Currency/Budgeting/Stay connected:
Croatian currency is Kuna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_kuna.
Up to date exchange rate you
can get at
http://www.pbz.hr/default.asp?ru=174.
Have in mind Croatia is very
expensive country therefore leave a lot of room in your trip budget.
International daily
newspaper are about $4, magazines up to $15.
A can or a small bottle of
soda, one cup of ice-cream, a cup of coffee or tea, a glass of beer are
$1-2. A dinner for four would cost you about $100. Bread is about $1 for
1/2kg, milk is about $3 for liter, eggs pack of 10 about $3, smoked
bacon/pancetta is about $20kg, various salami about $10kg, cheese may vary
from $10 to $20 per kg. Fruits and vegetables are basically about the same
price in The United States.
Warning/Suggestion: if you
are planning to prepare your meals you self (all of apartments have
kitchen and if you rent a room the kitchen use is in package) go to shop
for food in Orebic. The food stores in Trpanj are applying legal island
tax to the prices so almost everything is les expensive in Orebic.
Transportation: A bus fare
from Zagreb to Ploce is about $45 per person + ferry fare about $5 per
person + the car.
Via Mail: To send a post
card via air mail will cost you about $2. It takes about two weeks for
mail send out from Trpanj to reach recipient in the United States.
Via phone: If you don't
bring your cell phone with you I suggest don't buy any of prepaid cell
phone services in Croatia since they are very, very expensive. It will
cost you about $100 for the phone. If you bring your cell phone and it is
unlocked and has a SIM card then you can purchase a prepaid calling plans
for about $40 (SIM card and about 20 minutes of calling within Croatia,
maybe about 5 minutes if you call back home). If you need to call abroad
use the public phones. A calling card can be purchased at every newspaper
stand or post office or you can make a call right from the post office
which has the lowest calling rates. Internet and email!? forget it while
in Trpanj and give your self a break. There is no public high speed
Internet or hot spot access in Trpanj nor Internet cafés, the closest one
is in Orebic.
