I pretty much just packed after breakfast then hit the beach, nay, wharf. Yep, just laid my beach towel down on the cement with the locals and caught me some rays. Spoke to an English guy who was on holiday with his mates. They were all jumping in to the water off the rocks. Me and this kid, turns out, both have relatives who have paralysed themselves by diving into waters. So we just thought they were nuts.
I went and had pizza for lunch, which wasn't too bad, then went back to the wharf again and watched this old local guy shampoo his hair in the sea water. Yep, he just grabbed the bottle of shampoo, soaped himself, rinsed it in the sea water, soaped himself again, then rinsed it off by going for a swim. What the fuck?
At around 2.00 I caught a taxi to the meeting point. Met some of the others on the tour. One of the first conversations I had with Deanna and Amy was that we were worried that the group would be 20 year old Aussies, as which point we had all decided separately that we would just ditch the tour and go our own way. I cannot tell you my relief when I met them. They were two gorgeous girls, so friendly, and with the same thought processes as me. Scary! Lisa, I have to tell you, Deanna reminds me of you in so many ways, that I just can't describe. I already love her because of how she reminds me of you! She talks like you, sounds like you, and in some ways thinks like you.
The skipper, Nico, then introduced himself to us three and told us that we were very lucky. We had scored a catamaran. The boat we were supposed to have had broken down. The catamaran is so much bigger.
We then met the others (total of eight of us including the skipper) and made our way to the boat. We familiarised ourselves with the boat, learnt a few terms, and headed on our way. Some way along we anchored, and a few brave people jumped in and had a swim (I should point out that there is only the skipper and one other male - Matt in the group, who at this point is NOT thinking he is the luckiest man in the world....hehehehe). The tour, being an intrepid tour means that we need to all help out. This is two star accommodation, with work to be done! An adventure.
We sailed for a bit before docking at Ston, which has the largest wall outside of China. From the salt trading days. We got provisions (food), and saw a local wedding before all getting a bite to eat at a local restaurant. I had black seafood risotto!
See the wall:
The others have gone to bed while I'm writing this, but I won't be able to post until I get some wifi at some point. So posts might be delayed for the next week.
Oh, and there are only four cabins for the eight of us, so cosy night for everyone then!
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