My last trip

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
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some sea stars like models for me (of course after the pic they were on the sea again)
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Hiking a bit, the Peljesac peninsula and Korcula island
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View from our restaurant (Restaurant Ankora in Zuljiana)
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Tortues are typical here, here whit my Vic Ranger, I used it for three weeks besides a small fixed blade designed by myself
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the Ranger it's always whit me
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Funny moments whit our MTB
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A spyder that I never see here in Italy, abdom is like 50 cents
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This spot was joined the day after...
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...whit our kayak
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Dinner, finally...
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Some guys using the last sun of the day
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No lights on the MTB, so my Fenix P30D for the last 2 hours of the travel, good job Fenix
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Here we are at Molunat, the southest village of Croazia
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On the extreme southets point of Croatia, an Austian fortress looking at the Montenegro
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Best live music here, really fine
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Croatian ways are used by several bikers, I envy them
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Some fruits and plants at Pag island
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Wasp are here too, just 2 metres by the sea
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Last pics...
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Last friends...
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Coming back home, through the town of Pag
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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
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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
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it was with me always, both under the sea (some wear spots at the end, but is not a scuba knife) and kayaking
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Like a real "survival" knife :-) he helped me fishing
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Holothuria tubulosa, the internal part is a good meal for many fishes
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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)
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now, you need to scrap the internal part; the spear point of the Compso was really useful for it too
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finally you will obtain this, has a good concistency and is easy to attach to the hook
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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
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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
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few minutes later, I took this crab, than I eated it, awesome
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goodbye Croatia, see you soon
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Alfredo

Great, great photos as always.

Looks like a wonderful vacation. Must have been hard limiting yourself to 2 knives!

Looks like a nice place to visit. Thanks for posting.

VERY nice pictures Alfredo. Thank you very much. I hadn't realized that Croatia was on the ocean coast. I would Love a vacation like that. Congratulations to you and your wife.

Oh and I LOVE your dinner!

Great pictures. I have almost exclusively Surefire lights but I bought a Fenix pd30 to play with a Chinese light, it does have a heck of a throw for a little light.

Gorgeous knife Alfredo! I like the practicality approach you took in its design.

Lovely pics as always! Thank you for sharing!

Very nice pictures. Looks like a fun trip.

Nice pics Alfredo! I think we´ll visit Croatia quite soon. I´ve seen so many pictures from Croatia and it seems to be a very beautiful country.

Nice knife also! Do you work for Fox? My next purchase will be their folding karambit - while I´m waiting the SY 911 and Rat 711... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Thank you for the pics! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Timo, many folks rate the Fox Karambit second only to the Emerson. At worst the third, the other one would be the Steve Tarani designed 511 model.

wow nice trip

VERY nice Fredo', looks like a wonderful vacation! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Many thanks guys. It was a nice trip, really.
I'm and indipendent knife designer, you could call me a freelance designer :-) at the moment just Fox realize my knives. Ciao!

WOW! Beautiful pictures. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Croatia looks to be a very beautiful country, thanks for sharing the pics, I always pictures Croatia to be a very cold country, that looks to be almost tropical. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Thanks, Ian.

Thanks mate. The inner areas are really cold in winter.