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...