Vacancy at the Shangri-La

"Hey Tommy, did you know this place is owned by the Chinese mafia?"

"Really? I thought you were in the Croatian mafia"

"HAHAHA! You are a funny guy, Tommy!"

The Shangri-La Hostel in Supetar, Croatia has several difference's from the Shangri-La Motel in Bellingham, WA

It is not a pay by the hour establishment.
It is located on a beautiful island.
It is owned and operated in part by Vinko, a Croatian law student with a very positive demeanor and great sense of humor.

"Hey Tommy, I have special deal for you. Pomegranate for one euro each. HAHAHA!"
(After bringing home a bag of pomegranates to share from his parents ouse, Vinko had learned the price in the US).



For two days the entire hostel consisted of to Croatians, an Aussie, a Canadian, and two Americans (us). Considering that three of these people were workng at the hostel, things were just the way we like it. Slow.

O the third day, however, over 25 people were there. Hostel owners from around the former Yugoslavia (Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, etc.) had come to Supetar for an end of the year celebration. It was a blast, but we were happy to move on to Korcula the following day.

"Tommy, I will give you the information for all of my friends. You will have place to stay in Hvar, Korcula, Dubrovnik, Mostar-"

I cut in before Vinko had a chance to send us to Sarajevo or Belgrade. Maybe next time.

Here in Korcula we are planning the next leg of our trip. It looks like Bosnia, Montenegro and Albania are all on the plate for next week before we get ourselves into Greece! Yesterday we went to the beach and cliff jumping with a few other travelers and Dragan, the owner of our hostel, "Dragan's Den." Morgan did a backflip from 20 meters!



Ok, Morgan didn't jump, but she did oblige the vanity of everyone else by being the photographer!





Peace out, we'll write again before we head into new territory- countries that we had no intention of visiting until we saw how much ferry tickets to Athens cost!

Oh, almost forgot. We got to ride a LASER BOAT!