We had a great 3 night stay at Camping Kate in Mlini. But the weather did deteriorate to heavy rain. I thought was being smart putting up the awning so we could sit with the door open and at least feel a bit of the outdoors. Just as heather was finishing the dinner prep she looked up and saw that the awning arms were buckling under the ballooning weight of about 30 litres of water that had pooled in the cover. We ran out and managed to drain it and then retract it and it doesn't look like there is any permanent damage. Hmm, I looked around and no other campers had there awning up. Check that down to experience.
On the road from Dubrovnik we were required to drive a brief 10 km stretch through Bosnia. I had originally planned to drive onto a peninsular and then ferry back to the mainland further down the coast to avoid this boarder crossing as Bosnia is not Part of the EU. Searches on the internet showed differing stories of up to 1 hour queues, Brits needing additional insurance, scams to get tourists to pay for passes etc, so wasn't quite sure what we would find. I'm also not very good on international history and geography and so thought this country still had internal conflict occuring. But the whole thing was a big anticlimax. We had passports at the ready, and attempted to hand them to very disinterested officials at the drive through boarder crossing. At both points staff seemed bored or busy on their cell phones, and had no intention of checking documents, and just casually waved us through. A few days later some English tourists told us they had caught a local bus through the region, and their bus was stopped and everyone required to show their passports - which they had left at their accomodation - so instead they flashed their credit cards.
Stopped for lunch at a "casual" looking spot, but we were keen to get some local food. Sometimes its hard to tell if restaurants are open or if there is easy van parking until we have passed, so made a decisive action and pulled into the next available stop. Got seated, ordered lunch and felt quite pleased when our plates of skewered meat and traditional dumplings arrived, but then, just as I started to eat was alarmed as I watched a rat saunter across the patio in front of me and into the bushy creeper growing at the doorway. Heather only caught a fleeting glance of it, and wasn't too bothered, but I decided we wouldn't be settling in for coffee and was truly pleased when I got back to the van. 
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