Day 211: Dubrovnik to Sobra

Island hopping (well “Island hobbling” anyway)

We weren’t too impressed with the road into Dubrovnik and it’s only going to get busier as we head north, so we had a cunning plan. 

Why not hop from island to island by ferry?

Well its cunningness is up for debate now as we’ve only managed to go 27km so far and it’s 3 o’clock. The first ferry went fine, although it wasn’t very quick. However, it was quick enough to beat Sue, Ed and Amy who were heading for the same island in their charter yacht at the same time. No sign of them when we arrived :-)

The ferry to Sipan was pretty crowded

Loading the bikes was a little tricky too

Then we rode the 5 km to the north of the island of Šipan without any issues. It was a lovely ride through green countryside with plenty of vineyards and olive groves. Then, at Šipanska Luca in the north we were expecting a ferry to leave at 3:30 pm. We asked at a bar and were told the ferry wasn’t until 7:50pm, so we won’t be going much further after we arrive in the next island of Mijet. 

We got to have a nice swim…

…in a beautiful bay

Oh well, we’ll give it another day or so and maybe head back to the mainland if we’re not able to get going a bit quicker. 

So, we’re sat for 7 hours in a little island village by the sea. That’s not too bad. We had a swim, a nice lunch and sat around in the shade watching Le Tour de France. 

Bang on time, the ferry turned up at 7:50 and we could hop another 20km up the coast to Sobra on the island of Mljet. We arrived just at dusk and had a short journey from the port to Sobra village, where we were lucky to find an apartment still available.

Tomorrow we can jump further up the coast to Split, with luck.