We arrived from Budapest to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. It is landlocked and thus far we have not heard anything exciting about the city. With that in mind I decide to just spend one night here to recharge and get some laundry done. We booked a single night at Hostel Lika which a ways off from where we get off the bus.
The public transportation system here consists of above-ground trams. They are each two carts in length and have no AC. The high temperature and addition of high humidity makes these moving ovens. On top of that we go towards the wrong stop. Slovenka and Slovanka are both on opposite sides of the city. After running around in the high noon heat we finally make it towards the correct side of the city. From there yellow footprints painted in the sidewalk lead us to the hostel.
On hostelworld, this place was described to have a/c. When mark went downstairs to the reception to get laundry done, the owner even bragged that this was one of the few hostels that actually has a/c and also instructed him to write a good review about this place. Well it turns out the a/c either doesn’t exist or does work because we slept in the heat in a string of 30minute intervals.
In the morning, hop on the tram taking us back to the center of two to grab a train Split. The train ride is about 4.5 hours. There are only two carts. The cart that we got seats for, again, either did not have a/c or the a/c just didn’t work. It was about ten folds worse than the hostel. Towards the end of the trip people were just moving to the baggage area since it had no windows and was much cooler. While in that area I discovered that the other second class cart had a/c. It was a freezer in there. It was amazing how differently people look when they are comfortable. In our cart people looked like they were melt. In the air conditioned cart, people looked relaxed and seemed to enjoy the ride and the scenery. It wasn’t longer before just moved my bags over and took an empty chair on the other cart.
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