The Day I Thought I was Going to Die...and Then Got Friendly with a Gas Can.

On our second day in Vis, we decided to rent a moped and scoot around the island!  We only looked kind of ridiculous in the helmets...just saying.  We tried to get the view in the background because it was glorious...but we have huge heads.  So, that didn't really work out.

I might also note that, as a worrier, I shouldn't have worn a bikini on a motorbike.  I spent the whole ride thinking about what would happen if we crashed and my skin fell off...It was the only time I wish I was wearing leather in 90 degree weather.

Vis is great because it's a tiny island with really only one main road that goes in a huge circle all the way around.  Without stopping, it could probably take 2 hours...maximum.  It has great beaches around the coast, but then you drive up the mountain and the entire interior of the island is full of wineries and grapevines as far as the eye can see.  If you have beaches and wineries, why would you ever need to leave?
We (He) drove from Vis town to the opposite end of the island and we ended up at Mala Travna.  This was my second favorite tanning place...except the rocks weren't flat and kind of really hurt to lay on...and it was hard to get into the water without diving in...but aside from that it was beautiful!

We stayed here for a while and then took an excursion to the Green Cave, or Zelena špilja, if you're feeling extra Croatian. Everyone always talks about the Blue Cave and how great it is.  But this one night, this tour guide wouldn't stop talking about how the Blue Cave is lame and touristy and the Green Cave is where it's at.  So we pay our kunas and get in this tiny little motorized inflatable boat with the skipper, as they called him.  Yes, I did sing the Gilligan's Island song in my head.  So, this boat moves a lot faster than you think it would...a lot faster.  There were a lot of waves created from giant boats and a lot of bouncing within the boat.  Well more bouncing on my part than Prash's.  He apparently learned how to brace himself.  I did not.  There happened to be a gas can situated underneath me, and because of one rather unfortunate bounce, you now know the reasoning behind the title.  Yes, it did hurt, and no, I did not want to be on said boat anymore.

Anyway!  we get to the grotto and it's great.  As the tour guide said, it's better than the Blue Cave because you can swim!  And swim we did.  While it was exhausting because I'm definitely not a swimmer, I didn't really want to get back in the boat because I knew that meant we had to ride back...in the speeding boat of death.  Luckily, my kind boyfriend taught me the art of bracing so I could avoid the gas can on the way back.  I am forever grateful.

We get back on dry land (hallelujah) and decide to go to a neighbor beach, Srebrena.  Lots of naked people here.  Apparently that wasn't even the naturist beach.  The naturist beach was called Bili Bok.  Although, while I was sleeping on that beach, the billy goat went exploring and saw no naturists.  Because they were all at the family beach of Srebrena!  Just kidding.  But really.

After this beach we hopped on our bike to head to Komiža, the local fisherman town...with a fisherman museum that we surprisingly did not go to.  Let's get the fanfare going for this one....Too much?  Ok, so we were back to grape vines everywhere.  So naturally, I took a picture with them all for my wine-loving friends.  I'm at you Traci and Debbie Vetter.  Croatia is famous for sheep cheese and wine...I also just realized I haven't mentioned sheep cheese yet...what kind of world is this.  We'll get to that.  I made Prash be in my grapevine photos too...just because.


Next, We hopped back on the moped and restarted our journey to Komiža.  He thought since he was Indian and drove a scooter in India he could take it off-roading.  So he took it off-roading up the side of a mountain because he thought it would be a great overlook...well ok he was right, but I still would have rather walked up the side of the mountain.

After this lovely view, it was back on our route!  We finally made it to Komiža, it was smaller than Vis town and we had some pretty okay pizza there.  We didn't find any ice cream or smoothies though...just in case you were wondering.

After lunch we drove back to Vis town to relax before dinner.  We ended up going to this place with a very strange restauranteur...he talked a lot and tried to tell me I couldn't order the same thing as Prash did even though that sounded good.  Let's just say that people don't tell me what I can't do and I got what I wanted even if it happened to be what Prash wanted.  So, there Mister Man...went off on a tangent there...Anyway, the food was DELICIOUS.  The restaurant was called...ok I really cant remember the name.  But if you go all the way down the main street until you hit the scooter rental parking lot, it's on your left.  The service is pretty slow, but oh my goodness so great.  I didn't hate it.

Thus concludes day 2 of our Vis adventure.