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Sail Croatia
Greg arrived to Dubrovnik at 10am and we did a quick tour of the city before heading to the port and to get on board our ˝house¨ for the next week. Our ships name is Penelopa and there are 36 people on board (2 Canadians, 5 Brits and 29 Aussies). Our room is pretty much just a bunk bed with a sink and a little cupboard. The boat has a ...
Promeston to Dubrovnik Croatia
... Some sort of Croation tradition was going on in the stradum and cannons were blasting from the gun posts a short distance from where we were. I nearly fainted when I heard the first canon shot as I thought it was a bomb. Next a whole heap of traditionally dressed men came marching and blowing some sort of horns through the stradum and up to the wall.
Being the end of the tourist season, it is just lovely. Not so many crowds, and can only imagine what it ...
Spectacular Dubrovnik
... the city, leading to growing international criticism the Serb-dominated Yugoslav forces.
The city's people, forts, walls and medieval sights came under heavy attack during the war, with Western jounalists filming much of the shelling for all the world to see. The walls did their job while the brave Croatians held out. ...
Kings of Medicine
... Needing a bit of sustenance before the ascent, I noticed a little old lady selling tasty-looking fried pastries - I walked up to ask what was inside of them, but she only glanced up at me for a second, before scurrying away. What? Do Montenegrins only want to look at us Chinos from a distance, not wanting to get too close to us? It was probably actually quite a funny moment to watch from afar.
I purposely waited until 5:30 to start the hike, as ...
We survived Albania!!!
... phone a friend at that point in time. Some of these roads were just wide enough for 1 and a half cars. One side of the road a 200m vertical drop, the other, a 200m vertical rise. At some stages the road was literally placed on top of the apex of a ridge, as if a carpenter ran his plane across the top of the ridge line. It's not cool when cars are running you off the road when there is a 200 - 300 meter drop each side of the road.
As the adrenalin rush subsided, the ...


