Bus Zadar to Trogir
Bus Trogir to Split and back
30th and 31st May 2008
We left the campground early as we were obliged to do, and spent a while riding around Zadar. It's a nice town with a bustling lifestyle, and seems to have a life of it's own apart from the tourism. We saw some roman columns and some markets before leaving. It seemed a nice enough town to stay in for a couple of days.
We caught a bus from Zadar to Trogir near Split as we wanted to avoid the coast road. Initially we planned to go to Plitvice National Park, but the bus wouldn't take us. It is up to the driver of each service to decide if they'll take a bike, and they seem generally reluctant to do so. There is a train but it takes a long time with multiple changes and the services are apparently not particularly reliable. The bus drivers are difficult to communicate with, making the process of getting a bike on a bus a pain in the arse, and it's also more expensive than trains. Avoid taking bikes on the bus in Croatia if you can, although I would also be reluctant to ride the coastal road.
Trogir is a lovely small town that we stayed in for two nights. It has a small walled old town with a small fortress, and many, many scooters. We camped a few kilometres away from the old town on an island you could access by bridge. The ground was ridiculously hard and I bent the pegs trying to put them in. There were a few beaches which were recommended to us by the tourist info, but they were uninspiring gravel beaches.
The next day we caught the bus to Split for a day trip. It has a beautiful roman palace in the centre, but apart from that felt like quite a soulless city.
We met an English man doing an England to New Zealand trip who looked set for life. His Burley Nomad trailer was heaped up and was quite colourful with flags from places he'd been to. He claimed to get quite a bit of attention when on the road. Not sure I'd want to pull that weight though. Also he used foot straps not cleats.
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