Monday, September 24, 2007

croatia continues





We're in Split Croatia now.

Its been a couple of amazing days touring this coast, and I begin to understand why people now call this the 'holy grail of bike touring.' We'll have both of our pictures up on a new flickr (fixed.friction,) and you can see for yourself.

Highlights include:

-2 borders in one day (slovenia and croatia)
-Sleeping in an abandonned boyscout camp during a badass thunderstorm
-The Istrian peninsula, and drinking lots of istra bitter
-cheap half liter beers
-ferry ride and 3 beautiful days on the islands of Cres and LoĊĦinj, with amaying wildcamping oportunities
-Zadar, where we couchsurfed and met some fucking cool kids, also saw the most amazing piece of public art I have ever seen, the Zadar sea organ.

Today Tim (new nickname, Barricade - story coming soon) and I split ways - he rolls back to hungary and I decide if I follow the coast down to Dubrovnik or cut inland to Sarejavo in Bosnia.

Friction touring, fucking loving it.

2 comments:

redskiedmorning said...

hey, Simo -

Your Gmail avatar lists you as "sprained in Sarajevo". I hope you're okay and resting!

I'm excited to see you and hear all your amazing stories when you get back to town. Enjoy the rest of your journey... you've been missed! And oh, you were featured in some short films at Pornography of the Bicycle (Rev Phil's film night) on Friday.... :)

simon said...

yeah, so I've heard! I'm curious in what capacity?