Marjan Split
Obala Kneza Branimira 8 Split, 21000, Croatia
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No Dalmatians Spotted in Dalmatia
A 4-hour bus ride up the coast today to Split, followed by a two hour tour of the Diocletian Palace area. Our local guide for this was quite an animated old character who seems to know almost everyone in town. Like Dubrovnikīs old city, Splitīs palace complex is a UNESCO world heritage site. However, itīs in a completely different state. The palace …
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On our walk around town, we happened upon the most charming, and may I say active market; local farmers hawking their fruits and vegetables, baked goods etc. We were in heaven - we just love, LOVE this way of life. Real food, from the earth nurtured by real people and sold at a fair price - what could possibly be better?! The USA has it all wrong when it comes ...
Island hopping and the Dalmatian coast
... Grad in a cloud of traditional noisy oily scooter smoke having a ball through the backstreets with olive groves, grape vines and pine trees, where upon arrival Simon pulled up outside a nice looking local cafe before realizing he couldn't work the kickstand. After providing a table of local Croatians their morning amusement, the postman came over with a smirk and showed us the knack. Not to be dissuaded from becoming a dab hand like the locals, we made a ...
Sail Away...
... A pretty late start to the day after last nights boozy antics and I only woke up at about midday, and still a little tiddly. Kirk and I walked around the harbour and went to a restaurant recommended by Aussie John for lunch, although what I could've done with was a full English breakfast. Leaving Kirk in the restaurant I walked around the harbour next to the beaches for a bit before walking back towards the town square and then walking up to the Venetian Fortress ...
Croatia
... we got to Stari Grad, the second biggest town on Hvar island (Hvar town is the biggest). Stari Grad is a cool little version of Hvar, obviously reliant on the sea and it's harbour as this dominates the town. We wandered around for a while then hooned over to Jelsa, about 6km away. These scooters were quite grunty and we had one each, we got them up to about 80km/hr. Quite quick if you're in jandles and a singlet! Jelsa is another cute little harbourside town and we stopped ...


