Tuesday 16 June: RAB to LOPAR and back

Earlyish start as it's such a beautiful day, breakfast on the terrace before anyone else. We ask the waiter, who comes form Korcula, about the ferry to Lun on the tip of Rab which is shown on the maps but there's no schedule for anywhere that we can see. He isn't sure either. On our way to LOPAR beach, about 10 miles away, we ask at numerous tourist offices and get a broadly favourable view that this might be possible, though with bikes?...LOPAR beach is a wide sandy expanse and very family orientated so we head off to the lunar/martian landscape beyond and spread out on the weathered sandstone and swim in beautifully clear water with the cloud-capped mainland rising up steeply in the distance. The island of Goli Otok nearby looking barren and shining white in the sun light. Eventually we make our way back to Rab up and down the hills on smooth new tarmac and reward ourselves with a large Karlovascko in the harbour. The mystery of the boat to Lun is then solved when we see it arrive and the owner confirms it leaves tomorrow at 12 and he'll take our bikes.