Villa Juric
Travel Blogs from Basko Polje
The Up and Coming Destination
... like Pocahontas going "just around the river bend." All I needed was my faithful animal companions and I would have been set.
I managed to muster up the courage to jump off a cliff along the river. I'd say it was about 20 feet high, which becomes increasingly intimidating the longer you stand on the edge. I felt as though my stomach traveled all the way up to my throat as I jumped off the cliff. The impact ...
Zagreb & Croatia Sail
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Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
... We wimp out and decide to eat lunch in the cool of a local mall, Mercator.These malls are pretty amazing. For a population of less than 300,00, there are 3 American style malls. Mercator was the first attempt of capitalism after the war. I think the success is hit or miss in this case, but there is a giant Mercator grocery store attached to it, making the building occupied most of the time. We like the fact that most malls or ...
The BlackBird Caves
... As we passed the small town of Dugopolje, we noticed the sprawl of the city of Split reached out here, with industrial buildings, new build modern homes, complete with church at every corner. We wound our way up the mountain, past the fertile valley between the mountains, only to come across our first cow in the road. Amit felt like he was in India, as we passed the old girl, complete with ...
Split: The Difference
... by immigration officials. Seriously, there was no line. Just a bunch of people all together, inching forward. I stood behind a particularly effective incher and facilitated my clearance nicely, thank you.
One cleared through customs, I continued my preference of traveling as do the locals so rather than take an $85 cab ride from the airport to the hotel, I took, along with 41 other tourists—all much younger (in years) than ...