I was always under the impression that Croatia was quite expensive?
Egypt is supposed to be good value at the moment.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:53, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I prefer to go on holiday
somewhere where I won't get set on fire, ta. Croatia is pretty cheap as far as I'm aware - certainly cheaper than the eurozone.
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:54, Reply)

Croatia's lovely, and cheaper than, say, Prague if you're going in that general direction.
I'd love to go back there and see more of the place (though I don't think it's going to be a possibility this easter!)
(LongJohnBaldry, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:57, Reply)

Prague was pretty cheap
if Croatia is even cheaper, that is Good News. Especially as I can't afford to go on holiday in the slightest but I'm bloody well going to go anyway. Whereabouts did you go? The plan thus far is to fly in to Dubrovnik and out of Split, so I get to travel and see Trogir and maybe some of the national parks and stuff.
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 14:59, Reply)

I was a bit boring and just stayed in Dubrovnik*
Which is lovely, don't get me wrong, although I was kind of running out of things to do and see by the fourth day. I think if I'd been less of a loner and not gone by myself then I'd have made more of an effort to visit another city.

*_{Typing 'Croatia' or 'Cro(w)atia' into the search function will probably bring up the horrendously self-indulgent travel diary I posted on here after I came back.}
(LongJohnBaldry, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:02, Reply)

I just don't fancy east Europe for some reason.
I am most definitely going to Goa or Sri Lanka next year.
( girlinthehole, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:04, Reply)

But Croatia is so pretty!

(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:08, Reply)

It's not that great
It's alright, but I wouldn't go back there.
(Bazongaloid, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:18, Reply)

I'm fairly easily pleased when it comes to holiday destinations
and I'm going to go anyway and have an awesome time, so there.
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:19, Reply)

Awwwww, it's a tree!
Yeah, I'm sure you'll enjoy it, especially Dubrovnik. But outside the old city it's still very Eastern Bloc.
(Bazongaloid, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:21, Reply)

Really?
I've always found going on holiday on my own makes me more inclined to travel round and see more stuff. I am failing thus far to persuade any of my friends to come to Croatia though...
(berk, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:05, Reply)

It's not that cheap either
not anymore.
(Bazongaloid, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:18, Reply)

Split is nice
and ripe for puns
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:21, Reply)

And plums?

(Bazongaloid, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:30, Reply)

and bums

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:34, Reply)

I went to prague twice
once before the revolution (like a couple of months before) and once when it was proper capitalistified. There was quite the contrast
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:21, Reply)

There were 15 years between my first and second visit
And there was a huge difference, not least in the cost of living. The first time I went, I managed to spend less than £70 in a week, that included eating out every night and quite a few cab fares/nightclubs etc.

Most recently, the cost of things there was similar to that in the UK.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:28, Reply)

my first trip was one day with guides (we were camping in germany).
As I remember it we were hours at the border, there was NO ONE in the streets and we were ushered quickly to a giant church (I think it was, anyway), fed a 11 course meal, then ushered out again. It was a long time ago, but I don't remember sightseeing or anything

edit: august 1989 and a quick check of wikipedia says the velvet revolution was November
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:33, Reply)

What's worse than a guide in your pocket?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 15:52, Reply)

a brownie in your pants?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 30 Jan 2011, 16:00, Reply)