A truly lazy day. After breakfast this morning I lay on one of the beach sun lounges under an umbrella and caught up on my blogging and emails. My fellow tour partners slowly emerged from their rooms and many either longed around or went for a swim in the crystal clear sea. Our hotel is once again on the side of a hill leading down to the waters edge and has waiter service all the way to the water line. A perfect setting for a day of recuperation. All of our part...

Today's ride was some 205km along the stunning Croatian and bosnian coast. We travelled via Drvenik and Sucuraj with a transit in and out of Bosnia Herzegovina.. As we climbed out of Dubrovnik we stopped on the hill for one of the best views do the city sprawled out below.the full defensive wall and its relationship to the city was evident. After a rest day it took a few corners to get back in the swing of mountain road riding and I was very cautious and did not ...