Part 9 of Notes on a Small Island: Expat Living on Hvar
Part 9 of Notes on a Small Island, an expat's journey from Somalia to life on Hvar. First attempts to learn Croatian and finding love in the library (includes link to Part 1)
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My First Hvar Friend and an Introduction to Society
Part 8 of Notes on a Small Island: Expat Living on Hvar
Part 8 of Notes on a Small Island, an expat's journey from Somalia to life on Hvar. Old friends and new, and an inauspicious introduction to Jelsa society (includes link to Part 1)
Part 7 of Notes on a Small Island: Expat Living on Hvar
Part 7 of Notes on a Small Island, an expat's journey from Somalia to life on Hvar. The sudden realisation that Hvar is not full of swinging bars and nightlife in December (includes link to Part 1)
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In Search of My Home Address: Jelsa (September 2002)
Part 6 of Notes on a Small Island: Expat Living on Hvar
Part 6 of Notes on a Small Island, an expat's journey from Somalia to life on Hvar. In search of my address, and a postman in the bedroom (includes link to Part 1)
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Hvar House Completion! Stari Grad (September 2002)
Part 5 of Notes on a Small Island: Expat Living on Hvar
Part 5 of Notes on a Small Island, an expat's journey from Somalia to life on Hvar. House completion and an introduction to septic tanks (includes link to Part 1)
Part 4 of Notes on a Small Island: Expat Living on Hvar
Part 4 of Notes on a Small Island, an expat's journey from Somalia to life on Hvar. Pre-contract, complete with legal cigarette ash, signed, and the panic sets in... (includes link to Part 1)
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Buying a House from a Strange Man in a Straw Hat: Jelsa (August 2002)
Part 2 of Notes on a Small Island - Expat living on Hvar
Having been lured from the hell of modern-day Somalia in search of a holiday home in the Adriatic, a lesson in Croatian property hot-spots from a Canadian in Sarajevo.
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Gin and Tonic on a Somali Rooftop: Hargeisa, Somaliland (January 2002)
How to move from Hell to Paradise. One foreigner's experience of swapping life in Somalia for the joys of the island of Hvar. An occasional series of full-time living on Croatia's premier island through foreign eyes.