We had been planning to go to Vis but the wind dictated our direction and we ended up in Vela Luka on the eastern end of Korcula. We were pleased to note that the dusty work in progress on road construction that we encountered last year, was now complete and we enjoyed our visit here much more than expected. It is a lively holiday town with local market and shops, great for re provisioning the boat.
The internet access from the Casablanca cafe was the best we have come across so far on our travels and Mo was pleased to have had a good connection to enable her to speak over Skype to Mum in New Zealand. Many miles between us, but I know my sisters Angela and Christine are able to read Mum the blog so she knows where we are and what we are up to. We want her to know that we are thinking of her and sending her lots of love, even though we cannot call more often.
Many cafes were unusually boasting TV’s and we realised we had the chance to see the men’s Wimbledon final next day, so we stayed on and enjoyed a great afternoon inside an empty bar watching Andy Murray take the title in fine style. The fact that Murray was playing a Serbian perhaps ensured that no Croatian was interested in the match, for we were completely alone in our enthusiasm for the tennis!
Monday 8th July we set sail for Lastovo, stopping off at Triluke, an anchorage on the south east coast of Korula, for a swim. It was pretty and very blue, but there was not a lot of room for many boats in here.
Arriving on Lastovo around 3pm we anchored in the company of several other boats in the bay of Mali Lago on the North coast. It was very settled and balmy, so we deemed it time for a first BBQ. Sadly it was not a huge success as the charcoal would not light easily and when Nigel did get it going black storm clouds arrived and dumped heavy torrential rain on us. We finished up eating down below, the food a trifle wet and soggy.
Lastovo is a truly beautiful island and very relaxing in settled weather, great for swimming and snorkelling, although Nigel has not found a great deal of interest when he has been swimming with snorkel and flippers.At least it is good exercise!
Whilst cruising around the island we have come across many of missile launcher hide aways, part of the old Yugoslav military past.
We plan to stay here for a few days whilst we contemplate the weather outlook and perhaps think about crossing the Adriatic to Italy to explore a section of their Eastern coastline.
Deja Vu 
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