Author Archives: rickpalmernz
Korean Air – Home
The rest of the trip was long flights. Over 11 hours to Seoul and another 11 hours to Auckland. Long long queues at customs bur much shorter for Kiwi passports. Other passports would be waiting a couple of hours! Made … Continue reading
Rome – Korean Air
Left accommodation just after 10am. Took a while to find a place to buy a bus ticket. Buses were very full but when mine came along there was plenty of room. Found the place to leave my main bag for … Continue reading
Rome – Rick’s nearly 9 hour walking tour
I left just after 10am for the Vatican. Walk past a very very long queue that reminded me of Wimbledon. The advantage of booking online a few days ahead that you jump the queue and go straight through security and … Continue reading
Dubrovnik – Rome
Left for the Dubrovnik Natural History Museum after 10am. 34°c already so good to be in partial aircon. First level were taxidermy mounts of native animals and birds of Croatia. All from the 18th and 19th centuries. It’s a shame … Continue reading
Dubrovnik – Day 2
I caught the 9am boat to Lokrum Island – just a 10 minute trip. It’s been a Nature reserve for over 70 years. Recently it has been found to be the home of 11 species of bats. It was first … Continue reading
Dubrovnik – Day 1
Started with the City Wall walk at 8:30am (opened at 8). Few people in the streets so thought it would be a quite time. Wrong – a well known accent and a cruise liner was anchored in the harbour. All … Continue reading
Korčula – Dubrovnik
The ferry to Dubrovnik left at 10:30 am calling in to Pomena on Mljet. Arrived in Dubrovnik port just before 1pm. Caught a local bus to the Old Town. Had a short wait to check into my apartment just after … Continue reading
Korčula
This island is very organised for biking and walking routes. You can download the GPS (gpx files) coordinates for the route and they even suggest a free App where you can download for free the area maps for off-line use … Continue reading
Hvar – Korčula
Another big catamaran left on time at 11:15am for the 1 ¼ hour trip to Korčula. I was met by Tereza and taken straight to my room. It’s virtually at the entrance to the old town. The entrance to the … Continue reading
Split – Hvar
Walked down to the harbour to catch the 11:15am ferry to Hvar – 1 ½ hour trip. The ferry was a flash 39m catamaran giving a smooth trip. Hvar is a relatively small town on a small harbour with a … Continue reading
Split
Admin sorting out ferryboats through islands to Dubrovnik. About 10am walked down to the old town of Split. It was already 36°c and high was 38°c, so everyone chasing shade and obviously suffering in the sun. The main site of … Continue reading
Zadar – Šibenik – Trogir – Split 160km
Caught the bus at 10am, on time but the rest of the day was half hour late buses. First stop Šibenik with the bus arriving half hour late (1 ½ hour trip took 2 hours). I’m not sure how they … Continue reading
Zagreb – Zadar – 290km
A more relaxed morning with bus at 10am and this time FlixBus was on time and at the right place even if it wasn’t on the departure board. Again amazing roads; motorway all the way with tunnels, 2 of them … Continue reading
Zagreb – Day 2 – Slovenia – Zagreb
Alarm at 4:10am Half hour walk to bus station. Quite a few people still up and the pre-dawn has started. Sunrise is 5:20am and sunset 8:40pm. Most of EU is on the same time zone. Paris sunrise and sunset … Continue reading
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