Marco Polo Day

Island Hopping

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September 10th 2006
I'm browner than ever! I've been spending the last week or so roasting myself (skin cancer is coming, I'm sure) around the rocky islands of the Dalmatia in Croatia. I left Dubrovnik last week for Korcula and hung around on the beach (the beach in Croatia consists of rocky shores that naked people lay about on) and at this great party hostel appropriately named 'One Love' run by a South African m ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Hvar

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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 feder... ... read more