Croatia
Travel Blogs from Croatia
Blast across Hungary and into Croatia
Greetings from Zagreb, Croatia! We did a touch over 500km (310miles) today. The plan was to stop at Lake Balaton, but we decided to keep going to shorten tomorrow's ride and give us the full afternoon to explore the Plitvice Waterfalls. But back to ...
Is It Wrong to Love a Power Plant?
I spent much of this morning driving through Croatia's coastal mountains. One particularly lovely ocean inlet was dominated by a giant coal-fired power plant. I expect most people would have thought this ruined the scene, but I'm an engineer at heart ...
First night in a "Party Hostel"
Woke up in Kotor, Montenegro and heading the famed Dubrovnik, Craotia. Ok, now there was some serious border control! They went through EVERYONE's baggage at the Montenegro Croatian border. They were even tearing this one car apart, taking off the door ...
the great wall of croatia
... amazing sights and popped off some great pics. Lunch was a nice seafood meal, pretty over priced but to be expected as Croatia is quite the tourist hot spot these days. Dinner was a comforting, and more importantly cheap, pizza. That night we ...
Tranquility for as long as you can get away with..
... in the crystal clear waters, driving the length of the country down to Split and then back through the countryside. Croatia is so underdeveloped with hundreds off little towns and farming communities its a old comparison but it genuinely feels like ...
Split sightseeing
Yes, well, an early morning it was! Actually, thanks to the guys in my dorm coming in at about 7.30 am after their night out, i was quite glad i didn't need my alarm! Made use of the free yummy breakkie that was on offer (lots of bread rolls, meat, ...
All on my own
... ,Norway then head over land to Sweden from there take a ferry to Estonia.Life as a backpacker can be really tough. So after a week in Croatia I feel its time to move on but where? I had been so busy for the last week(when I say busy I mean ...
Beaches, Boats and Random Streets
Our last destination in Croatia is Dubrovnik... Dubrovnik is a truly stunning city! It was more or less saved from bombing during the wars and so most of the architecture is original... Once again we stayed in lodgings that we found on ...
Croatian Study Tour - Zagreb
... of Croatia and how ethnic minorities are integrated into the culture and daily life. I was interested to find out that Croatia became independent as recently as 1991 and that it was formerly a territory of Yugoslavia! They also offer three options ...
Dubrovnik
yep, still alive mum :) i´m in dubrovnik now, its quite beautiful, now that the weather has settled down - its been pretty stormy for the last few days. which is good for spectacular views of waves slamming themselves against impressive walls and ...
sword dancing
Thursday morning we hefted our packs and made the trek to the ferry terminal. It was early in the day, so the sun wasn't hot yet, which helped the walk. The woman at the info centre had of course got the time of the ferry wrong, but at least it was later ...
Here in Split
Hello everyone... here we are in Split... absolutely beautiful...we're right at home here, locals have mistaken us to be locals... just come from the beach and a lovely experience, all sorts of people, big, little, old and young... all sorts and yet ...
The Dalmatian Coast
... Delicious! We took a little nap then bundled up to walk around Split. We had read that May was low season in Croatia but we ignored it because it was high season everywhere else... clearly this is because of the freezing cold wetness all over the ...
Partying in Split
In Split I stayed in a friendly small old fashioned hostel of 16 beds where their dog licked your toes and everyone could sit out in the courtyard chatting. Inbetween the bursts of rain I wandered around the Roman Palace which comprises most of the old ...
magic bari go round
... on the deck, there were people out there with sleeping bags. Arrived in Dubrovnik really early and tired, while looking for a bank machine (Croatia's currency is the Kuna which we didn't have any of) and a shady place to park for a little nap. A couple ...
Mojitos on the water
... a little bit between a few beers and coffees. An amazing place to people-watch, and oh my word what people. All of Croatia, but Hvar in particular, is extremely popular with the jet-set crowd. Armani and his friends are known to rock up in ...
Day 268 - Exploring Pula
We've learned a bit of Croatian and the locals are always surprised and usually quite pleased. This is probably because most people speak at least some English and a co-worker or even a stranger nearby is eager & willing to translate. Just ...
pictures
Hopefully this is a picture entry. We spent the day wandering around the Old town today. It is a pretty nice walled in town, but lots and lots of ...
Love Zagreb
i had the hostel room to myself in zagreb so i was in no rush to leave in the morning! when i eventually headed out i was planning on following the 2 suggested walking routes around the city. that didn't really work out so great cause i got a little ...
Zuerich - Baku 2006
Visiting Slaven, a old fellow I have living with in Baden (Switzerland)in a living ...
Dubrovnik
Overnight to Dubrovnik. As we strolled past the Casino aboard, Di said "Did you hear that?" "No what?" "Some one is calling for help". We strolled back past the ladies toilets in that area and sure enough, Di was right. "Help, help!" Di did not know ...
ZAGREB!!! -- Gazoontite
Well we never thought we would make it to Croatia but luckily enough we had the time. So we went to the capital Zagreb. We eneded up staying in a really great hostel with tons of character-- check out the pics of all the different murals on the walls. We ...
Whanau
It was finally great to meet up with our family, plenty of food and fun, especially rakia and vino. The children really appreciated the experience and we loved the opportunity to be with them once again. The food was amazing and the scenery ...

