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This morning I caught a bus to Fazana and from there I booked myself on a tour of the Brijuni Islands- which make up the Brijuni National Park. After a 20 minute boat ride we arrived on the island. The former Yugoslavia leader Marsal Tito spent 6 months of each year on these islands. He loved animals- dead and alive. There is a safari park here and a museum with many stuffed animals from all over the world. Most animals were given to him as gifts and died before arriving, so he had them stuffed. He also liked to hunt the ones that made it here alive. Rich people can stay here at the three palaces on the islands. There are also some Roman ruins here and an olive tree from the 4th century. Most of the tour was us sitting on a little train and going around the island. At the end we had time to wander around until we had to catch the boat back to the mainland.

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Photos

01 Brijuni Islands
View of the islands from the boat.

02 Map
Map of the islands.

03 Stuffed animals
Tito's stuffed giraffes, giving to him by African leaders.

04 African animals
More african animals in the museum.

05 Lions
Lions on display.

06 Emus
They had a long way to come!

08 Aussie animals
More aussie animals.

09 Tiger
A tiger hung on a wall.

10 Tito
A photo of Tito on this island.

11 Tito's car
For a price you can drive his car around the island.

12 Islands
View of some of the islands that make up Brijuni.

13 Birds
Ostriches or emus in the safari park.

14 Elephant
Elephant in the safari park.

15 Ruins
Some of the Roman ruins on the island.

16 Ruins
More island ruins.

17 15th century church
St Germaine.

18 Frescoes
Frescoes in the church.

19 Church ruins
Ruins from a very old church.

20 Olive tree
Tree from the 4th century.

21 Pine Alley
An alley of pine trees planted in 1905.