My Summer Getaway Day 3: Bol, Island of Brac

Heyyyyyyy!

In my previous blog I shared about my Day 1 and Day 2 in Hvar. Hvar is a very small town, Bing and I basically spent our Day 2 touring the town. On Day 3, We decided to head to the Island of Brac. Bol is reknown for its most popular beach, the Golden Cape which mostly composed of pebbles that visibily shift with the tidal movement.  

Actually Bol wasn't in part of our schedule as planned. We came across Bol when we were walking along the Hvar port, where there were a couple of tour companies selling the tour package to Bol. The package includes boat ride to Bol, with lunch provided, leaving Hvar 9am and returning to Hvar around 6pm. Bing and I thought it's a good idea to go to Bol since we have almost done with sight seeing in the town of Hvar. It's advised to get your day tour ticket in advanced as the boat has limited seats available. 

Annyeong! Early in the morning we are all prepared to head to Bol! The sun was so lovely and immediately I picked my seat at the upper deck where I can enjoy the sunshine. One thing I really like about Croatia is its weather. The temperature is cooling while the sun shines brightly, well, that means higher chances of getting sunburn too. D= Because of the cooling temperature you aren't aware that how much of UV you're being exposed to. =X

Anyway, Bing has his graduation ceremony to attend in a week's time and he was so afraid of sun. During our previous trip to Santorini he got so tan and every friend commented he looked like a construction worker. =X So we decided to move to the lower deck and enjoy only the sea breeze. 

The boat stops at the bay in the middle of the journey to Bol. Almost all of the angmoh on board dived into the water. They really enjoy the sea and the sun! How I wish Bing could come with me, too bad he doesn't know how to swim. 

Finally, after two hours of boat ride, here we are -- The Island of Brac! It is a very quite island, not much of population. The Golden Cape was quite a distance away from where we got off the boat, so we took a 15 minute train shuttle to the beach.

Look! How clear the sea water is! To be really honest, this is so far the cleanest sea water I've ever swum in! The water was so clean that you can't even find any debris floating around, and you can see little fishes swimming in the water. 

And here comes the mandatory selfiesssssssss! =P Bing was kinda shy to reveal him tummy tho. Lol.

All the photos are taken using my Sony Experia Z2. I would say the quality of the photos are pretty good for a smart phone. And thanks to Sony that has this waterproof feature, all the photos were taken in the sea without any worries of spoiling my phone!

Ohh yea, since I mentioned that the beach of Golden Cape is composed mainly by pebbles, it was quite a pain walking barefooted along the beach! Bing and I, our feet got so sore after the whole day, so I would advice anyone of you who are going to non-sandy-beach to get a pair of beach shoes. 

  

The sunset view basically sums up our day trip to Bol. Actually the trip was nothing much, but I really appreciate the crystal clear sea water, beach and sun! If you're a beach type of person, this place is highly recommended!

♥xoxo♥

My Summer Getaway Day 1 & 2: Hvar Island

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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!

Me showing off my less-than-one-week-old phone. Sony Experia Z2! The best smartphone ever!

We then hiked up all the way to the top of the hill through the fleet of stairs to the castle for sunset.

Sunset at Hvar Island.


With love.

I think that sums up my day 2 in Hvar Island. Stay tuned with the rest of my journey in next blog entry! I'm going to Bol in my next blog entry! 

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