Day 94 Coastal wonder!

Saturday 23/06/2018 Apartment Neva Ulica Marina Getaldića 29, Split, 21000, Croatia

Well today is time to depart our wonderful time here... we cleaned the apartment, packet the car, the amount of stuff we are carrying now as we self cater is unreal. But only way I do my cooking with all my little bits and pieces to make cooking and easier.......

We handed the key back and thanked Katarina and off we headed to explore some sights down the highway.

Our first planned stop was another fortress John had found out about on the coastal water ways out from Sibenik St Nicolas Fortress eluded us a bit at first taking dirt pot holed roads that ended up a dead end in front of armed forces land... looks like 20 years or more since anyone has been there.....from the little road we could see back over Sibenik and all the harbour, boats galore, Marinas, tall, ships abound...
we had gone past the fuelling point of the boats, a few big ones in there fuelling up. On our way to find the fort we had past a Maccas sign and John was tonguing for a Maccas Coffee so we found the huge shopping centre where it was before heading off to find the fort..
Well you would never guess it but apparently Maccas has a technical problem and is shut... signs everywhere to inform all... ohh dear what now... we headed into the shopping centre kind of expecting it to look like ours and in some ways they are, they have many well known brand name shops... but it’s set up was very weird,not a good use of Space and even though quite big, felt small the way everything was laid out!

We found a place to have a cuppa filled with smokers... and yep only drinks no food as most of the cafes are... John ducked to the bakers we spotted to buy something to eat to have with our coffee... as he said we just need to get outer had around the fact that we don’t need to eat when we drink... eg m/tea... they don’t but as I said no they don’t the have coffee and a fag you don’t need food then...

Off we set finally finding it... looks unreal on a tiny island and an island in between, a cause way, walkway across the separation, in the first island were all WWII bunkers,gunner stations, old buildings...tunnels between the gun in placements..very interesting... nothing about them,it’s like anything of this type of thing is trying to be forgotten.where as they are happy to let you know about stuff from centuries ago...

We had a rest good look at it all then headed across the last section rocky causeway! Such an interesting structure, only trouble is we can only see one side of this massive structure, the only way to see it all is via boat that drops you off at a place on the side of it... you could see the steps and 2 bug gates from further around on another track on the main land...

So we had to just look at what we could... while there orcas we were getting there I could feel myself going into one of those silly Hypo things I get... I got all, dizzy and started to sweat profusely, felt vague and couldn’t stand up properly... so I had to just sit on the rocks and have a couple of jelly beans... to fix the issue.. it was my fault I had, part of a pasty that had berries and custard it must have been loaded with sugars... still having those rotten issues. They are less but it still occurs...

I was all, good one the glucose got into my system, glucose reacts very different to normal sugars it equals out the hypo symptoms away... off we headed... back to the car and off up the highway... as we headed off John decided we would go as close to the coast as possible... wow what views we were able to see... the colour of the water, the cream, bricked homes with red roofs were just magic. Marinas, little harbours all looking so amazing as we drive from one small coastal village to the next.
We decided to find a quaint seaside spot to have our lunch and fortunately we found one... just gorgeous with its amazing azure blue waters, a little harbour, a few very upmarket little restaurants and a few people around which was the bonus... a gourmet burger! Yummy we shared it just right. Could have spent ages here so laid back and relaxing... you can see it’s hotting up but unlike many other areas this one looks like when it peaks it won’t have many here! On the way to this spot we spotted a apartment sign called apartment Australia wondering if Aussies own it... Like the hotel the other day near a Bio Grad called Mali Mate... just wandering if Aussies own it too... anyway will never know.... on we went more gorgeous blue water, more marinas, more boats. More coves one after the other and unreal amount of apartments, resorts, etc... we know that the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast have huge amounts but the sheer volume here is mind boggling, it must be pure hell during peak season...
We were flying past a huge marina when John decided to have a look... oh my glory so many hire yacht, catamarans, cruises, it was like a massive boat treasure trove... we wandered around Day dreaming which one we would hire... to the end if the day all too dear for us... one group Sunsail we are sure are at the Whitsunday’s..
Mind you their set up is nothing compared to what is in Croatia... marina after marina hire them but this one was huge... there hasn’t been an ugly sight anywhere along the coastline..... We headed off finally getting to Split and our home for 3 days... it’s in Ghettos land, Graffiti everything... and trying to find a car park is a nightmare... the apartment is older but very roomy and has everything... the young guy who met us he and his brother own it... it’s kind of like it may have been their parents place they have set this up. Maybe no parents now... it’s just the furniture and kitchen gear all look like it’s someone’s who were here and just left... anyway all good...

We set off to find somewhere to eat, and found it very depressing just how much Graffiti is around all over buildings, weeds everywhere.
We found a Chinese restaurant for dinner not far away, then discovered heaps of restaurants and cafes that serve only drinks... all look ok but where they are looks so run down and unkept. After looking here we though let’s go to the beach it as just as the sun was setting after 9pm... but somehow we really ended up in the back blocks. I was sure we would get mugged.... somehow we found our Amy back to our very high, high rise. We are on the 5th floor there is about 15 floors... we are totally surrounded by high rises..l this seems to be the mode of living in a Split. It actually feels quite overwhelming being in concrete jungle like this... and any spare ground us so overgrown with weeds, and graffiti everywhere, it does feel like ghettoes ville...

Well back we go heading into Lidil for some stores then home... a big day both tired ready to hit the hay, in twin beds tonight... no double bed here...

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