Vikki: The last couple of days in Zagreb have been great. Starting with a drive up the country through many small narrow country roads - one lane wide with varying wild life on the roads including cows, donkeys and a turtle of all things, then arriving in Croatia's capital and biggest city Zagreb which is surprisingly untouristy and quiet. We've wandered the city streets, with many beautiful buildings and lots of monuments with horses, checked out the local marke...

Raj: We had a fantastic day today at Brela Beach, renowned as one of Croatia's best beaches, and it didn't disappoint. Although only 60km from our apartment, it was a frustrating start as the journey took 2 hours in standstill traffic plus another long while to find a park. A majestic setting awaited when we arrived at the beach. Loads of people and not much space had us walking around a bit until we could find a small spot with a little shade, before we were...

Vikki: We are now in the middle of Croatia on the coast near Split, famous for its beaches. We are staying just out of the city about a 15 minute drive in. It was our longest drive to date to get here, and while we used the toll roads, it was slow going at times with traffic accidents bringing everything to standstill. Lots of cars on the roads heading south given we are smack in the middle of holiday season. The drive down was long but scenic, green and hilly wi...

Vikki: Today we spent the day in the Kamenjak Nature Reserve, the southern most tip of the Istrian Peninsula. Long dusty gravel roads lead to lots of isolated coastal hideaways, mostly stone beaches with great swimming and diving. While there are lots of people, because there are so many separate areas its not over crowded. We started at the southern most tip, an area known as Safari Bar. With a bit of creative outdoor entertainment for the kids (check out the ph...

Raj: Yesterday we left Italy and arrived in Croatia via Slovenia. We were glad to leave behind the crazy Italian drivers and immediately noticed how Croatian drivers obey the speed limit (though we were still guessing what the speed limits were and Vikki and I agreed to disagree at times!). Slovenia was uneventful as we paid 15 Euros for 15 mins driving through the country at an average speed of 50kph - the shortest road tax pass was for a week and without it w...