yAnyii's: My Summer Getaway Day 1 & 2: Hvar Island

Heyyyyyyyyyy!

I'm not too sure if most of you heard of Hvar Island before, but just in case you don't, Hvar is an Croatian island situated in the Adriatic Sea. Previously I have always thought that Croatia is a famous travel spot with beaches, sun and sea, but when I told my parents (very excitedly) that I'm planning my graduation vacation with Bing, and we are planning to go to Hvar, Croatia, their first reaction was

"What is Cro......? Uhm, are you sure it's a famous travel spot? It's name really sounded alien-ish. Are you sure it's safe to go? I don't want you ended up being trapped by an alien."

And fyi, you can't get to change Croatian Kuna (Croatia currency) easily from any currency exchange counter in Malaysia. So I guess Croatia is really a not-so-popular country among Malaysians. =_________=

To get to Hvar Island, we flew from London Gatwick Airport to Split Airport, took taxi to the Split port and finally took Jadrolinija Catamaran to Hvar. To be very honest, it's quite inconvenient to get to Hvar Island, reason being the catamaran does not come very often (the catamaran only comes 5 times per day) and the journey is not very luggage-friendly. Bing and I literally spent 8 hours on travelling from London to Hvar Island, and there goes our day 1 in Croatia. However if you don't mind travelling, you WON'T regret travelling to Hvar despite the uneasy journey.

Anyways, enough of Geography and get ready for photo spamming!

To be really honest, the scenery of Hvar Island is breathtaking! We spent our day 2 just walking around the town area and went to a few beaches. What a relaxing day! Photos are all taken using Sony RX-100.

The Hvar town. It was really relaxing walking along the port enjoying the sun and sea breeze. The temperature when I went wasn't that warm yet, it was around 23 degree Celsius which is a very chilly, nice weather to a Malaysian! Btw, this is where you catch the catamaran travelling to other parts of Croatia.

Another part of Hvar town. People in Hvar are just so nice and friendly! Bing and I stayed in a homestay, ran buy a local family called Apartment Teo. Teo, the owner of the apartment was really warm and friendly. I would say his hospitality was one of the best that I have experienced. The apartment is not the luxurious type, but it's a very comfortable and clean place for you to experience the locals and mingle with the tourists throughout your stay. Highly recommended! You can book a room here.

The beaches in Hvar are all rocky beaches. Bing and I were told by Teo that Hvar has very beautiful beaches. But it was sorta a disappointment to us at first when we saw the rocky beach as we were expecting sandy beaches. Ha! After all, rocky beaches ain't that bad too! The water is sparkly, clean and clear. Except that both our feet are in pain barefooting on the rocky beach.

Our first lunch in Hvar Island. The food and service were both very good. I like their dessert pancake best! I guess I was so excited with the dessert that I forgot to take a photo of it. And so sorry I have forgotten the restaurant name!