Lokrum Island Paradise

Trip Start Jun 14, 2009
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Trip End Jun 24, 2009


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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

A short, 15 minute, twice hourly ferry allows you to leave Dubrovnik and wander around an amazing island. From the ferry landing it is straight into the forest where you can visit the most amazing Botanical Gardens. At first glance it seems like it will just be a continuation of the forest and wild plants but, on walking in it is like walking into a whole new world filled with plants from all over the world growing in this wild wonderland. Not being any sort of a green thumb type I cannot begin to pretend to know what the plants are called but the varieties of palms, aloes, cactus, "naartjie" (clementine) trees and all sorts of other exotic plants and flowers. We spent quite a while enjoying this plant paradise but then the call of the ocean was too strong.

We headed off to the rocky outcrops, the island has neither sandy nor pebble beaches but what they have done is brilliant, they have put lots of ladders down the sides of rocks to allow easy swimming in the sparkling waters. Annie found the route that would be easiest to guide me down and we went and claimed our rocks to lie on before taking the plunge. Were it not for the fact that we had a plane to catch in the evening I think we would still be on our rocks!

We had another forest walk back to the café where we enjoyed a local beer for me and tea for Annie and then back to the mainland on the ferry.
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