The day we had been waiting
for was finally here!
The sun was shining and it was
finally warm enough to wear shorts and a t-shirt, and actually start working on
our tans.
We were starting an 8 day
Croatia Island Hopper tour with Busabout, and we were that excited.
Home away from home
It was our first holiday on
our holiday. We found that travelling and holidaying are two completely
different things. When travelling we are sleeping in a different bed every two
nights and continually lugging our backpacks around with us on various forms of
transport. But on a holiday we are sleeping in the same bed and can relax and
unpack and our transportation is all ready for us.
Now can you see why we were
excited?
We boarded our boat, dumped
our bags in our tiny but cute cabins and were encouraged to lie out and relax
on the top deck before the tour began. Is this heaven??
Living the high life
The Suite Life of Ash, Livi & Nikki on Deck
Best seats in the house
Once we set sail we met our fellow
passengers and tour guide. There were 14 Aussies, 1 Kiwi and 2 English lads,
and they would be our family for the next week.
An afternoon lying out on the
roof of the boat, my only complaint was that it was a little cold because of
the wind! So when our first swim stop came about, we were reluctant to get in
the water.
Each day the boat will stop
and we have an opportunity to jump off and go swimming in the Adriatic
Sea. A few brave people made the jump, claiming “the water wasn’t cold, it was
fresh”.
Think I’ll wait until the
weather warms up a bit thanks!
That evening we made it to our
first island, Hvar. It was beautiful with boats lined up at the dock, trees and
flowers and impressive old buildings. Home to the rich and famous I was
definitely in my zone. A quick drink and explore and we were out to our first
group dinner.
Amazing
Love it
We dined at a seafood restaurant
where I ordered shrimp pasta, but unfortunately the shrimp wasn’t shelled and
all I was eating were antennae and shrimp legs.
I'll stick to my drink thanks
We found that Happy Hour was a
big part of the trip. Back to the boat for drink specials and some intense
games of Kings, and we were ready to go out.
Where the party's at
We hit up Kiva bar for some
drinking and dancing, and we learnt of the Tequila Boom Boom.
I had no idea what it was, but
I would soon find out.
They're going to do what??
A tequila Boom Boom involves
wearing an old helmet, while the bar tender makes you a tequila and lemonade
drink. The only catch is to shake the drink the bar tender hits you over the
head with the glass. Hard. Repeatedly.
The devil wears red
Ouch! She actually loves her job
It was so fun but actually
painful! I had distinct lumps on my head from where she hit me, even through
the helmet.
But you only live once right?
And the tequila went down great after that.
Girls just wanna have fun
Call me maybe?
Bit of crowd surfing? Why not
It was such a fun night to
start our Croatia trip. Getting to bed at 5:30am it would be a struggle to make
it to breakfast before 9am!
Mr Bump, Nikki
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