July 6, 2017
The on-again, off-again train service to the Croatian coast was off again, so we took the morning bus to Dubrovnik. We passed through Croatian immigration control three times (1), which caused some delays in our arrival.
We found our Sobe (room) in the ancient walled city then went for a sunset kayak paddle in the Adriatic Sea. We had a nice chat with Krešo, our paddling guide. He attended the RIT campus in Dubrovnik, but took an English test today as the first step (he hopes) to qualify as an air-traffic controller.
We paddled to a sea side cave with a small beach for a swim, then circled Lokrum Island to return to the launch point just outside the Pile Gate entrance to the city as the sun was setting. Inside the walls, Dubrovnik is purely a pedestrian city.
(1) We entered Croatia, then took the coastal road to Dubrovnik. There is a small strip of Bosnian territory on the Dalmatian coast (a). We therefore had to leave Croatia, get an exit stamp in our passports (after being in country for about an hour), ride about 12 miles in Bosnia and then get another Croatian entrance stamp upon re-entry to Croatia. I'm glad I have a passport with extra pages.
(a) This small coastal strip of Bosnia is the result of Dubrovnik wanting to have a buffer zone between themselves and the Venetian Republic in the 1790s.
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