Pula
The next stop on the trip was meant to be Zadar in Croatia, however due to lack of planning, Dan and I couldn't get a bus or train there until the day after we needed, so we found a town in the north of Croatia, Pula, to head to instead. Greg decided to head inland to Zagreb, while I was looking forward to hitting the coast, after 7 months in Scotland.

As would become typical on our trip, we got lost finding the hostel, but when we got there it was worth it. It was the HI hostel listed in the lonely planet, and it has a good set up. It has a nice outdoor bar, reasonable rooms and even camping room for those on extreme budgets. It also has a pebble beach just metres from the bar which is so very convenient.

In the town of Pula there is a first century amphitheatre which is every bit as impressive as the far more famous Roman coliseum, but that is pretty much it as far as sights. The night was a little hard to find, however the club we found which turned out to be near the hostel was very lively and didn't seem to have many tourists which is good.