Pula, croatia

Found a campsite right on the beach in a pine forest, been here 3 days now just lapping up the sun

The shore is rocky but the water is warm and crystal clear, we just hiked into the nature reserve and found a nice cove to swim in. 30km of uninhabited coastline to explore. Couldnt take too many photos as the naked sunbathers might get upset!
The next day we got the bus into Pula, to check out the 2000 year old arena, very cool, wonder how much blood was spilled here?

They had gladiator fighting here and also kept lions to maul people in a cave under the arena floor!



After the arena we hiked up the hill to an old castle

which had some ancient Roman ruins below it. This town is full of history dating to before Christ.

It was getting really hot so for the afternoon we had a few beers in the local Rock Cafe. Ended up staying here for a few hours as they had good music on the jukebox and cold beers

we also made friends with the locals!


All in all its been great so far, although we got stuck in a heavy storm when we rode down from Slovenia. Had to pull over twice and wait it out. It was some of the heaviest weather I have ever been in on the bike. Lightening flashing right above us and roaring thunder, it was awesome. We got soaked but our gear was dry. Two guys in Ferarris also had to pull over as the rain was too much for them, it was bouncing off the ground about knee height. Weather is great now, about 25C going to hit the beach in a minute, might charter a motor boat and go find a secret cove somewhere....