In Croatia -- finally more photos uploaded

What I have found most interesting in Croatia thus far is learning to type on this keyboard. I type fairly well, however, this board is not set up the same way as our keyboards in the USA. For this reason the new slideshow I put together is not labeled overly well. The photos of our my time in Thailand (spent most of my days there on the ship) and Vietnam (where Dawn flew in to travel with me and met up with my Peace Corps friend, Tim, who is teaching in Ho Chi Minh City).

We arrived in Dubrovnik this morning. I left the ship around noon and made my way to the bus station. After getting some money from the ATM, I learned I could not purchase a bus ticket with it as the bills were too large. So, I went to the post office to mail my remaining postcards from Turkey. You just may find one of these in your mailbox soon. Still did not have small enough bills, so I bought a snickers at a kiosk. Now I could purchase a bus ticket to Split. My only reference point for Split is knowing Sonja, a fellow graduate assistant at American University, who hails from here. It was a good day to spend on the bus, as it rained and rained much of the afternoon. We arrived in Split around 6 pm. I found my way to the Tourist Bureau and was able to arrange for a room in a private home. This is one of the cheapest ways to stay in Croatia. Tomorrow I will spend the morning in the old part of town and then take a bus to Zagreb, the capital city.

I am flying solo on this journey, which makes me very happy. Too much togetherness on and off the ship drives me a bit nutty. I enjoy the people I work with on the ship (in the larger sense of shipboard community), but time away is vital.