Let's get ready to Lokrum-ble

Today the weather was finally good enough to get the water taxi across to Dubrovnik which was very exciting. It was really great to see the coastline from a different perspective than the bus. On the way we saw a few abandoned and derelict hotels which looked a bit eerie. The one here I looked up afterwards and it was heavily bombed during the war in 1991 and never been renovated. Apparently now it is just inhabited by cats!

When we arrived in Dubrovnik we jumped at the opportunity to go to Lokrum Island which we have wanted to do all week. We had a short boat trip over to the island which only took 10 minutes.

This island is so beautiful. There was so much to explore. There are wild peacocks roaming around everywhere! They are pretty noisy so you could hear them screeching a lot of the time. We spent the morning wandering around the gardens, monastery and rugged coastline, spending time climbing on the rocks which was really fun. After a quick lunch we did the 'big walk' which Tom wanted to do, which was around 2 miles around the Island , up to a hill fort on the top of a massive hill. It was a killer walking that hill in the blazing sun! But we were rewarded with the amazing views of Dubrovnik. And I had ice cream after the long walk 😀

After the long walk we were very hot, so headed to the Dead Sea for a dip. This is a small lagoon of salt water on the island with beautiful emerald green waters. Tom was braver than me and swam around, I just had a little dip in the shallows. A peacock also casually was wandering around right by where we were sitting! 🦚

We then had a bit of a sunbathe on the rocks before getting the boat back to Dubrovnik, then catching the water taxi back to our hotel.

So grateful for today as it was forecast rain today. The thunder and lightning storms have all been at night, so we've been very lucky!Read more