When John grows up, he wants to be a car ferry captain …

Today we leave the beautiful island of Losinj. A trip to the hospital for a redressing on my stitches … yes,  they are going well … how long until the stitches are out?, I ask with a bit of hope, ‘5 days from today’, bonus that’s 7 days total, the first Dr said 10 days. Must be the Vitality Island air.

So, we’ve left our accommodation and have a 4pm car ferry to Zadar which arrives at 10.45pm.  Lunch at a restaurant overlooking the marina, we eat slowly our pasta dishes, bread is delicious and fresh,  sour dough I’m sure, dipped in olive oil, I might get snobbish with my olive oil at home.  Who needs butter.

We met a guy coming off the ferry, he’s from New Zealand going the opposite direction, who gave us some different way to venture south, it’s certainly helpful with our Aussie flags on the bikes.

4pm comes around and onto the ferry, it’s overcast today and humid, that stick salt feeling as we are on top deck watching the small islands of the archipelago pass us by.  Why so long? We have 4 stops before Zadar; Permuda, Silba, Olib and Ist.

We are lucky, there are not very many people on the ferry, we have secured some lounges so we can sleep later. No wifi here, lots of kindles and books are out, tourist books and maps making the most of the time to plan.

Every port, John is down in the ‘garage’ looking and what vehicles come on and off, he’s even dressed for the occasion, the crew have navy shorts and navy and white striped t-shirts, just like John has on today.