Today we needed to get off Atola. This had to be done by 9.00 PM. Given the fact that we had done all our essentials the previous day, we made the deadline very easily. On the whole everybody had a very relaxing night, except Ray. As with the previous blogs he has been suffering badly, and last night was no exception, and to cap it all off he had a crook back as well. When Ray did get out of bed, he too had to go and have a good spew over the back of the boat. Li...

Today was the day. Our 2 weeks on the high seas is coming to an end. This morning we are returning to Split, to hand our beautiful old girl ATOLA in. She has been so grand. We have had so much enjoyment, and now it is coming to an end. The day started off quite leisurely, we had breakfast at the marina quite early. Finally it was time to leave. The B Crew was also leaving this morning, but they were only travelling to Trogir to return their vessel, so the journ...

Today was exercise day. Dianne and Brian had offered to take us out to see the world famous falls in the National Park oh the KRKA river. It is only about 5 km's out of town, so cycling out there seemed the natural way to do it. We all had a bit of a sleep in, and then eventually made our way to breakfast at the café in the marina. I met up with Pete, Roz and Jo, who were already there, and Brian Cheryl and Di arrived sometime later. (not the best morning ...

Skradin (Latin: Scardona) is a small town in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, with a population about 3,986 (2001 census). It is located near the Krka river and at the entrance to the Krka National Park, 17 km (11 mi) from Šibenik and 100 km (62 mi) from Split. The main attraction of the park, Slapovi Krke, is a series of waterfalls, the biggest of which, Skradinski buk, was named after Skradin. (Courtesy of Wikipedia) Skradin was the main reason fo...

We decided to get out of bed reasonably early this morning, to prepare for our trip to Drvenik. (Diane remembers the names of places by what she eats. On her last trip she had octopus salad at this little island, hence we're off to Octopus Salad. Glad Captain Cook did not use this method, we might have been called Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding instead of Australia.) The morning was quite steamy but very overcast. I was sitting on the toilet, enjoying the pea...