welcome back island hoppers today we're coming to you from split croatia out here on the coast
of the adriatic it connects to the mediterranean beautiful coastline up here they call it the
croatian riviera so let's begin down here in split what's going on everybody this is island hopper tv
coming to you from split croatia we're going to enter into the old palace city walls here
into the old city there's a statue of ivan mestrovic they say if you touch his statue
you will get good luck
but the locals who said they've been touching the statue haven't had any
of their dreams come true after touching him so you know
it is what it is but we're gonna head towards the waterfront tomorrow i'm actually going on a tour
of five islands i have to get up at 7 30 in the morning or no i'm sorry i have to be there at 7 30
because that's when it leaves i have to actually be there at 7 15.
so what am i really saying that means i got to be up at like six
to get ready for that probably later than that because i'll hit my alarm more than once
but you get the point yeah you could see this is an old city here in split right in the old town
many little bars like that
look at the variety of different ages like brick stone it's like changing over time
a place like this has changed hands many different times
from the romans to the greeks but this little area that i'm in right now is called the palace
it's actually fortified it doesn't make up all a split it's just the area known as the palace
but it's a very ancient area come here to visit and i'm definitely cruising through here
almost reminds you of a creek fortress doesn't
it's it 6 p.m actually 6 25 p.m
when i go towards the waterfront here i want to go back in the other direction i just came from
population here is about 130 000 people temperature outside is around
85 to 90 degrees somewhere in between there
in fahrenheit if you're talking celsius it's around 30 to 33 degrees celsius so
do without what you want
actually gonna head towards the market just gonna be under here
okay so we're gonna cruise through here
right by these uh greek trojan warriors
they've got a crypt right here you have to get tickets for right next to the sphinx
you can go up above or you can go down below we're gonna go down below here wow look at that
this is that market
totally reminds me of italy but at the same time it's like it doesn't remind me of italy
because no place in italy is this awesome
it's more awesome no i'm just kidding but uh actually it kind of reminds me of uh tropea
i'm amazed that some of these structures have withstood the sands of time
really i am
yeah the romans the greeks the ottomans the ottoman turks i'm talking about
alexander the great
julius caesar
all tried to have dominion over this beautiful city at one point
all right so now we're coming up to the waterfront
which is where i bought my ticket to go on the five island tour tomorrow at 7 30.
they say you don't eat down here although i ate down here and it was good food
i'm not complaining i also took some shots at tequila so you know how i'm feeling right now
really good especially with all this vitamin d i haven't seen this much sunlight since arizona
i've literally just come off the north pole damn near
you can get so many different boat tours down here i mean each one of these boats goes out
to those other islands like var you can see blue caves express blue lagoon three island tour just
come right here and you get it i'll show you the lady who sold me mine she was patient with me so
i decided to give her my business they do like cash here they always try to get you to pay cash
i wouldn't be riding a bike through here what these guys are
we got going on here
here comes the party barge
that's a cool that's a cool looking uh
and talk about a party huh i'm excited for my uh five island tour and blue blue cave
uh this one blue cave this is what i'm doing
a lot of these boats they don't actually park there they just
let people off and then they take off
tomorrow we're doing the uh five islands in the blue cave right
and you promised it's gonna be the best time ever it's gonna be the best day that
you've had in croatia good deal okay so i broke the rules and i'm eating
in the tourist place but hey that's what i usually do anyway i got a tequila yes
so i got some black truffle croatian pasta with bacon
salad tequila and yeah just chilling look at people going up to the top of that
go adventure blue cave
all right i'm on a mission to get some bathing suits also let me show you guys my room
right now i'll show you the hotel room where i'm staying at okay so we've arrived at the hotel room
here in split i just wanted to show you guys this this is called the heritage hotel it's actually
village split you can see i got the shower and a little bit of a view down here oh nice little drop
but cozy comfortable air conditioner works i'm not gonna tell you the price because
i booked late but it was a couple hundred i'll say that um but hey it's right in the city center
yeah so booked that for two nights actually happy about it the internet's slow
but that's good for me because i need to take a little break from
uploading man i'm loving split croatia though croatia is the best man the best
really is i don't think it gets any better than this in europe i mean french riviera have you met
croatia all right i gotta buy a swimsuit here so let's see they've got some clothes for me
croatia okay
let's see here i need some swim trunks
i'm not a gynecologist but i'll take a look
that's funny
let's see here
monte carlo
monte carlo xxl okay how much 120 okay
oh oh oh okay okay uh
i like them all this one
yes sir okay so i'm doing some shopping here supporting the local economy i got a fanny pack
i got a croatia hat now i need some sandals because i don't have any sandals i can't wear
shoes on this tour oh my gosh let's see those work better than sandals actually
how can they do okay so i got basically everything except for a rash guard i got a towel
i've spent around 70 of 65 dollars getting all this but the cool thing is is that
i needed it and i get to support the local vendors which is always good
keeps those guys in business which helps add to the tourism ex experience when
the locals are well funded they're able to provide a better service you know for 13
per item it's not you know that big
marco maroulis 1450-1524 i think they said this is where marco polo was born so i think
this is where marco polo comes from somewhere around here i don't know the exact location
italy
republica de chile that's what it said right there on the wall
like a maze getting lost in here
where do you go where do you go
i really forgot where my hotel was see this is what i thought athens greece would be like
i don't think they have areas like this in athens except for the acropolis [Music]
but this is like split is what you would think athens would be like
and now it's night time down here in split you can see people are out about
eating and enjoying their night beautiful evening actually perfect weather
get lots of sunshine out here and split
you guys should watch the uh island hopper tour we did around here
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