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 by acemj
I crept down a long corridor and peeked around the first corner. Nothing. But, on the other hand, it didn't look too promising as a means of escape, so I kept going. When I came to the next corner, I took a deep breath and looked around it only to see the old guy and the Muscle just a few meters away! They saw me right away and started yelling and running my way. I ran as fast as I could, but I guess my adrenaline had calmed down, because now my hamstring was killing me! I took about ten steps and as soon as I reached the next corner, I got blindsided by the third guy who was just waiting for me.
As soon as I hit the pavement, I knew I was in trouble, so I tried to reach for my wallet to simply hand it over, but as I turned my head I saw a fist coming at me. Luckily, I ducked just enough so that the punch missed my eye, but it did catch me just above my left ear. OUCH!! That hurt. The next 30 seconds were a bit of a blur. I was on the ground trying to protect my head, but that left my back exposed and the thugs had a good time practicing their soccer moves on me.
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 by acemj
Finally, we made it back to the machine and they forced me to withdraw cash and hand it over. They ended up getting 3200kn (about 550 USD) and they took my credit card and racked up $2107 USD the next day. I limped back to my room, worried that I might have a concussion and stayed up most of the night replaying the whole experience in my slightly throbbing head.
I was in some pain for the next couple days, but I was determined to not let the incident ruin my trip. A week and a half later, back home in Charlotte, my doctor told me that I broke two ribs and that I had a second degree tear in my hamstring, but I was only thankful that it wasn't a lot worse.
So, what did I learn? 1) Thugs suck. 2) I was stupid. 3) Croatia is a safe place, but crap can happen anywhere if you're not aware of your surroundings. 4) Adrenaline is a mask for pain. 5) 800 mg Ibuprofen and Cyclobenzaprine are a beautiful thing when you have busted ribs! 6) My 100 meter dash time still ain't too bad! 7) God governs every corner of the earth. Leave a Comment
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 by acemj
I didn't want to sign the paper, so I asked him for some identification. He looked at me quizzically and then the meathead (I'll just call him "the Muscle" from now on) reached toward me and slapped me. It wasn't really hard, but it stunned me enough that I realized that these guys weren't playing around so I signed the paper. The moment they had my signature, they stopped their little game and demanded my credit card. I was a little curious (and thankful) why they didn't just grab my wallet and take it, but since they hadn't, I politely asked the old guy for my license back. He actually handed it to me and as soon as I had it I took off running like a bullet.
After a few strides, I looked over my shoulder and saw that these guys weren't going to be easy to shake. All three were giving chase, but after about 100 meters, I had a pretty good lead on them. I tried to yell to attract some attention, but no one was listening. On top of that, I didn't really know where I was! I knew that I was heading in the general direction of the water, so I kept running. Then, it happened. OUCH! I felt my hamstring rip! I played soccer for nearly twenty years and I never pulled a hammy and NOW it happens! Well, fortunately my adrenaline was on full throttle and as a result, I hardly felt any pain and was able to keep running.
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After walking to the restaurant, eating a good meal, having some wine and sampling some dessert, it was getting close to 11:30 by the time I left. I was really curious to find out if there was any happening nightlife at this time of year, so I walked over to the area around Bacvice Bay. Unfortunately, it was completely dead, but I was enjoying my stroll, so I kept walking and enjoying the night. By midnight or so, it was getting cold and I wasn't exactly sure where I was, so I decided to head on back in the general direction of my room.
Let's start with my first mistake: I was by myself in an unknown part of town that was completely abandoned without another person in sight. Secondly, I STUPIDLY decided to stop at an ATM and get some cash for the next day. As soon as I stepped in front of the ATM machine, three guys came out of the shadows and surrounded me. There was an older guy that appeared to be the leader and two younger guys, one of whom looked like a bouncer (you know, no neck, muscles, generally terrifying to look at).
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Croat bus-train conductors are very proud of their vehicles ,dropping stuff on the floor or putting your manky trainer clad feet on the seats will result in a great deal of finger pointing and shouting.
The coach drivers are very punctual and will leave you at rest stops if you take too long ,they also don't speak English so you have to guess how long you have.
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 Bus from Split to Mostar by SWFC_Fan
During a trip to the region in May 2007, my friend and I flew into Split before moving on to Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia.
Having visited the northern Croatian town of Umag by taxi from Piran in Slovenia a few years ago, and not having received a stamp in my passport, I was surprised to get my passport stamped when landing at Split airport from the UK. This will stop when Croatia enters the EU shortly.
Leaving Croatia for Bosnia, I felt sure that my passport would need to be stamped. We caught a bus from Split to Mostar, and at the border crossing the bus driver collected passports from each passenger and disappeared for 10 minutes or so. When he returned and dished out the passports to their owners, I immediately flicked through mine to admire the shiny new stamp - but there wasn't one!
Would this cause problems when we came to leave Bosnia and fly to Serbia a few days later? Would the lack of a stamp in our passports lead immigration officials to believe we had entered the country illegally? We didn't know.....and neither did the British Embassy in Sarajevo when we turned up on their doorstep a few days later to ask!
The British Embassy in Sarajevo was staffed by a lone, elderly Bosnian man - and he was none the wiser than we were. He suspected that we'd be ok when we came to leave the country (we hadn't done anything wrong after all, and this must be a fairly common situation given the number of buses crossing the border each day), but he couldn't give us a definitive answer. Instead, he gave us his number in case we did have any difficulties at immigration.
In the event, we needn't have worried. Nobody checked to see our entry stamps - they just stamped us out of the country as we boarded our flight to Belgrade.
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Watch which "olive oil" you buy!! I bought was what I thought was olive oil with a sprig of rosemary. What it was infact was Massage oil with lavendar. Ha!! tasted like hell on my salad!
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