Wednesday - Lokrum Island

So the next day we wanted to try something new and the boys had to return their scooters. I read about this island close by that you could get to by a quick ferry from Stari Grad. We managed to gather our stuff together a little late in the day (of course) and had to take the bus downtown, which paled in comparison to our cool scooter rides. The group of us going to the Island were the Manzo's (Ryan, Matt and Forde), Dan, Jules, Michael and I. Michael was also another Aussie eventually going to work in the UK. It seems to be a common trend among Aussies to do that.



The travel guide listed Lokrum as "Lover's Island" - I don't really get why, but it was very pretty. It had a botanical garden, lovely wildlife and of course your nudist beach. We all (myself included) got excited about that , but it turns out it was only accessible to other nudists. Damn.


The travel guide also called the beach 'rocky', which actually meant it was land, boulders, than water. The path to getting in the water was actually painful and complicated, but so worth it once you got in. We chilled on the rocks (the less jagged ones) while nursing our health from the night before.

This is 2/3 of the crew from the beach excursion (Matt and I are missing). Observe the 'rocky' beach... we ended off the day nicely, I got a tan and enjoyed my swimming (refer to picture above). Jules and I decided that we were sick of being gross and unkept, and that since it was my last night in Dubrovnik (which it wasn't in the end), we would get dressed up and go for a nice dinner with washed hair and makeup on. We got back and got ready for a great night out...

Dinner was quite a walk away, but so worth it - we walked along a boardwalk in the dark, by the beach we were at the night before, and and went for dinner with a new addition to our family - Heather! She is also from NYC, so her and Dan had much to talk about, and she works for Inside Edition (the unseen face that asks the stars the interview questions). Her and Dan had a lot to talk about, since he studied acting at NYU, and now works in editing for that show about a Matchmaker on TLC. I present our dinner group:

Someone else has the picture of all the food coming and us gorging ourselves...

The night ended off quite tamely, with some of the group going for a walk in the park and swings, and the rest heading off to bed. We had to prepare ourselves for the next day...