I arrived from London in a smaller plane than I had coming to New Zealand.
Some thoughts on Split, it has some very old and rundown parts, where we are staying is. I shouldn't have watched the Hostel movies, because there were some friendly locals telling me where to go, but they could have been sending me to a taxidermy place. The businesses like in the Hostel movies, have attractive people on the doors and then once you enter you are handed over to someone else.
The city is amazing at night with an Aussie entertaining the crowds with his busking and making a dick of himself. I am not a massive fan of Aussie yobbos! But the waterfront area is amazing!
The women are supermodels, or they should be . A really high proportion of women are tall and hot, with fine features.
The prices - I bought a struddle, a ham and cheese ficelle, 1.5 litres of water and a Powerade for $8 New Zealand. Things are cheap.
The beach nearest Split is full of tourists and it seems like usual that the best beaches are miles away from where the tourists are. The girls are hot and the guys are tough looking with tough military style hair cuts of their dark hair, chiselled features, tattoos, most guys and girls are really tall and there are plenty of smokers.
Most places sell pizza, gelato and drinks and most of the shops are markets. I wonder where the locals shop? The funny thing with both Split and Dubrovnik is that the tourists hang out in the old town studying the local palace and town, while the locals hideaway in the new town. There are plenty of markets in the old town, but the tourists generally don't go to the new town or city where the locals live.
Dubrovnik is slightly more expensive to eat than in Split and more tourist like, although both places cater well for tourists. The old towns come alive at night and there are so many people from all over the world. It is great to people watch.
On our way to Dubrovnik from Split we crossed into Bosnia briefly, so although I didn't get the passport stamped, it is still something to claim. It is great having a friend to hang out with and the place we are staying in in Dubrovnik is a bargain and we are right in the middle of the old town. It is so cool.
There are always older men and women who meet you at the bus, trying to sell you accommodation. They don't have many hostels here, but instead have heaps of guest houses where older people let out spare rooms.
