Monday, September 29, 2008

Vrgada Boat Tour

We have just docked from a fan-bloody-tastic cruise around the Dalmatia Coast. I was a little bit worried it would be a contiki-esque porn fest but it turned out to be full of girls, 5 of whom Bec and I got on famously with! Well, we didn’t really have a choice, there were 25 girls and 6 guys (2 of them single) so it was time to accept the girl bonding sessions which actually worked out not as painful as I first thought. These girls are exactly like us. They like to eat, they’re not the type to go out until all hours of the morning unless its worth it, they like antipasto picnics on top of mountains (one of our adventures in Hvar) and we even formed an all girl boy band called Buoyz. Just one of those jokes that forms out of nowhere and seems to keep going, but I think we do a pretty good job of being the Nick Carters and Robbie Williams of the world!


My personal favourite island was Hvar, but not for the reasons I thought. I was told to go there because it’s the party island and there is heaps to do there but we docked quite late and so had an impulse picnic up near the castle overlooking our boat (amongst some lovely super yachts, mind you, which some of the girls on our boat managed to sweet talk their way onto!). Most of the clubs closed early or were not open at all due to the fact that in Croatia “summer has finished” and therefore also any social life that may have some with it, but most of us were too buggered from doing nothing all day on the boat to care!


We were almost evacuated from Mljet due to a huge bushfire so close to the town that we were a little bit scared… but most people kept on drinking in the bars anyway and we managed to survive so it was all good!!!


We tried the cuisine at every stop (yes, gelato is part of Croatian cuisine….) and managed to get some lovely seafood dishes with bizarre looking squid and other delicacies.


We were treated to some beautiful sunsets at most ports and the general atmosphere was so relaxed and chilled out that I’m really struggling to get back into the usual hectic pace of traveling!


We’re off to Barcelona this week and going to a football game in Camp Nou (apparently a big game against Atletico Madrid) so I shall update you more in terms of photos then.


Sorry guys, that’s all I have time for today, the internet in Croatia is ridiculously expensive and I feel ripped off and abused as I type!!


Ciao amigos, hasta luego!




Bec kicked our Nemo ball into the water but there was a round of applause from the surrounding boats when it came floating back to us...
Our picnic in Hvar, nice spread!
Turret bar on Korcula, we are sitting in front of a huge hole that drops down to the ocean!

The boating life is hard...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Awww I want the boating life!!!! It looks sooooo cooooool baaby! Its raining and yukky here! I want sun and sea and seafood and stuff!!!!

Keep on Truckin' goils!

Luv always

Baino said...

Nice to talk to you darling I get freaky if I don't hear from you once a week 9 weeks but who's counting . . MEEEEEEEEEEE If you want to come home early, that's OK Carly lasted 5 weeks in London!

Anonymous said...

JEALOUS JEALOUS JEALOUS!!!!!

can i join your boy band?? i'll bring my own tambourine!!

Excellent Adventures said...

Yes, i think we do need a tamourinist in our band estevez!

Its raining in syd? Sucks to be you guys, its not sweltering here but the sun is out and the sea is bluuuuuueee!

Was awesome to talk to you mumsy, I miss you lots and wish I could talk to you face to face, but like you said, only 9 weeks!

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