Hotel Villa Diana Split
Kuzmanica 3, Dalmatia Split, 21000, Croatia
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Split Tour, Round 2
... playing with their companions. There is also a cool fountain that runs along the edge of the park and empties into a fountain on the lower level. We also can spy tour buses pulling in from this vantage point, at which time we decide our tour has ended for the day. Time to hit the beach.
As we walked back, we love to marvel at the small details that we ...
Island hopping and the Dalmatian coast
... to Split. As is the way, it turns out there is a tourist drive up there so we were greeted by polo shirts and Nikons. The path was made of those same white rocks that looked like they'd been laid a long time ago, and in parts it was lined with wild rosemary, thyme and sage. We had to let ourselves through a couple of rickety gates to contain goats, presumably. The grapevines and olive trees in the valley below had trunks that meant they had been there a ...
Hrvatski Racer
... so reef shoes are a must. But, the sea is warm, the air tropicalesque, and you can have a beer if you choose, something forbidden in most places in the states. We have yet to see any public drunkenness, so I do not get the rules in the states. We asked a local dude if we can have beer on the beach. His response, "Sure, why not?" I told him in the states it was illegal and he told me he was happy to be a Croatian.
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Croatia
... Nick made some friends and became a NZ tourism rep to some annoying Americans. We both had a quick swim then a coffee at the beach bar. The trip back took ages, over two hours. I did not realise we were that far away. Vis could definately be a place to go back to though, the landscape looks awesome (mostly vineyards), it has amazing beaches and caves, yet because if it's distance it is still relatively untouched.
We finally got back and had hamburgers on our deck. Mint day had by ...
River rafting Croatia-style
... helmets, and crocs and jumped on the raft. We headed into a few tame rapids followed by placid water.
The water was really clear and beautiful, but Tony was telling us how it used to be much nicer with white limestone on the bottom, before they started mixing water and such when they created a dam and wanted to make money off of water energy so now there is algae and it's not as beautiful. I really enjoyed the rafting bits even though I’ve been rafting before where ...



