My alarm went at 8am and a short while later I was out of the door for a brisk morning hike up to Starigrad Medieval Fortress, situated on a high peak overlooking Omiš. Just like yesterday’s hike to Blagaj Fort, it was a grueller. It’s almost as if these medieval types built their castles in hard-to-reach places for a reason. With each step upwards ( Read more... )

My bus was due to depart Mostar at 1pm and my original plan was to have a leisurely morning. But last night I fell asleep on my bed at 8.30pm and didn’t wake up again until my alarm sounded at 8am the next day! As a result I felt full of energy and didn’t want to waste the opportunity to see more of Bosnia ( Read more... )

Today I went on a tour to Kravice Waterfalls. I arrived early at the pickup spot, a grand orange building that I was confused to learn was a gymnasium as I saw lots of children walking in to it (it was later explained to me that ‘gymnasium’ means ‘school’ in Bosnian). I was 15 minutes early so went for a wander and found an interesting piece of ( Read more... )

I left my hotel early to catch a bus to Bosnia. I always get a buzz on travel days, when I’m finalising my packing and striding purposefully towards my next destination. The bus terminal was a 15 minute walk downhill from my hotel but I was annoyed when three minutes in to the walk I realised I’d forgotten to pack my toothbrush, the number one ( Read more... )

Today I had a lot of fun, walking around Dubrovnik’s Old Town looking for filming locations from Game of Thrones ( Read more... )

I decided a few months ago to book a short trip to Croatia, as I’ve always wanted to visit Dubrovnik. It was meant to be a relaxing week away but predictably it grew in to a whistle-stop tour of four counties in 2.5 weeks ( Read more... )

After hauling my luggage 15 minutes uphill to Jongsun Rotary, I took the 181 bus to the airport. It made a lot of stops so took 1 hour and 20 minutes to reach the airport. The flight itself took 20 minutes less to reach the not-at-all amusingly named Gimpo Airport in Seoul, from where I took the metro in to the city. I'll miss the little fanfare ( Read more... )

Surprisingly I woke bright and breezy when my alarm went off at 5am. I needed to be at the bus-stop at Dongmun Rotary, a short walk from my hotel, at 6am. I got there 25 minutes early as I wrongly assumed I might struggle to find it. Dawn started to break as the 281 bus headed inland and by the time we reached Seongpanak at 6.30pm, the sky was red ( Read more... )

Today started with a trip to Jeongbang Pokpo, Asia's only waterfall that drops in to the sea. I'd seen photos of it online and expected it to be a nice place to visit but it was much more impressive than I anticipated. I could hear the roar of the water as I descended steps to the first viewing platform and it made for a dramatic first sight, water ( Read more... )

I really enjoyed my time in Busan. It strikes me as the kind of place you could spend two weeks. I noticed the other night when reading Lonely Planet that there is a hop-off point to go and explore lots of islands but it is the other side of Busan and not practical as a day-trip ( Read more... )