12 hours on Korčula

6 pm: Leaving Hvar was sad but inevitable. Nin and I coined the island's new slogan "Hvar, were adults can eat as much ice cream as they like!"... And they do :)

7 pm: We took the ferry to Korcula island. The weather began to get stormy, possibly a sign of things to come.

8 pm: Arrive in Korcula. We were greeted by Dragen, the owner of Dragen's Den hostel where we were to stay for the night. He was a short hairy man who can only be described as ferret like. Dragen asks Nin if her and I are "together forever?" Nin stands a bit closer and says "YES!"

9 pm: Nin and I, along with two French Canadian girls, arrive at the hostel which seems to be in the most unexciting neighboured on the island. This is after the girls have suffered through an hour of inapropriate comments and questions during the car ride. ie. Dragen day dreams aloud about selling Nin in the Russian sex market. Upon arrival, Nin also gets her hair spray painted by drunk slovakien roomates.

10 pm: The four Canadians escape Dragen's Den to find food and of course escape Dragen. During dinner we laughed at his sexual comments, but the girls seem genuinely frightened.

11 pm: On our way home, we stumble across Dragen lurking around the bus loop. He offers to drive us home, which we turned down, but then we remembered the hostel is in the middle of nowhere. During the car ride home Dragen continued his sexual rants while giving us a full itinerary for the next day. BEACH AT 10!!! We realized Dragen is a lonely man... and possibly high.

12 pm: Nin and I searched desperately and found a place to stay in Dubrovnik (3 hours away)

1 - 5 am: We slept lightly as we heard Dragen scurrying about the house. I saw him on my way to the toilet, he was high as a kite.

6 am: We catch the bus to Dubrovnik and got the hell out of Dragen's Den!

- Jesse Mah (Drageb Den survivor)