The following day, plans kind of changed after we found out the ferry we were expecting to get off Korcula only ran two days a week, and today wasn't one of them hahaha. We spent most of that day then bumming around Korcula in the wet before getting a two-hour 6pm ferry to Dubrovnik. This place is detailed in a book I have titled "Unforgettable Places to see before you die". Right in the very south of Croatia, Dubrovnik is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country thanks mostly to the walled Old Town.

Similar to Korcula's walled city, Dubrovnik too has a historic centre which to this day remains completely surrounded by huge and immensely thick 13th century walls.

Just like Plitvice Lakes, Old Town has also been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. This is looking down the main thoroughfare of Old Town, the Stradun, which cuts the city in half.

The Stradun used to be a marsh separating the Roman and Slavic halves of the city, but is now paved with stone that has become polished by years of pedestrian traffic. My damn jandals / flip-flops / whatever you want to call them couldn't get any grip at all in the wet and I spent most of the day slipping all over the place until it dried out hahaha!

Away from the Stradun are a maze of narrow streets with various shops and cafes etc, and little houses with laundry strung between them.

The city is full of restaurants, and no matter where you go in the world there is always an Irish pub close by, even in Old Town Dubrovnik!

Lord of the pigeons.

Just like everywhere else in Croatia there are cats everywhere, and also just like everywhere else in Croatia there's damn good ice cream! ;)

The massive walls surround the entire circumference of Old Town, and are a great vantage point from which to see the city. Dubrovnik has a long history of political unrest, war, and destruction. The city was all but destroyed by an earthquake in 1667, and rebuilt in 1683. During the Balkan War in the 1990s following the break-up of Yugoslavia, Dubrovnik came under a siege lasting seven months during which time over 2000 shells slammed into the city. The large black dots in the diagram above show where damage was caused by each of these shells. In the years since, all damage caused has been well repaired, and as you look across the city from atop the walls you can clearly see new-looking roof tops that are replacements for those destroyed.

Panorama of Old Town as seen from the north wall. Click here for a good Google Maps satellite shot of the city.

We came back again that evening to find the chums we missed meeting up with earlier that day (because they had no idea where they were hahaha), and soak up some of the night life in Dubrovnik.

Remember Fresh* in Korcula? Well this is their Dubrovnik bar, and these boys sell these things - towers of beers hahaha wicked! Three litres (over five pints) of either beer or cocktail for the equivalent of just £11!

Look at these losers! This lot are all South African (except Todd down the front), so if the All Blacks play South Africa in the Rugby World Cup final later this month, which is looking quite likely at this stage, then it's on!

This was the scene at 9am the following morning - dark! For the second morning in a row we packed up the tents in the rain. Gotta love camping!

Croatian workplace hahaha!