Let's just say wow! On my first day I had started writing my Croatia update about our arrival and boarding our boat, soon after I became so relaxed that I couldn't write anymore! So instead you will get an overview of the amazing week we had in Croatia!
Day 1
Split - Makarska
We arrived in Split to find the place packed with Aussies (very noticeable with their loud accents, guys in singlets, girls with ratty blonde hair, havi's etc.) I was a tad worried the brother had booked a part boat and we would be surrounded by Aussies on the booze the whole week!
We did a little bit of beach shopping: towel (or what I thought was a towel, instead was a kids hood towel), sunnies as the brother had left his on the plane, li lows, captains hat and then we stumbled across the fruit and veg market... Full of all the fruit you could want - fresh berries, peaches, bananas, nectarines etc. All of which were so so delicious!! We finally found our boat after putting out luggage on the wrong boat for a few hours, but as we were walking towards it I again became concerned as I could see only grey hair on the boat! Lucky when we boarded we found a lovely mix of people (mainly Australian, some from England and NZ) and of all ages! We checked in and went to lunch, in total there were 38 people on our boat + a chef, waiter, captain and 2 crew. Ages from about 9 to 80ish!
We sat at Lunch with 2 girls from W.A in their early 20s and 2 friends one from Sydney and one from Bris-Vegas in their mid 30s. We cruise out of split as we all discuss our holidays so far and where we off to next! After our delicious 3 course lunch (which we get everyday!) we drop some people off for white water rafting and headed off to find a nice blue haven for an afternoon of swimming. We stop off a few hundred meters from a beach, drop anchor and jump for all levels of the boat to cool off! This is when I realized I was in heaven... Beautiful sapphire blue water that is so clear u can see the bottom even though it's about 50 meters deep. There were not a lot of fish or anything in particular to see (just the way I like it, means no sharks, no eels, no sea weed!!!) just vast amounts of beautiful blue warm water and to top it off 30+• heat, not a cloud in the sky or a thing to do for the next 7 days!
After swimming the boat sails down the coast for a few hours for first stop for the week - Markaska! As we are sailing past the beaches we see Para sailors hear loud music from the beaches, big slippery dips into the beach and as we come around into the harbour we see boys jumping off rocks into the water and a beautiful town!
We head off board and explore the town! By day it looks like a big tourist destination for Europeans with not even any sitting room on the white pebble. By night it had turned into a very euro trash area with plenty of girls in short dresses, high heels and bad hair! The brother and I went for a quick dip and went to have drinks while the sun set. After we headed to dinner (mind you dinner in these parts of the world are at like 10pm!) but got sidetracked by a big fancy dress party: nuns, men in full ski gear despite the heat, gladiators and our fav the boys with big fake doodles squirting everyone walking by with some liquid out of them! Hahaha to funny!
After a bite to eat I headed to bed as I was still full of the flu and Mitch went to look around at the clubs. It was a noisy night on the boat as there were plenty of drunken Australians around the boats near ours!
Day 2
I'm awaken by the anchor being lifted and the engine starting it's about 7 am and we are heading off to our next swimming spot. At 8am every morning Demer (our waiter) rings a bell and we all stumble to breakfast with pillow creases on our faces. We eat simple breakfast everyday - cereal, bread, meats, jams, coffee, juice and occasionally we get spoilt with scrambled eggs. We sit at our usual table with the girls we met the day before and have breakfast before mooring at another beautiful blue watered swimming bay! We all scramble to get in as by 10am the sun is in full force tanning our white bodies! This place would have to be my favourite swim of the week... Again the deep clear water, as smooth as oil (this is the term in the Mediterranean) and warm! We swim to shore which is a white pebble beach but as we approach the edge there are hundreds of sea urchins. We carefully get out and sit on the pebbles in the sunshine before heading back to the boat.
After swimming more sunbaking while the boat cruises to Mljet. As we are arriving into Mljet the water is clearer then even and it is a beautiful quiet port! We have the opportunity to hire scooters so we do but much to the hire mans disgust. He had 3 rules:
1. You must have a the license
2. You musta have a the money
3. You must know how to ride
He was so rude and kept repeating this, if we would ask the slightest question he would snap "are u sure u know how to ridea the scooter??" we didn't but we weren't going to let on! We scooted 40km to the other end of the island and back passing through beautiful green villages and past salt lakes!
After riding for hours we returned to port for drinks and dinner watching the sunset! Over dinner we had a live performer playing guitar and singing and reminded me so so much of a dear taffy friend!!
Off to bed it was and to be awoken by the anchor lifting and the boat cursing to the next beautiful location... Dubrovnik (or Du Bu as the brother has nick named it!)
Day 1
Split - Makarska
We arrived in Split to find the place packed with Aussies (very noticeable with their loud accents, guys in singlets, girls with ratty blonde hair, havi's etc.) I was a tad worried the brother had booked a part boat and we would be surrounded by Aussies on the booze the whole week!
We did a little bit of beach shopping: towel (or what I thought was a towel, instead was a kids hood towel), sunnies as the brother had left his on the plane, li lows, captains hat and then we stumbled across the fruit and veg market... Full of all the fruit you could want - fresh berries, peaches, bananas, nectarines etc. All of which were so so delicious!! We finally found our boat after putting out luggage on the wrong boat for a few hours, but as we were walking towards it I again became concerned as I could see only grey hair on the boat! Lucky when we boarded we found a lovely mix of people (mainly Australian, some from England and NZ) and of all ages! We checked in and went to lunch, in total there were 38 people on our boat + a chef, waiter, captain and 2 crew. Ages from about 9 to 80ish!
We sat at Lunch with 2 girls from W.A in their early 20s and 2 friends one from Sydney and one from Bris-Vegas in their mid 30s. We cruise out of split as we all discuss our holidays so far and where we off to next! After our delicious 3 course lunch (which we get everyday!) we drop some people off for white water rafting and headed off to find a nice blue haven for an afternoon of swimming. We stop off a few hundred meters from a beach, drop anchor and jump for all levels of the boat to cool off! This is when I realized I was in heaven... Beautiful sapphire blue water that is so clear u can see the bottom even though it's about 50 meters deep. There were not a lot of fish or anything in particular to see (just the way I like it, means no sharks, no eels, no sea weed!!!) just vast amounts of beautiful blue warm water and to top it off 30+• heat, not a cloud in the sky or a thing to do for the next 7 days!
After swimming the boat sails down the coast for a few hours for first stop for the week - Markaska! As we are sailing past the beaches we see Para sailors hear loud music from the beaches, big slippery dips into the beach and as we come around into the harbour we see boys jumping off rocks into the water and a beautiful town!
We head off board and explore the town! By day it looks like a big tourist destination for Europeans with not even any sitting room on the white pebble. By night it had turned into a very euro trash area with plenty of girls in short dresses, high heels and bad hair! The brother and I went for a quick dip and went to have drinks while the sun set. After we headed to dinner (mind you dinner in these parts of the world are at like 10pm!) but got sidetracked by a big fancy dress party: nuns, men in full ski gear despite the heat, gladiators and our fav the boys with big fake doodles squirting everyone walking by with some liquid out of them! Hahaha to funny!
After a bite to eat I headed to bed as I was still full of the flu and Mitch went to look around at the clubs. It was a noisy night on the boat as there were plenty of drunken Australians around the boats near ours!
Day 2
I'm awaken by the anchor being lifted and the engine starting it's about 7 am and we are heading off to our next swimming spot. At 8am every morning Demer (our waiter) rings a bell and we all stumble to breakfast with pillow creases on our faces. We eat simple breakfast everyday - cereal, bread, meats, jams, coffee, juice and occasionally we get spoilt with scrambled eggs. We sit at our usual table with the girls we met the day before and have breakfast before mooring at another beautiful blue watered swimming bay! We all scramble to get in as by 10am the sun is in full force tanning our white bodies! This place would have to be my favourite swim of the week... Again the deep clear water, as smooth as oil (this is the term in the Mediterranean) and warm! We swim to shore which is a white pebble beach but as we approach the edge there are hundreds of sea urchins. We carefully get out and sit on the pebbles in the sunshine before heading back to the boat.
After swimming more sunbaking while the boat cruises to Mljet. As we are arriving into Mljet the water is clearer then even and it is a beautiful quiet port! We have the opportunity to hire scooters so we do but much to the hire mans disgust. He had 3 rules:
1. You must have a the license
2. You musta have a the money
3. You must know how to ride
He was so rude and kept repeating this, if we would ask the slightest question he would snap "are u sure u know how to ridea the scooter??" we didn't but we weren't going to let on! We scooted 40km to the other end of the island and back passing through beautiful green villages and past salt lakes!
After riding for hours we returned to port for drinks and dinner watching the sunset! Over dinner we had a live performer playing guitar and singing and reminded me so so much of a dear taffy friend!!
Off to bed it was and to be awoken by the anchor lifting and the boat cursing to the next beautiful location... Dubrovnik (or Du Bu as the brother has nick named it!)
Sounds like you're having a blast Stevie! :)
ReplyDeleteKeep enjoying yourself - safe travels! xx