Onto to Dubrovnik...

Today turned out to be a really good day with me meeting a few nice people.
I started off waiting for the recovery guy to turn up and he took me to a Yamaha dealer about a mile away from the site.  The owner didn't seem overly impressed that I had turned up with a Honda that wasn't feeling well and in the end they directed us to an auto electrician about 10 mile the other side of Split.  I must admit I was a bit dubious but I couldn't have fallen luckier.  He is called Ante and as soon as he checked out my HID he explained that the ballast had gone.  Getting a bit complicated here I know but I think that is the brains behind the light.  He said he had some new ones and when I asked him how much he said 50 euros.  I asked what about fitting and he said that there was no charge and this was Croatia!  I couldn't believe it, that is an absolute bargain and bearing in mind an empty box in France was going to cost me 27.5 euros!  Anyway he spent about two hours working on the bike and we had a really good chat.  When he had finished he looked at my headlight and decided that the positioning light could be improved so he explained he was going to give me a present and fitted and L.E.D in there for free.  I couldn't believe it looks really good.  Whilst he was doing all this work he made a phone call and all of a sudden the top biker from the local chapter of the Croat Moto Club turned up.  When we shook hands he crushed my fingers he was very strong and looked quite scary but he was a nice fella and we got along fine.  

Here are a few photos for you.  The first is Vini, the receptionist at the site who was really helpful and very useful translating what the problem was with my bike.  Then we have Ante who did a brilliant job and finally we have me with the biker Davor.  Hope you like them.

After I left the garage I went back to the campsite as Vini had said I could use the wifi to find somewhere to stay at my next stop.  I booked a guest house in Dubrovnik and set off.  The road there was really good, bit bumpy in parts but it ran right next to the sea and the view was brilliant.  I stopped for some fuel just near the turn off for Sarajevo and got talking to a Bosnian biker named Su-ed.  He works for the UN in Bosnia and he told me about a big bike party on the Isle of Brac this Friday.  Apparently it is held on the 1st July every year and thousands attend.  I must admit it sounded pretty good and I'm tempted to tweak my plans and go.   I arrived in Dubrovnik but not before going through border points as you travel in Bosnia for about six miles before re-entering Croatia.  I was struggling to find the guest house and so I called in a bar/restaurant.  The owner spoke good English but wasn't sure where I needed to go so he turned on his laptop, found the site and then rang them up for directions.  I said thanks to him and he just replied 'it's for a fellow biker, have a good stay here'  he was also called Ante so I'm guessing its pretty common here.  Just a couple of photos with a view in them for you.  I could of taken loads as some of the views were amazing but I just thought there is no way I can reproduce what I can see so I'm sorry they are in my head just for me.