Ah, island time. Basically, hours and schedules have no meanings. The sign says open from 10am to 12:30pm. Might not be open….just because.

So Scott and I are now on the Island of Vis. It’s a small little island with not much to do besides enjoy the beaches, swim, and go diving. So that is what we’ve done. The first thing I should mention about the beaches is that they are not what you’d expect. They are stony beaches without any sand. Which makes lying on them slightly uncomfortable, and sitting even more so. Forget walking barefoot, because that is just painful. The other thing is that there aren’t any waves. 99% of the time the sea has been perfectly calm. The other 1% of the time, a boat went by and created a few small waves. The water is cool and refreshing and the temperature has been hot.

Most of the people here tend to be Europeans with very few native English speakers that we’ve heard. We met an American girl from Seattle and have been hanging out with her for the last day o two, so that’s been nice. As great as it is to hang out with your brother for 10 days, it’s nice to get a change in conversation too.

This morning, we went SCUBA diving. I haven’t been diving since Thailand, so that was about 3 1/2 years ago. It felt really great to get back in the water. The water was colder then I’m used to, but I still had a nice 45 minute dive. I wouldn’t recommend diving here as there isn’t much to see. Supposedly there are octopus, but we didn’t see any :-( . Just saw some eels, lots of fish, a nudibranch, and a stone fish.

The big problem that we’ve had is finding a place to stay. Apparently, all the private accommodations have been booked. So there has been some stress in knowing where we were going to sleep for the night. Tonight will be our third night, and the third place to stay. As for the last week, we’ve stayed in all different types of accommodation. We’ve had our private room at youth hostel which felt like a small prison with a single window and no fan. We’ve stayed in a hostel where we shared our room with 4 others. We’ve also stayed in a hotel room,  and private accommodations. The private accommodations have been nicer since they are people who have extra room in their building and rent it out. Our place tonight has a small kitchen area, personal shower, and a balcony. So it’s been a mixed bag so far.

We actually went to an outdoor theater last night to watch a movie. The movie was ok, but the theater was pretty cool. I kept looking up to watch the stars. Even saw 3 shooting stars….nice.

Well, that’s all for now. Tomorrow, we’re going to head back to the mainland. Thursday we’ll be heading to a town in Bosnia, and then down to Dubrovnik in southern Croatia.

Later,

Two Slightly Burned Travelers