Category Archives: 02. Croatia

Dead Snail

Day 8: Slave to the Wage (Except That There’s No Wage)

Vela Luka, Croatia Cleaning gutter wasn’t really my expertise but now it is. During the flushing out of the gutter pipe, I felt bad for the snails that lived inside it. It must have been like a tsunami for them. I ended up compiling them […]

Dive Center

Day 7: Come Into My Office, Baby…

Vela Luka, Croatia Today’s entry will be a short one since there’s not much to tell. But per popular demand, here’s a photo of me with my bucket and mop. I tried to pull off a smile but it’s obvious it’s not working out too […]

Pizzetta Adriatik

Day 6: Račun, molim Vas.

Vela Luka, Croatia It was an uneventful day at the dive center today. No client divers; and the instructors were all busy teaching Instructor Dive Course to our instructor interns. Aside from my regular mopping duty, I tried my best to study my Dive Master manual […]

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Day 5: Island of Great Complexity

Vela Luka, Croatia I came to realize really fast that this 3-month internship won’t be much of a “holiday.” I was escaping from my 5-day 9-6 job in the States to a 6-day 7-7 job! And instead of sitting on my arse in front of […]

View from My Room

Day 4: The Sun Was High, And So Was I

Vela Luka, Croatia No, not really. I simply photoshop-ed the photo above to make it seem like I’m on this picturesque town on an Adriatic island, staying in a nice room with a view, waking up to a sunny morning. The weather was pretty shitty […]

Hvratska (Croatian) Flags

Day 3: Onward to the Island

Dubronik – Vela Luka, Croatia Today is the day I have to make my way from Dubrovnik to Vela Luka on the Korcula island. The day started at eight when I had the free breakfast at the hostel. I handed out my Moo cards for […]

Dubrovnik's Old Town

Day 2: I Can Hear the Sea!

Dubrovnik, Croatia The flight from Vienna was pleasant as it took only an hour. To get to my hostel, I had to take a bus from the airport to the city center. The view while riding down the bus was breathtaking: sea on the left, […]