Category Archives: Travel stuff

Let’s Split

Posted on June 25, 2012 by AdrianC

There’s one golden rule for this trip, it seems – every presumption and supposition you make will instantly be proven utterly wrong. And so it was when we got to Split’s campsite. All last summer, everybody had been friendly, but … Continue reading →

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One of the best so Hvar

Posted on June 19, 2012 by EllieGee

The queue for the ferry to the island of Hvar found the van parked next to an icecream café, a good way to while away the minutes to departure. As we boarded the boat though, there was a last minute … Continue reading →

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Out on a limb

Posted on June 15, 2012 by AdrianC

Before leaving Dubrovnik, we’d managed to knock off the elusive items from our shopping list – and the tyre pump was most certainly needed, since we’ve managed to pick up a lively slow puncture on one front tyre. Sod’s law, … Continue reading →

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Oleander time on the Dalmatian Coast

Posted on June 6, 2012 by EllieGee

And so finally, only around seven months later than in our original vague plans, we have reached Croatia. As it was late afternoon when we crossed the border, we went straight to Molunat, only a few kilometres up the coast. … Continue reading →

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Gorges galore

Posted on June 4, 2012 by AdrianC

Before leaving Durmitor, we headed to the Ćurevac lookout point, high above the Tara canyon. A footpath took us along the ridge, to a vast stone outcrop from which we could watch the river, far far below, meandering down the … Continue reading →

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Onwards to Durmitor

Posted on May 29, 2012 by AdrianC

Once Kotor disappeared from view, we headed across the mountains (yes, yet again) via what looked like a simple route that cut a corner, avoiding Podgorica. The reality, of course, was slightly different – and the simple route was a … Continue reading →

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Kotor Bay – castles, cold showers and mega-yachts

Posted on May 28, 2012 by EllieGee

What with the cloud cover obscuring part of the view, we didn’t realise how far we were coming down the mountains into Kotor itself. As we neared the bottom the town took shape and we could see the dramatic fortress … Continue reading →

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Over the mountains – repeatedly

Posted on May 21, 2012 by AdrianC

From Bar, we headed over the mountains inland, back towards Lake Shkodra – or Lake Skadar, as it’s known this side of the border. It’s only a narrow strip of land between the lake and the coast, but it feels … Continue reading →

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Crna Gora – or – The Black Mountain

Posted on May 19, 2012 by AdrianC

Montenegro. It’s the former Yugoslavian country that you’ve not heard of. All the others – Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia – roll off the tongue far more readily, even if it is only to be followed by the ubiquitous … Continue reading →

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On leaving Albania

Posted on May 16, 2012 by EllieGee

When I was back in the UK for a wedding last July, I looked in Stanford’s (London’s travel bookshop) for the guidebooks and maps we would need for onward travels. Not the easiest thing when you’re not exactly sure where … Continue reading →

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