The Recollection Diaries: Croatia

My Recollection Strongest memory: The day we spent transporting from Split to Dubrovnik is a memory that will never escape me. We made our way to the bus stop early as we had been told that the buses often change departure bays at the last minute and are not prone to waiting so we wanted to…

Sailing the Croatian seas

Well, not quite. To be perfectly honest, the only boat I went on is when Andy and I kayaked in Dubrovnik. Oh, and a 2 minute water crossing in Plitvice National Park. But more about that later – let’s start at the beginning. Zagreb Andy and I arrived overland to Croatia’s capital, stopping on the…

Video: Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

It’s universally accepted that the hallmark of any good national park is resplendent natural beauty. They’ve all got it in some form or another. But what sets the ‘great’ national parks apart from the merely ‘good’ national parks? Put that question to a group of people, and you’ll likely find that the consensus immediately splinters….

Video: Italy / Greece / Croatia

Unfortunately this video had to become a bit of a montage of three countries in three minutes when I lost my phone (not once, but twice, throughout the course of filming this video). The first time I had my phone ripped from my neck (along with my wallet, passport and camera) by a man on…

Good Morning Croatia

Split Catching an overnight ferry from Italy to Croatia cost €95 (Blueline Ferries) and provided us with fantastic first impressions of the country we were to spend the next week exploring. We arrived ridiculously early, however it took us longer than expected to find Adriatic Hostel (great location) which was tucked away amongst the huge…