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日6
2022年8月5日金曜日
☀️ 31 °C
海抜: 7 m
クロアチア Rab 44.757876, 14.75993944°45’28” N 14°45’36” E
Day 6 - No call from the police..
2022年8月5日, クロアチア ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
I woke up quite a few times that night because I heard something moving around the forest close to the tent. I tried not to bother about it too much and eventually fell back to sleep. Around 6am (it was bright already) I heard it again amd decided to get up and check. In about 10m distance to my tent a sheep and a little lamb were staring at me. 🐑🐑 I guess we were camping on their trail and they weren't sure what to do about it. At some point they walked off into the woods again but I stayed up and continued reading my book in the hammock until Chris and Heike woke up.

Once we packet our stuff, we went for a little cycling trip in the holm oak tree forest / national park, in which we got a little lost. On the way out we wanted to take a different route and ended up carrying our bikes and bags individually down a very steep and rocky hiking path for about 600m. 😅 Not the best start of the day but once we grabbed breakfast in a little town nearby it got better. We cycled back to Rab where we split up and said goodbye for now. I stayed in Rab for some strolling and a ferry to Pag island in the afternoon, while Heike and Chris moved on to the south. I locked my bike including all my in a very public and busy spot, thinking that the more people there the less likely it gets stolen. I'm still struggling a bit with leaving all my stuff unattended for quite some time but it's way too exhausting to take it with me on a walking tour. It was still there once I got back. 😁 I also called up a campsite in advance to check for availability this time so that I could search for wild camping spots along the way alreafy if there's again nothing available.
The taxi boat ride to Lun (Pag island) took around 20 min, when I got to the small boat I wondered how all people including me and my stuff will fit on it but the captain didn't seem to worry. 😅
Arriving in Lun I had to cycle up a really steep hill (well, I pushed half the way), but once I was up there it was worth all the hassle!! There were beautiful olive trees everywhere and cycling along that ride with sea view on the right and the Velebit mountains to the left was amazing. Also it wasn't that hot anymore.

I arrived at a little campground and went straight for swim. After I was hanging out in my hammock at the beach and read a little until the sun was set.

All in all it felt good to leave Rab island and it felt like moving on from my passport disaster, even though it wasn't found that day..もっと詳しく
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日5
2022年8月4日木曜日
☀️ 30 °C
海抜: 12 m
クロアチア Rab 44.757568, 14.76012444°45’27” N 14°45’36” E
Day 5 - I think I lost my passport..
2022年8月4日, クロアチア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Good morning people - I lost my passport. -.-

Chronologically:
Chris, Heike, and me woke up around 6am this morning because the guy from yesterday came by and parked his car literally right next to hour tents. He fed his sheep and left again. We then packed up and cycled back to Rab City to grab a coffee and some breakfast. My plan for the day was to stroll around the city and catch a ferry in the afternoon to Pag. Before we left our bikes and bags unattended, I wanted yo grab my valuables to take them with me. Well, I couldn't find my passport. I unpacked everything but it wasn't there anymore. I started to get stressed. It's the only valid ID I took with me and I will need it to get into Albania since it's not EU territory.
The last time having the passport for sure was at the first campground in Rab City where I took it out to check in. Once that didn't work I put in the front pocket for easy access at the next campground. On the way there, I took my phone out of this pocket for navigation a few times. I assume the passport fell out at some point. 😞 I also did leave my bike unattended for a few minutes twice that time for a swim and the supermarket. But I honestly doubt it was stolen.

I skipped on the city tour and drove back to the first campground, then our sleeping place and called the second campground. I unpacked everything again to make sure and called the police then. They told me to come by to get a confirmation for the loss which would allow me "to get out of Croatia and back home", since Croatia is not a Schengen-country. So I went there and it took the very friendly police officer 1.5h to manually write down in Croation bold letters what happened. He asked pretty detailed where I've been since I recognized the loss, even wanted to know the supermarkets. I had to kind of alter the reality a little when it came to the sleeping situation, so I told that locals allowed us to stay with them but holding back the fact that it wasn't actually their propery..🙈 In the end he recommended me to stay for another night on the island in case it was found and handed to the police, and to call the embassy in Zagreb to get a replacement.

So I will stay for another night on the island wild camping with Chris and Heike, waiting for a call from the police which didn't happen. I called the embassy and willl go there on Monday for a day. They will give me a temporary one year passport that will allow me to continue my trip for 540 Kuna (~70€).
The rest of the day was pretty relaxed, not much cycling but camping in one of the largest and mosr beautiful holm oak forests in the Mediteranean area and having a swim in the sea.もっと詳しく
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日4
2022年8月3日水曜日
☀️ 31 °C
海抜: 7 m
クロアチア Rab 44.757671, 14.75997444°45’28” N 14°45’36” E
Day 4: From Krk (City) to Rab (City)
2022年8月3日, クロアチア ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
I got up early this morning, had breakfast with my two tent neighbours, packed my stuff and saddled the bike to get to the ferry terminal in Valbiska. It was only a 10km ride with around 200m elevation, but it was ridiculously hot day and I arrived pretty exhausted at 11:30am. I was also rushing a little since ferrys here don't always stick to the schedule (they arrive, load, and once their full they just leave again), and I was late - as usual. 🙈

The ferry ride took about 1.5 hours and offered some great views on the surrounding islands on its way. I mostly stayed inside the air conditioned sitting area though and read a little.

I arrived in Lopar on the island of Rab. From this very touristy place I cycled along the coast towards Rab City. There were some amazing views along the way and for some kilometers I was cycling right along the sea, which was great.
Once I arrived in Rab around 5pm I went to a campground close by to ask for a night stay, but the lady told me they are more than full and I should cycle further south and try a little campground in Barbat. So I went there but as expected, it was also full. 😬 Germans on the campground offered me to set up my tent in their pitch but the owner didn't allow it, however, he offered me to use the washrooms and recommended to just sleep at the beach without setting up my tent. This way it wouldn't be too obvious and they apparently don't control this beach too frequently (wild camping is forbidden in Croatia, it's a 400€ fine if they catch you 🤑🥴). I didn't feel very comfortable just sleeping there thinking I wouldn't get a proper rest.. it was a pretty busy and open beach and there was nowhere to hide my stuff and bike. So I checked up the ferry time table to leave the islands again and decided to cycle back to Rab to catch the last ferry to Pag island at 6:55pm. It was around 6:30pm when I arrived in Rab City again and I had to check the way to the ferry terminal when I stopped along the road where two other bikepackers where jist having a break. We started talking and they told me that they mostly wildcamp and never got caught. They offered me to join them for the night instead of taking the ferry which I then did. So we cycled again(!) to the south to find a sheltered sleeping space, which we found on a dead end road past the houses on a hillside. We set up the tents, when a curious older couple came past. Since they obviously noticed us, we asked them if we could stay for the night which was fine with them.
I had a sunset swim in the sea, went back to the camp and chattet with Heike and Chris for two more hours before we went to sleep.
They are truely amazing people from Berlin. They are in their 50s and already did many of such trips, this time they started cycling in Vienna. I was lucky to bump into them! :)もっと詳しく
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日3
2022年8月2日火曜日
⛅ 31 °C
海抜: 4 m
クロアチア Plavnik 44.960003, 14.52466844°57’36” N 14°31’29” E
Fun Diving Krk
2022年8月2日, クロアチア ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
No cycling this day. Instead, I had a great day on the diving boat with two amazing dives at the coast of the island Plavnik. 🐙🐠🐟🦀 We saw a couple of catshark eggs hanging onto an old fisher net at 27m and 34m depths. 🦈😁👌 When placing the torch underneath the eggs we could see something little wiggle inside!! :)) Other than that we saw colourful fish, an octopus, ans played with a crab. The water was pretty cold down there with only 17 °C but the dives were totally worth it and it was nice seeing my former diving teacher again! :)

Unfortuantely, there's no room for an underwater camera on this trip.. but here are some photos anyway. :)もっと詳しく
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日2
2022年8月1日月曜日
☀️ 31 °C
海抜: 7 m
クロアチア Krk 45.021538, 14.57319545°1’18” N 14°34’24” E
Day 2: From Njivive to Krk City
2022年8月1日, クロアチア ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
I kept it short on Day 2 and only cycled from Njivive to Krk City, where I wanted to go diving with the dive instructor who taught me diving 14 years ago. I planned to get up super early to cycle while it's still cool outside and to arrive early at the diving school as a surprise and go diving the same day. Well, that didn't work out. 🙈 I had a terrible sleep that night and couldn't get up in the morning, so I arrived around noon. Even though it wasn't that far, I felt the muscle ache from the previous day. Also, it again shared the main road with really wreckless mobile home drivers.
Once arrived, the diving school staff recommended me a beautiful camping ground on top of a hill. So I went there, set up my tent and chatted with tent neighbours (Germans, of course 😅). After, I went back to the beach and the city for a swim and some strolling around. :) In the afternoon (once the diving boat returned) I went back to the school. It was great seeing everyone again and I put my name on the boat list for the next day. 👌😁

I also went to a bicycle store that day since I noticed a "bumpy" feeling I assumed to be caused by the front tyre. The guy wasn't really keen on finding the cause but added air to both tyres for free, which was nice but didn't actually solve the problem. 😅 Will figure that out another day.

Some lessons learned today include:
- Don't put sunscreen on while sitting on your camping matress, the oily spots will now last forever I guess.. -.-
- Fig trees are great for spending shadow and a snack, but if there's ripe fruits on it you'll have ants EVERYWHERE if you forget to close the tent for just a second.. 🙄

Looking forward to diving tomorrow!! 🐙🐠🐡🦈🐢🐬もっと詳しく
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日1
2022年7月31日日曜日
⛅ 29 °C
海抜: 79 m
クロアチア Luka Preluk 45.356723, 14.32664845°21’24” N 14°19’36” E
Day 1: From Opatja to Njivive (Croatia)
2022年7月31日, クロアチア ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Hello there, I will try to document my biking trip this way but not sure how often I will be able to update this, I guess it depends on my phone battery, the wifi, or if I just prefer being lazy at the beach instead. ;D

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Starting close to Opatja, the tour took me up and down along the Croatian coastline, with steeper hills than expected. I had to get off and push my bike quite a few times, and almost even failed at pushing in some parts. Guess I'm not (yet?) trained for steepnesses above 8% with all the extra weight due to my bags. Things I realized at Day 1 already:

- 30°C + degrees is way too hot to cycle uphills in the sun!

- I may have a little too much stuff with me.. at least it's obvious that the weight is pretty hard on the tyres of the bike..

- The bike is shaky with this much weight on due to my bags, which can be dangerous when sharing the road with vehicles. The vehicles on the main roads mostly ignored me and the campervans only kept little distance when driving past me, also it was hard to keep the bike straight due to the wind.

- Don't trust komoot, not even if you paid for a premium account. :D Just because kommot tells you there's a connection between roads doesn't mean there is one or thar it's even suitable for biking. (And yes, the app was set to road biking. :D) At some point I found myself in the middle of nowhere on a dead end road blocked by concrete blocks. Standing on the edge I could see the main road 20m below me. The only way to get down there was to take off my bags and carry the bike down the steep hill first and go up again to grab the bags. From there on I tried to stick to main roads..

- If your destination is on the way to a bigger city, "Lidl"-wallpapers every 3km are a great indicator for your progress on the road. :D

I initially planned to get all the way to Krk city that day, but around 7pm I decided to stop in a little village called Njivice and search for a camp ground. They said they were full but they will squeeze me in after I told them I really don't want to ride any further today. :D So I set up my tent and went for a swim during a colourful sunset at a pretty prebble beach with amazing clear water, showered and cooked pasta after. :) Unfortunately I didn't take pictures of the beach and sunset since my phone was charging during this time in a locker.
I had a little chat with Marcello, my Brasilian/German tent neighbor and went to bed after. :)もっと詳しく
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2022年7月31日

Day 6 - No call from the police..

Day 5 - I think I lost my passport..

Day 4: From Krk (City) to Rab (City)

Fun Diving Krk

Day 2: From Njivive to Krk City

Day 1: From Opatja to Njivive (Croatia)