HeyJaredJim's Travels
Sharing memories and experiences from my half-century of travels
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Palagruža: To the Edge of Croatia (opens the original)
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I’ve wanted to visit Palagruža for years.It’s been my holy grail, my Moby Dick, my Atlantis, my brass ring, my Quixotic quest.Palagruža is a Croatian island like no other. It’s Croatia’s most remote island—about 45 miles from the mainland. In fact, the Italian mainland is 13 miles closer.It’s a challenging journey, and few tour companies offer it. Getting there takes about nearly three hours by speedboat from Komiža on the island of Vis, the closest port and the only one offering excursions. The
A tale of a major mistake and how I almost ended up in Kazakhstan (opens the original)
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I don’t make many travel mistakes, but this evening’s was a doozy. Everything was going great. My airport transfer in Tbilisi was on time, and my flight to Istanbul arrived early. I waited to find out what gate my connecting flight to Split was departing, and I walked there, sat and read. Two hours to kill.When it came time to board, I held back. In the past, my OCD tendencies would not allow me to keep seated until my zone was called. I would leap up at the first hint that boarding was imminent
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