesome deli in Ancona and had some sandwiches made i had an unreal Prosciutto and buffalo mozzarella one and Chris had a mix of a few Italian meats needless to type they were amazing and tided us over over the Adriatic. The overnight ferry we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-326230.html 080908 Laid back Hvar and the Journey NorthWe really enjoyed our second day in Hvar. We went to the town of Hvar which is a very trendy place filled with large ocean going boats and lots of Americans and rich folk from everywhere. It has an imposing fortress on the hill above the town and a lovely harbour This is a nice place to visit but has more of the feel of Dubrovnik and not so home http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-321589.html Hello friends whanau and any geezers reading our blogsFirstly I would like to give a brief explanation of one of the terms that we have coined since the beginning of our travels. 'Smelly dude' this refers to a person who has very poor personal hygiene and generally needs to take a bath and apply deodourant.Kibby and I took an overnight train from Thessaloniki to Belgrade and we booked beds as http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-320383.html I decided to do a BBQ and obviously I am so bad in lighting it up so fortunately our friend Nikola sorry Darko...samo smijes was there to help us otherwise we would have had only appetizers and dessert In the end it was just delicious and we had so much fun.Nikola Jennie is still laughing about your joke on when the US join the EU By the way I found all your cigarettes..... My http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-315228.html Hey Everyone I have lots to update you on and i know you all have lots of questions. So here is the latest........bare with me this is a Croatian keyboard. I arrived in Dubrovnik Croatia on August 13th. My friend Flo invited me to stay at her familes's home. We are on the Island of Hvar in a village called Jelsa. Its absolutely amazing here. It reminds me of the Greek Islands and Corsi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Hvar/blog-313904.html