PAKLENI OTOCI

PAKLENI OTOCI.

In a poll by the Cruising World magazine, thousands of yachtsmen
said that the coast of Croatia is the most beautiful in the world, together with that of the caribbean. The Traveller magazine deckared the island of Hvar one
of ten most beautiful islands in the world. (Source: http://www.sunnyhvar.com/English/Info/Pakleni.htm )

Hvar is an island of Dalmatian coast, where v.i.p. like Bill Gates, Tom Cruise, Bernie Ecclestone, Ivana Trump, Luciano Benetton, etc, spent their holidays.

Last week, (22 to 25 of June, 2007) I went to Hvar, and like my other trips, whenever I come to a complitely new place, I -ofcourse- did my ´ritual´! That is hanging out for some time in the local cafe and take the picture of my first cup of coffee, there. (picture above)


There is something interrests me about the term of ˝Pakleni Otoci˝ (Pronounced Pakleni Ototsi, means ˝Hellish Archipelago˝)


The archipelago (about 20 islets right opposite the town of Hvar) formed by several islands (some of them are unpopulated) with some beautiful beaches, and one of the ´hellish archipelago´ are called Jerolim, Marinkovac, Sveti Klement, etc.


How come that one of the gorgeous islands on planet being called as ˝hellish˝? As I experienced those islands, were not some hell at all, in fact it is a paradise.


Well, thats why I am here...



El Kopitalista on Jerolim island. The background is a city of Hvar.