Archive for September, 2008
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Makarska, Croatia
Camera is now also dead, along with the laptop, GPS, and my patience with this whole endeavour. Cruise is over tomorrow, then I can get off the boat and start fixing this mess. May write more someday. Sorry for short worthless post, but some people were asking what’s up. [Updated later] Bland morning. Lots of [...]
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Trstenik to Korčula, Croatia
Start location: Trstenik End location: Korčula, Croatia Up early, decided to go for a walk up the hill above Trstenik. Found the winemaker we had visited last night (went to watch the harvest getting crushed and de-stemmed, and to taste some of his wine) and asked if I could have one of his pomegranates (Farnaz [...]
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Dubrovnik to Trstenik, Croatia
Start location: Dubrovnik End location: Trstenik, Croatia 09:40: Well… I feel better, physically at least, than I probably deserve. Mentally… been better. [Lunchtime] Very lazy day, as expected after the spectacle last night. We aren’t going any place of cultural interest, just natural beauty, so all we have to do is be lazy and enjoy. [...]
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Mljet to Dubrovnik, Croatia
Start location: Mljet, Croatia End location: Dubrovnik, Croatia Been up and on deck since 06:15 watching the sunrise over the islands and mountain ranges. Had two dreams last night, hopefully not prophetic. In the first a group of us (from the cruise) were walking along a canal somewhere. We came to a very small boat, [...]
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Hvar to Mljet, Croatia
Start location: Hvar, Croatia End location: Mljet National Park, Croatia The Turkish gulet “Javorka”, somewhere between Hvar and Mljet islands: Yesterday got a little bit crazy, and then a lot crazy. It eventually became clear that we weren’t going to get through on the main coastal road, so Joe (the Brit on the bus) and [...]