This entry is particularity hard to write. Not just because most of the week that I cruised from Dubrovnik to Split there was a fair bit of booze flowing, but because it’s hard to tell this story. It is too personal for this blog. It is too full of in-jokes that no-one will really get, but will still make me smile in the years to come.
Our noble vessel.
I genuinely have great affection for everyone I met on that boat. I was so afraid I would be stuck with a bunch of people who I didn’t want to be for a week bobbing around in the Adriatic. Fortunately it turns out they are people with humour, vigour and spirit; the type of people I like to be around. We laughed, often. and I know it sounds cliché to say, but after a week, we were a family.
An early morning dip.
So, I could write about: “you go girl”. Sad Jack. Daphne. The game of life. Raves in Caves. Crazy girl dance floor antics. OSB vs YSB. Serenading strangers with Whitney. Being smowesome. Keeva. Ricky Gervais. Ciko’s playlist on repeat. hugs. Gaudi. Chopping it. Scavenger hunts gone wrong. Inbox. C-strings. Low water. Dos Locos. Boom Booms. ‘quiet’ nights. Being ‘obnoxious’. Out of control canoes. Dance-floor tears. Bike hire. Love-fests. Tiesto. Pirate parties, engagement parties, birthday parties and failed pirate weddings. Poorly attended breakfasts. Campbelltown. speeches, (so many speeches). Green-light Milly the baby bear. Crazy scales. Not swimming in the port. The list goes on.
Classic Croatia.
Instead, I can say all the places we visited were gorgeous. (SEE ABOVE!)
Our first stop was in Mljet National park that had gorgeous salt water lake and greenery. We continued on to Korcula, a mini-Dubrovnik walled city with lots of back-streets to explore. Then it was on to Hvar, playground for the rich and famous and where we took part in a tasting at a local winery. After that we had a fun day of water-sports at Makarska. I went Para-sailing, which was so much fun and something I had never done before. Then we had a day in Omis, where we climbed up to a mountain top fortress. Before our final stop in Split with its amazing Roman palace ruins. An amazing week. Croatia’s Islands are a beautiful place. But this trip was made all the better by the company I kept.
Sunset at Omis.
I loved my days in the boat. Every day had the same 4 components: swimming, lying in the sun, exploring and partying, but every day it was different and there was a new story to tell and a few push ups to do (sorry, another in-joke slipped in there) So, this 7 days worth is actually the shortest entry in my whole blog so far; but it is also one of the best parts of my trip too. I love you, OSB. We destroyed that scavenger hunt too.
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