An acquatic world in the mountains and forests of central Croatia.
Split was, to be fair, a little bit shit. It's a regional transport hub and port adjoining its chief attraction of Diocletian's Palace.
A pleasant Dalmatian Coast island an hour from Split by fast Jadrolinija ferry.
This is what i expected Split to be like. The old fortified town of Dubrovnik is a real treasure.
There were to be two parts to our visit to Croatia - the mother nature of the Plitivice Lakes and the history of Split and Dubrovnik. A lack of any detailed knowledge of Croatia set expectations for an austere and war-scarred country populated by grizzled farmers on rusty tractors albeit with tourism hot-spots on the many islands along the coast. After all Tito's Yugoslavia was communist and Croatia's 1991 War Of Independence was very recent.
I don't like studying too much detail of new destinations - I like surprises. And Croatia was certainly that. Clean, green and functional, 1st world facilities without the downside of rampant graffiti, over-development, junk food outlets and their fatty-boombah customers. If there was a downside to the visit it was that it wasn't edgy at all. Albania here we come?
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