Time to Split to Vis

Day 4 – Split to Vis

After another croissant breakfast we went to explore more of the town and found a nice café to relax and do a bit of people watching.  However, it wasn’t the people walking past but a family of four from the UK who provided the entertainment.  The waiter brought them the bill and they tried to pay in euros.  The waiter (quite reasonably) said he could accept euro notes but not coins and the change would have to be in Croatian Kuna.  The family were incensed and refused to back down.  I went over to offer to exchange some of their euros for some of my Kuna but the father demanded to know who I was.  At this point I decided he neither wanted nor deserved my help.

The family left without paying and a couple next to us congratulated me on my attempt at diplomacy but we all decided that they were beyond help and we would both leave the waiter a large tip by way of apology for our fellow countrymen’s behaviour.

After this excitement it was time to board our ferry for the 2.5 hour trip to Vis Island.  When we arrived at Vis Town we needed to catch a bus to Komica on the other side of the island.

The bus was already full to bursting point and there was certainly no room for our luggage.  This didn’t seem to bother the driver and he told us to climb aboard and make ourselves comfortable in the footwell.  We then spent an interesting 20 minutes driving up a mountain another hair raising 10 minutes coming back down the other side (see photos below).

We found our accommodation and we will spend the next 7 nights here exploring the island at the ‘islets’ around including the Blue Cave. 

A diabetics nightmare!