Hi all, hope you are going well.
This year we (me and my wife) spent our vacations in Croatia, a trip splitted in 3 differents spots (see map, numbers 1,2,3 in red). Well, all spots were awesome, Croatia is a beatiful country, with an amazing sea.
Anyway, before Croatia we had Slovenia, and in Slovenia may you resist at these mushrooms? Me, not at all! :-)
On the road again, our RV
Villages...
...sea and lakes
The Neretva Valley's (seems the Eden Valley don't you?)
Our first spot on Peljesac peninsula
many vines here
[img]http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/15/img2344c.jpg[/img][img]http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/7398/img2412sv.jpg[/img]some sea stars like models for me (of course after the pic they were on the sea again)
[img]http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/7608/img2250u.jpg[/img]Hiking a bit, the Peljesac peninsula and Korcula island
[img]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1627/img2257v.jpg[/img]View from our restaurant (Restaurant Ankora in Zuljiana)
[img]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7382/img2373tu.jpg[/img]Tortues are typical here, here whit my Vic Ranger, I used it for three weeks besides a small fixed blade designed by myself
[img]http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7232/img2258nb.jpg[/img]the Ranger it's always whit me
[img]http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/2343/img2368rn.jpg[/img]Funny moments whit our MTB
[img]http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9294/img2418r.jpg[/img]A spyder that I never see here in Italy, abdom is like 50 cents
[img]http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/253/img2405iz.jpg[/img][img]http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/579/img2404j.jpg[/img]This spot was joined the day after...
[img]http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3769/img2395kkv.jpg[/img]...whit our kayak
[img]http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/7313/canoa1b.jpg[/img]Dinner, finally...
[img]http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6403/img2434i.jpg[/img]Some guys using the last sun of the day
[img]http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/5145/img2378x.jpg[/img]No lights on the MTB, so my Fenix P30D for the last 2 hours of the travel, good job Fenix
[img]http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3860/img2439j.jpg[/img]Here we are at Molunat, the southest village of Croazia
[img]http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/6278/img2726iq.jpg[/img]On the extreme southets point of Croatia, an Austian fortress looking at the Montenegro
[img]http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/6813/img2681i.jpg[/img][img]http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/826/img2682cw.jpg[/img]Best live music here, really fine
[img]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3808/img2741t.jpg[/img]Croatian ways are used by several bikers, I envy them
[img]http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8092/img2819j.jpg[/img]Some fruits and plants at Pag island
[img]http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/7622/img2988e.jpg[/img]Wasp are here too, just 2 metres by the sea
[img]http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/2497/img2952eh.jpg[/img]Last pics...
[img]http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/1663/img2978m.jpg[/img][img]http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3446/img2980uw.jpg[/img]Last friends...
[img]http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1624/img2930mu.jpg[/img]Coming back home, through the town of Pag
[img]http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/423/img3015z.jpg[/img]I said a small fixed blade was with me, it's a prototype that I designed and I'm testing it, his name is Compso
[img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7812/compso1.jpg[/img][img]http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/1476/compso2.jpg[/img]it was the only knife used for 3 weeks besides the Vic Ranger, of course the Compso worked many sandwiches, here with tuna fish and tomatoes
[img]http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8759/compso14.jpg[/img]it was with me always, both under the sea (some wear spots at the end, but is not a scuba knife) and kayaking
[img]http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8510/compso3.jpg[/img]Like a real "survival" knife :-) he helped me fishing
[img]http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/5142/compso4.jpg[/img]Holothuria tubulosa, the internal part is a good meal for many fishes
[img]http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1882/compso5.jpg[/img]you need to cut the extremities, than cut the Holothuria in two sections (be careful, the external skin is hard like wood but really slippery)
[img]http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3374/compso6.jpg[/img]now, you need to scrap the internal part; the spear point of the Compso was really useful for it too
[img]http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/896/compso7.jpg[/img]finally you will obtain this, has a good concistency and is easy to attach to the hook
[img]http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7330/compso8.jpg[/img]my fishing set, done with a wood that I found on the rocks, the fishing kit that I have on my survival kit and a piece of paracord
[img]http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4121/compso9.jpg[/img]I'm awful as a fisherman, anyway in 10 minutes I this is the results, it's not the best fish of the coast but it's edible
[img]http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/5346/compso102.jpg[/img][img]http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3011/compso11v.jpg[/img]few minutes later, I took this crab, than I eated it, awesome
[img]http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5790/compso10.jpg[/img][img]http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/7097/compso13.jpg[/img]goodbye Croatia, see you soon
[img]http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/114/img2437h.jpg[/img]Alfredo