Off the rocky shores of this jagged coastline is the large island of Korcula, a cluster of smaller ones, including pastoral Mljet, half of which is a pristine national park, and the mountainous Peljesac Peninsula. The area produces some of Croatia’s finest wines, […]
There is not much to be said about the city that has not been glowingly reported before. Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic, George Bernard Shaw said it was Paradise on Earth, and a general under Napoleon dubbed it, just before capturing it, an Oasis of Civilization. […]
All told, I spent nearly four months wandering around Croatia from one end to the other, visiting every part but the far northeast known as Slavonia, not to be confused with the country of Slovenia. I drove along its entire coastline and voyaged along most of it, visited many of its alluring islands […]
Following a winter layover in Bodrum, Turkey, I returned to Indigo in early April, long before hordes of tourists descend on the area in July. Spring along the Turkish Riviera where Bodrum is located is a delightful time of year. Indeed, few places on earth are more agreeable. […]
After clearing the western end of the absurdly misnamed secure corridor in the Gulf of Aden, we set a course for Djibouti, the name of a country and also the name of its capital town. Once a French colony, it is today an independent nation […]