It has been a long time between posts here on our Lifejacket Adventures blog. That’s because we started a new blog – Our Croatia Life – which now contains all of the more personal stories, and we will continue to publish our adventure business stories here.
On facebook, Our Croatian Life can be found here, and [...]

The effervescent American travel guide, Rick Steves, is making his way through Croatia filming a new documentary about the country and its neighbors. We had a chance to say hello when we bumped into him filming on the riva. Helping him out was Cameron Hewitt, Rick’s associate and book writer, and our friendly guide Maja.
They [...]

Two weeks ago, Amber and Evan decided to join us at Marija and Pjerino Šimunović’s Konoba Dionis on the Pakleni Islands, just off Hvar Town, for a day in the sun and some good food.
We helped to pick all the vegetables from the garden – potatoes, spring onions, and, most importantly, artichokes. (It was the [...]

Joanne, John and I went exploring Hvar Island on Friday by scooter. After catching the ferry from Split to Stari Grad, we drove the scooters across the island to Sveta Nedjelja, and then along the coast to Hvar Town.
On Hvar Town’s waterfront we were met by George Šimunović who raced us across to the [...]

I headed across to Hvar Island yesterday for a Wine Tour with Agnete and Christian, two members of one of Norway’s biggest hard-core bands, Madder Mortem. The plan was to introduce them to as much of the island and its wine and food in 12 hours as possible.
Our friend Mili at Hertz Rentals was kind [...]

Marilyn, John and I crossed the border into Bosnia yesterday to visit Mostar.
Mostar is a mixed Serb, Croat and Bosnia town in south-west Bosnia, known for its 16th Century bridge, which crosses the Neretva River, and the crazy guys who dive from it. The town is named after the bridge – most means bridge [...]

Yesterday Frank, Ceila, Bill and Cary enjoyed a day with us on Brač Island.
After the 45-minute ferry ride from Split, we drove to the trailhead above Pustinja Blaca.
Blaca was a monastery found in 1551 by Glagoltic monks from Poljica Republic. This small Republic, behind Omiš, was wedged between the Venetian and Ottoman Empires. The monks, [...]

The European Cities Marketing Association has released figures which shows Split is #1 on a list of European holiday destinations for growth in visitors between 2001 and 2006.
“Split saw an annual growth of around 17% in tourists, to top their survey of 93 locations across Europe.
In 2006, some 200 000 holiday makers crowded into city [...]

The New York Times recently published a list of the must-see places in the world for 2008. Included in this list, at an impressive #11, is the town of Hvar (on Hvar Island).
The NY Times describes Hvar thus:
“As Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast has become a new Riviera, Hvar has become its St. Tropez: a tiny village [...]

The Croatian National Parks that we have visited so far we have really enjoyed. One trip that always goes well is walking around the Plitvice Lakes, in the Lika region. The Lakes are protected on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
As the River Korana cuts its way down through the limestone of the surrounding hills its [...]