Croatia: Split, Brac (Sutivan, Bol), Dubrovnik
Next trip is Croatia, my father and stepmother bought a flat in the city of Sutivan on the island of Brac and we thought it would be nice to go visit them and have a look around as we had not been there before. We flew into Split where we had a quick lunch before we caught the ferry to the island of Brac. The ferry docked at Supetar, then we went on by taxi to Sutivan. Sutivan is a sleepy city which faces towards Split with a town built up around the harbor area, my Father and stepmother's flat was a short 10 minute walk to the centre of the city and about 100 meters from the beach. The beach is a small area with small pebbles to lay on with crystal clear water which is refreshingly cool in the 30+ degree weather. It was nice to be so close to the beach with not too many people and close enough to the flat that it was only a short walk to get some lunch. In the evening we ate at one of the restaurants in town or made dinner in the flat and took walks in the pleasantly warm evening air.
We rented a car for a day to see a little more of the surroundings, we first drove over winding small roads doted with small villages hanging on the hill sides until we reached the city of Milna, a small village with a good size harbor for sailboats, which there were many of. We took a break for a swim as it was very hot and at the same time had lunch before driving on to Bol. To get to Bol we first had to dive narrow roads for a while and then a very steep winding road to get to the city. As we were going to stay there for a few days we found a place to stay and then we had lunch and and wandered around town until my folks drove back to Sutivan.
One of the reasons for going to Bol is the diving which was supposed to be interesting, the problem was that I had been in the hospital several time due to extreme dizzines spells, with a possibility of Menieres disease, this was not good for diving but I had been feeling a bit better so we thought we would try a few dives and see. In Bol we dived the following dive sites: shore dive at Big Blue dive centre, Pigeon cave, and Smociguzica on Hvar island. We saw seahorses, octopus, blennys, sea bream and a few nudibranch. I had no problems diving but we thought it would be safer to take it easy, so we only had 3 dives. Bol was a small, touristy, but fun city with plenty of restaurants and bars and a very long walkway that went on for miles along the beach. One of the big attractions is a beach area called Zlatni rat beach that stretches out into the ocean in a wedge shape or spit, where large boats with day trippers would be dropped to relax on the beach.
Video of a seahorse:
We travelled by bus back to Sutivan which for me was the worst ride ever, the roads were very winding and it was hot so I was queasy the whole trip. When we reached Supetar I had to lay down for half an hour before we could travel on to Sutivan where it took another 2 hours to recover. We enjoyed a couple of more days in warm weather in Sutivan before it was time to move on. We deciced to overnight in Split to have a look around and catch some of the sites. It has an old part of the city with the usual crowds of tourists, but it's still a nice city.
We were now on our way to Dubrovnik so we hopped on a bus for a four hour journey, I decided to take some medication after the last bus ride and lucky so as the lady behind me was throwing up for about an hour off and on. As we drove on we had to cross a small area of Bosnia Herzegovina and we had to show our passports, well when he got to the border Jorunn could not find her passport, WHAT! after searching everywhere the custom official gave up thinking this is just another dumb tourist, as we drove on Jorunn remembered that she had put it in her backpack which was in the baggage compartment, why it was there, who knows. In the end we made it to Dubrovnik and as soon as we got off the bus we were mobbed by people trying to rent us a place to stay, we finally chose one that was close to the old city as there was a lot walking to be done.
What I forgot to mention was that while in Split the weather had changed and by the time we got to Dubrovnik we had gone from 30 degrees to a windy 18 degrees which made it a bit chilly in the day time and even more so in the evening. Our room was not that nice so we spent a lot of time sightseeing in the old city, which is amazing, and it would take me ages to describe so follow the link for all the facts. We did a lot of walking in the city but we also walked the top of the wall that circled the city and many fantastic things, around the corner from our room was a tiny little harbour where those who were brave could also swim, but the best thing was that it was out of the wind and a great place to relax in the sun. After several days in Dubrovnik with it's overcrowded streets filled will tourists it was time to head home to plan our next trip.
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