Croatia (Yugoslavia) - Dubrovnik- April 1970

 We loved this town, we spent days just walking around these alleyways, the waterfront, the walls and camped in the bush at night.

One of the alleyways from Google below.

 A camera man filming??  We never found out, he just seemed to wander about with the camera under his arm.

Same spot from Google below.

We eventually had to give up on hoping to meet with Trevor and Mary-Liz, leaving Dubrovnik and heading for Sarajevo.

Croatia (Yugoslavia) - Dubrovnik- April 1970

 This photo was taken out the window as we drove towards Dubrovnik.

 Lunch stop beside the Neretva River between Split and Dubrovnik.

The Adriatic Coastline.

We arrived in Dubrovnik on the exact date that we had planned to meet up with our friends Trevor and Mary-Liz who were travelling from Australia.  The plan was to meet at the Dubrovnik Youth Hostel, spend a couple of days here and travel back to England together.

The Youth Hostel was closed, one because it was Winter and two because they were doing renovations but we left a note and camped nearby.

We waited one day for them, we waited two days for them, we waited three days for Trevor and Mary-Liz to turn up or send a message but on the fourth day we had to move on.  When we arrived back in England we received a letter from them saying they thought Dubrovnik was the name of a Youth Hostel in Greece!!!!!    Trevor and Mary-Liz did get to Dubrovnik but days after we'd left but they got our message so they knew we'd made it on time.

I might add the waiting was not painful, we loved Dubrovnik, the food was good, the people were lovely but there was no where for us to shower!  so driving up some quite road, heating up some water, stripping off and tipping the water over us was the only way we managed to keep clean.

 Dubrovnik a walled city until 1808

 At the Gates, this bus was packed solid with passengers when it arrived and as soon as it disgorged it was quickly packed once again.

Almost the same spot below from Google.

 This chap was wearing leather pants and a skull cap, he's outside a masonry workshop.

From Split to Dubrovnik on Google Maps.

Croatia (Yugoslavia) - Split - April 1970

Doesn't this look idyllic!  This is where we pulled off the road to sleep our first night in Yugoslavia, right in the middle of these Olive Trees.  Lovely and peaceful it was too.  Till the next morning!

So we'd woken up, got ourselves dressed and I ducked below the taxi to pee.  There I was, pants down and in a squat position when I heard this man shouting at me, it wasn't just a man it was a soldier pointing a rifle in my direction... YIKES!  Of course I had no idea what he was shouting but I got the message and quickly pulled up my pants and hurried back to the taxi where David was and saw another soldier sitting in a jeep. 

We indicated that we were heading south and off they went.   Phew!  When I asked David why he hadn't stopped him, he just said... 'He had a gun!'   Mmmmm....

Lets get away from that Olive Grove quick smart!  Heading for Split.

I'm not having much luck finding these same places on Google Maps, they haven't taken their camera in to these old Yugoslavian countries so no luck.

P.S.  A kind reader found this photo on my blog and wrote the below...
' great blog, love the photos.
regarding photo no. 4, it is Trogir, not Split. these days it looks like this'

 And sent links to these two photos... Just beautiful!   Thank you...

 

Lots of farming going on in these hills.

Google Maps from Rijeka to Split.