Makarska, Island Hvar

I am not really sure what I have and have not written about but...we finished our stay in Dubrovnik by partying with this hilarious couple from Australia that were in the room next door. Matt and I ended up breaking two of their plastic chairs just by sitting in them. Our guest house in Dubrovnik was so beautiful. We were kind of ready to leave though becasuse although it is a beautiful city there isnćt much to do. We took a bus to Makarska and spent Saturday there. Mom and Dads will freak, but we just waited until we got off teh bus in Makarska before finding a place to stay. We had noticed that at every bus station there are always little old people wanting to seel you a room for the night we just chose that option. She was kind of weird but still nice, she tried to jack us out of 20 kuna (only about 4 bucks but still) for ˝taxes˝but matt said no...Makarska was a nice little city although besides the beach and little funny shops along the way there was not much to do. Matt bought a pair or white beach pants and he is anal about them, wears themj all the time, he is now Euro and very metro sexual. We moved on to Island Hvar the next day, after hearing glroious reviews of this island we couldnćt wait. Well if it were so great do you think i would be wasting time in an internet cafe? It sucks. We canćt figure it out...did we just hit Croatia at a dry time since tourist season is over? We reallz didnćt have that high of expectations but there is nothing to do. Even in Dubrovnik and here, we resorted to exploring the nearby islands in the hope there would be something interesting to see. In Dubrovnik, we went tothe island of Lokrum and here there are wild peacocks that come up to us, we went to the nude beach!! OMG gasp everyone at the same time yes we went to a nude beach let me tell you the people at nude beaches really just should not be nude. We hiked around the mountain that surrounded the island and climbed up to a fort, here we could see old Dubrovnik, into Montengro and out tothe ocean. It was lovely. There were kind of interesting things there, but today we decided to try for an island becasue THERE ARE NO BEACHES IN HVAR TOWN. It is so messed up, but once we got there we were like what the hell and it was terrible, all we did was play gin rummy for like 3 hours to kill time until we could come back here. The weather is ok, but today it sucked. I am not trying to whine my head off but we are both ready to move on to Oktoberfest and Austria. All there is to do is eat at expensive reataurants. Thex donćt really have hiking or mountain biking or things they do in mountain towns in USA. We do have a nice guesthouse here that was very cheap, and it has a full kitchen so we went to the grocery store to cut down on food expenses. We think we might try to go the town of Stari Grad tomorrow, becasue so far Hvar Town has nothing to offer. Even the stores are poopy, they onlz cater to tourists, it was like that in Dubrovnik, I donćt watn a hamburger or stupid shirst that say I went to Croatia I would like authentic clothing and foods and such, it is just silly. I think they just might not be used to tourism or something. Everyone said Hvar is so great and Rijeka isnćt even in my book as a tourist destination but there is more shops and things to do there it seems...I dunno! Oh well, not to be a downer just thatćs the way it is!! I do think I got a little tan though so thatćs good. Oh and I donćt think there will be pics up any time soon, they just donćt have that capability here. I threw a temper tantrum in Dubrvnik as a result of this. Well more exploring this weird islan (the rocks on the beach are razor sharp like coral) and then back to Rijeka via an overnight ferry come Thursday night. Update later...love to all!