Mark and I got off the bus and ran into Kevin, who was on his way back to Florida due an family emergency. He informs us that we have returned on the right date since the entire town is partying. The title means Happy Half New Year and as we arrived to Korcula from the other side of the island the entire town was celebrating. People were playing music on the streets and there was a live performers of all sorts on the beach. There were grills and food stands everywhere.
We decided to eat at the 40kuna restaurant that was directly across the main square from our hostel. There were so many people there that it took a while to squeeze through the hordes of people. I had no idea Korcula had so many people, but I was later informed that people from all over the islands come and visit Korcula for this event. That night I had fish; fish that was no de-boned. No matter, I am Chinese and we're skilled at eating just about anything, boned fish is a walk in the park.
My original plan was to get some rest after two rigorous days of diving. However with the entire town in party mode that was not going to happen. I hung out in the crowd for a while until I got tired. Music started to play as the dusk set in and there were three main performance stages. It was great to hear live music. However late into the night around 4 or 5am they were still playing. The strange thing was that it was not just young people partying. There were plenty of parents and grandparents out as well.
The next morning we hop on a bus that is destined for Dubrovnik which is the peninsula at the south end of Croatia. The bus will take a ferry and then drive the rest of the way there.
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