Lastovo, the island at the end of the ferry line
The most remote inhabited island in the Croatian archipelago rewards the long crossing with dark skies, empty coves and a village of strange chimneys.
Hi, I'm Tonko.
I'm a Croatian who can't do a trip in a weekend. I've spent a year living in Iraq, three months in West Africa and a month at a time in Vietnam, Brazil, Colombia and Peru, and these days I'm falling for my own country all over again. Pull up a chair: these are the stories, the people, and everything I wish someone had told me before I went.
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