27th June

The ship cruise has been amazing and the water of the Adriatic Sea is so clear and blue and a lovely temperature. The towns have so much history and because they were built out of lime stone the sun just reflects off of it and it has been so hot that every time you go out sweat just drips off your back and face.

The final morning on the ship breakfast was early from 7 till 830am when your luggage had to be outside your room so that we could gather at 9am for a final photo in front of the Diamond

before we grabbed our cases and walked across the road for the bus to Split we left Šibenik at 923am for Split. It travelled through some forests before following the coast to the airport then over the mountain into Split we arrived at 11am where we all said our goodbyes and went our own way.

I caught a taxi to the hotel where I got to sit by the pool with iced water whilst I waited for my room. I am on the 2nd floor the room is nice (except the stairs).

I dropped my bag and then walked back into town through a market to the waterfront. I then found a lovely waterfront restaurant to have a chicken Caesar sandwich for lunch before my 230pm TukTuk tour.

I had a Canadian who has lived here with his girlfriend for the last 18 months give me a tour of Split. We went from old town and the waterfront through the western area where the Marjan Park is. We basically drove the outside boarders of the park. We started at the highest point which overlooks the town of Split. You could see from the commercial centre (big black tower is an international hotel) down to the harbour with old town in between and the gardens as well.

After that we went to the beach area of the park along the other boarder. Looked down onto the most popular beach in split. We then drove to the chapel area where they hold weddings and there was one being held there. This is also the area where the locals jump off the cliffs into the sea. It was originally a city cemetery but they had to move it as a lot of it was destroyed when a bomb was dropped on it.