Yugoslavia 2

Plat, Srebreno, and Dubrovnik

Our holiday to Plat was almost a disaster. The two hotels were on a hillside about 150 steps from the shingle beach, and as Carol has a heart problem this meant that we were virtually hotel-bound.

And Plat was a dump anyway, with nothing there anyway except two beaches, no buses, no taxis, no shops, nothing! The only mode of transport seemed to be water taxis.

I do hope that things have changed since the 1980's.

Fortunately our Yugotours rep was a gem and I don't think she liked Plat  either. She was able to get us transferred to a hotel a few miles away in a resort called Srebreno.

                           Mostar in happier days                                                  Srebreno

Srebreno was civilised and had a decent beach, it was flat, had a few shops and our holiday had been rescued!

Each evening we would get a taxi and visit one of the privately owned restaurants in the nearby hills and after a fabulous meal cooked by "Mama" we would walk gently back down the hill to our hotel. 

Srebreno was a lovely place and the people so friendly. We often wonder what happened in the subsequent fighting to the people we met.

Dubrovnik is an incredible city for the tourist. Whilst it is a working city, it is the old city by the sea that attracts we tourists.

To get there we used to catch a water taxi from Sobreno, a pleasant hour's sail away. The water taxis are cheap and reliable but the holiday rep warned us not to use them as unlike THEIR water taxis, they did not carry insurance. No one seemed to take much notice though, if you're going to drown it doesn't really matter whether or not you are with Norwich Union, as it won't prevent it!

Dubrovnik is simply fabulous and a must to visit if you are in that part of the world, and I understand that it's back to business as usual now.