Zadar
After several nights in Pula, Dan headed back to Slovenia to get some hiking done, while me, being the lazy bastard, decided to head further down the Croatian coast to Zadar, a 5 hour bus ride away.

Zadar was somewhat quieter then I expected from a reasonable size city, but the old town was quite impressive.

The hostel was out towards the tourist colony of Birek about 10 minutes on the bus from town. The people who ran the hostel were very nice and due to the place being almost empty, I ended up with a 6 bed dorm, with bathroom all to myself. Score. The only problem with this hostel was that on the first night I was there, there was almost nobody who spoke English. This resulted in me sitting by myself watching Major Pain....oh the fun. The second evening was far livelier however. As I returned from seeing the town I saw a Contiki bus outside of the hostel, so at least I had people to talk to.

I spent much of my time in Zadar on the beach enjoying the sun. There was a beach and restaurant complex near the hostel that you have to pay to go in. Having snuck in a back way all I can say is the free beaches are infinitely better, so theres no need to waste any money.