We arrived in Dubrovnik on Saturday night and somehow were awake enough to watch the sunset over the cliffs of the old city and have a local seafood feast while being serenaded by three of Dubrovnik's finest street musicians. Although we had ambitious aspirations for the evening, we only made it until 11:00 and slept about three hours longer than planned. Luckily, all of the rest prepared us to tackle the Dubrovnik triathlon.
Event 1: The Old City Wall
Description: A 2km walk around the old city walls (claimed by the guide book to take 2 hours)
Biggest Obstacle: Dodging all of the Asian tourists while hypocritically taking just as many pictures as they were.
Difficulty Level: 2
Event 2: Climb to the top of Mt. Srd
Description: A 4km hike up the mountain overlooking Dubrovnik (claimed by a local to take 2 hours and claimed by Dave to take 45 minutes). 38 minutes later we arrived at the top to check out the war museum and amazing views of the city.
Biggest Obstacle: Forcing ourselves to stay on the serpentine switchbacks instead of going straight up since we were warned of potential land mines
Difficulty Level: 5
Event 3: Kayak around Lokvun (an island off the coast of Dubrovnik that looks a lot closer than it is)
Description: Rent kayak and set off for island (claimed by Clete to take 10 minutes). Actual time - 35 to island, one hour back because he claimed it would be faster to go all the around on the way back.
Biggest Obstacle: Docking kayak on island when we wanted to hike to the top and avoiding screeching peacocks.
Difficulty level:7
And this was all before 6:00pm. The night was still young. Drinks at Dave's favorite bar watching the sunset over the cliffs followed by an amazing Italian dinner where we ate so much we could barely walk home.
Next, it's on to Montenegro!
Event 1: The Old City Wall
Description: A 2km walk around the old city walls (claimed by the guide book to take 2 hours)
Biggest Obstacle: Dodging all of the Asian tourists while hypocritically taking just as many pictures as they were.
Difficulty Level: 2
Event 2: Climb to the top of Mt. Srd
Description: A 4km hike up the mountain overlooking Dubrovnik (claimed by a local to take 2 hours and claimed by Dave to take 45 minutes). 38 minutes later we arrived at the top to check out the war museum and amazing views of the city.
Biggest Obstacle: Forcing ourselves to stay on the serpentine switchbacks instead of going straight up since we were warned of potential land mines
Difficulty Level: 5
Event 3: Kayak around Lokvun (an island off the coast of Dubrovnik that looks a lot closer than it is)
Description: Rent kayak and set off for island (claimed by Clete to take 10 minutes). Actual time - 35 to island, one hour back because he claimed it would be faster to go all the around on the way back.
Biggest Obstacle: Docking kayak on island when we wanted to hike to the top and avoiding screeching peacocks.
Difficulty level:7
And this was all before 6:00pm. The night was still young. Drinks at Dave's favorite bar watching the sunset over the cliffs followed by an amazing Italian dinner where we ate so much we could barely walk home.
Next, it's on to Montenegro!
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Glad to hear you enjoyed Dubrovnik so much!
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