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Croatia Day 6 - when everything goes wrong

We fell asleep before packing yesterday, so we packed in the morning, left our luggage outside the lodge and walked down to the reception to check out before our last breakfast on Obonjan Island. The ferry Brought us back to Sibenik, where we still had to decide whether we wanted to drive home to Germany or find a new place to stay - there were still 3 days left until my boyfriend had to get back to work. Oh and it’s my grandma‘s birthday today so we called her right in the morning and of course we already bought her something. Back to our decision: we found a cute looking hotel in Brela and decided to take the 2 hour ride (without paying, so no highway)... At first, it was absolutely worth it - the view was amazing, the sea and all the beaches looked so wonderful! Traffic made it take a lot longer and we were soon to figure out why: there was a huge forest fire :( only in the time we stood there, more than 15 fire trucks drove past us, there were some fire-fighting planes, but it kept getting worse... that was really shocking to see and it’s really important to take warnings about forest fire serious, especially considering the current climate. I really hope everyone stayed safe! The police told us we had to turn around so we took a different route through the middle of nowhere, with crazy and dangerous curves, high probability of just falling down and narrow streets, that cost us more than another extra hour, I didn’t think about how long we‘d already been in the car. As we finally got closer to our destination, roads got narrow, there was only one lane for both ways and it went up and down very steeply. My boyfriend said he wouldn’t want to park his car there and the area didn’t look welcoming. We turned around to drive back and when driving uphill it felt like a - very dangerous - rollercoaster... not only was it hard to drive up, but it felt like we‘d flip backward any moment, like the front wheels had lost contact to the floor. We were so relieved when the roads felt normal again! That problem was gone, but lead directly to a new one: where are we going to stay for the two following nights? On our way, Split seemed to have beautiful beaches, so we drove back there, on normal roads this time using the highway. We took a break to - once again - search for hotels and found one that looked beautiful and wasn’t too expensive. Since it was close to our location, we decided to go there and see if any rooms were still available - they were online, anyway. At first we found locked doors. It looked like there was still construction going on and like the hotel wasn’t finished yet. Frustration came up quickly, we really didn’t want to start all over again looking for another hotel after more than 7 hours of bad luck. Finally, there were some strangers - sadly they didn’t understand English or German. I tried to explain to them that we were looking for a room and as they understood they called someone and gave me their phone - the lady on the phone spoke English and promised to come by the hotel in a few minutes. So we waited and finally (!) there were good news! You have no idea how happy that made us :) to not make this post even longer, the positive part and therefore the rest of the evening will come in a new post :)

[jaguarworldwide]

Croatia throwback 💭🏝 review on the wonderful #shipfamisland festival coming soon on @mixmag #ShipFam #Obonjan

[thestyley]

There it is, the new moon! #obonjan (at Obonjan)

[thestyley]

Sunrise yoga near some serious waves 🤗#obonjan (at Obonjan)

[addfuel]

It's a wrap! Full photos soon! 🔥🌞 Good times in @obonjan with @unit44gallery 🌞🔥 - #addfuel #obonjan #croatia #stencil #stencilart (at Obonjan)

[addfuel]

Work in progress in @obonjan with @unit44gallery 🌞🔥 - #addfuel #obonjan #croatia #stencil #stencilart (at Obonjan)

[tynatunis]

Impressive Croatia...a dream...@paperboyoOn the way home from @obonjan I stopped for one night in Zadar & came across this sunset. Not a bad way to end a relaxing & fun few days on a beautiful Adriatic Island. Same time again next year right guys @visual.fodder & @morenatravels? #Obonjan#Obonjan2017 #Croatia