Wednesday and Sue has her flight booked for Saturday direct from Southend to Zadar! Some swimming later on and then a walk into Nin to take some aerial footage and finally an evening BBQ – listening to the RAIN bouncing off our caravan and awning! To be honest, we could do with a good downpour to clear the air which is becoming a little too hazy and humid. Daily highs are now in the early 30s and the caravan is at 27 (10pm) despite the fan and several open windows.

It’s now Tuesday and many of the campers here at Camping Peros are moving on to Pag island to have a campsite right next to the sea. We have been debating whether or not we should explore that option. For one thing, Croatia is close to a complete sell-out. Whilst at our site, there are people arriving and departing daily, after around 3:00pm, folks are being turned away. We wanted to make sure that if we went to Pag, there would be somewhere nice to stay.

The drive to Pag takes one over another bridge of similar design to many others here in Croatia, and also a famous one across the Rio Grande, who’s name I have forgotten but I think a Star Wars movie was part filmed there.

The island of Pag is very barren and draws lots of comparisons with the lunar landscape. Pag town, which we didn’t yet manage to look around and the nearby salt lakes are pictured here.

Next we visited Camping Village Simuni. All but full, but with a good chance we will be able to reserve a pitch in the next week or two. Whether or not we will acquire one by the beach is up for grabs! We met a couple there who had relocated from Autocamp Peros and they had lots of positive feedback about the Camping Village Simuni.

We then drove further North on Pag to Novalji and then across to the ferry where we were able to catch a boat to the mainland for around 15 Euros. We then had a long drive on the coastal highway. Spectacular but it took some time to drive back to Nin, eating a late dinner at Kanoba Jaz (again).

Even the locals are truly shocked about how busy everywhere is and in part it may be explained by the Germans not travelling to Turkey in the same numbers as prior years and also it’s currently a two week spring break holiday in Bavaria. Either way, the Croats won’t be too bothered whether or not it remains as easy for us Brits to travel to the continent in a couple of years…

It’s now Monday and a day to re-group. Our daughter Sue is considering now to fly out to Croatia so we need to postpone some of the more exotic trips until she arrives on Saturday.