Diterbitake: 19.09.2018
Along the touristy Croatian coast, we admired the play between the Adriatic coast with all the apartments and hotels on one side, and the high rising mountains on the other side. Just before Dubrovnik, we found a spot on the western mountain slope overlooking the water and the nearby islands. Since there were no shading trees nearby, we had to stretch the tarp to avoid melting away. The next morning, we only had a quick breakfast because we wanted to visit Dubrovnik before all the tour groups, but no luck - the streets of the coastal old town were already filled with people from all over the world. We strolled through the side streets, admired the town, and then escaped to a mountain on the other side. During the climb, the thermometer quickly rose to 30°C again, but joining the line for the cable car was not an option. Back with Willie, who luckily parked in the shade, the journey continued north with a well-deserved swimming stop at a fairly small bay. We had already selected a rough spot for the night - right by the water on a peninsula just before the Bosnian border... And it was perfect, with only 2 bushes and some rocks between Willie and the Mediterranean Sea, a 10-second walk and we were in our own bay. The evening stood before us with a dinner by the water and a night with the sound of the sea. For breakfast, we rolled Willie along the gravel road for 100 meters (as it should be) to a small pebble beach for our morning swim and breakfast by the water. We took our time and inhaled the fresh sea air before we set off - crossing another border, this time to Bosnia and Herzegovina - the eighth country on our route.