Mostar was described by a World Bank colleague as the most integrated Yugoslavian city before the war, and now is one of the most divided along a number of lines. The famous Mostar bridge, which we both vaguely remember being destroyed, has been fully rebuilt using local expertise and money from the international community. A great deal of effort was expended in getting the bridge to look something like its former glory of 1557, even to the point of using the same materials and building techniques, but nonetheless it looks a little too tidy nowadays. Mostar was great though a bit [View Full Entry]

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Oh, wow...... Caught the early morning bus from Dubrovnik to Mostar. The scenery along the journey was great, first up along the Dalmation coast (going in and out of the Bosnian coastal enclave in Nuem) before turning inland over the border again to the mountains of Bosnia. We arrived in the valley of Mostar, checked into the hostel near the bus station before heading into town. There's just one main attraction in Mostar - the Old Bridge (or Stari Most) from which the town derives its name. With features like this, there's always the possibility that they've been over-hyped so much [View Full Entry]

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After having such an amazing time in Croatia, we were so sad to leave but excited to be travelling to Bosnia and seeing something that wasn't actually on our original plan. Norm was still parked in Split eagerly awaiting our return. So up at 6.30am to catch the 8am bus to Mostar. Yuk! Over the 3 hour journey we had to stop 3 times for passport control - Kirra and Lauren left the day before us and said they were stopped 4 times. As we were driving through the town to the bus stop all we could see around us were [View Full Entry]

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Bosnia is not the first place one thinks of when planning their holidays, but Sarajevo and Mostar are rather striking and beautiful cities. I arrived in Belgrade, Serbia on the morning of Tuesday last week, after spending a unrestful night on the train from Budapest. I shared my sleeping compartment with three other men, who all spoke German. We had a 2 am wake up call to cross the border, first to leave Hungary and a passport stamp and then a few minutes later as the train moved forward a few miles and another passport stamp as we entered Serbia. Belgrade [View Full Entry]

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DAY 106 Dubrovnik to Mostar to Split?! VIA Makarska We have decided to take the 8:00 AM bus to the Split this morning via Mostar, Bosnia & Hercegovina. It's about three hours to Mostar. We drive along the coast of Croatia is the most beautiful of all coastlines. The little villages tucked into the valleys and the small marinas scattered along make this such a scenic picturesque drive and we then head inland. The border crossing is uneventful and we don't even get a stamp in our passport. Nobody even knows that we have been there. The customs officials look at [View Full Entry]

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Well im finally back on the road again and it feels great if you exclude the incredible pain I have when walking (with an extra 20kg of luggage). A few days ago I caught a ferry back to split and then a 4 hour bus ride to the town of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar is the capital of Herzegovina). Arriving at the bus stop, I was greeted by a mate I had met back in Hvar and a lady from the hostel who had a car to drive us back to the hostel. For those who are unaware of [View Full Entry]

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We travelled to Mostar for a couple of reasons. I really loved Bosnia and wanted to see another city besides Sarajevo. I was also interested in seeing the region of Herzegovina. Our friend Tina in Serbia recommended Banja Luka and Mostar and we had also met a Dutch traveller in Sarajevo who told us a little about the history of Mostar, the seige, ethnic cleansing and the city's division between Croats and Bosniaks. I was very interested and thought if we travelled there, we could learn a little more about Bosnia. However, we were only able to stay one night so [View Full Entry]

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En route Trentes petites heures de car. Départ sous les pluies torentielles de Lyon, mais on sait qu'on va vers le soleil. Premier changement à Zagreb, on prend le petit dej' avec Margot et Alice, étudiantes françaises venues en Croatie pour un moi de vaccances, et on poursuit la route avec Lucas, lycéen franco-croate rejoignant sa famille, direction Split. Là on a le temps de boire une mousse et de piquer une tête avant le départ du troisieme car vers Medugorje, en Bosnie. [View Full Entry]

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Mostar After a 6 hour bus journey going through many boarder controls we finally made it into Bosnia. Once in Bosnia we had a rest stop but weren't allowed to go to the loo becasue some old woman wanted paying before letting us in, considering we had just come from montenegro which uses euros and coratia which uses kuna we couldnt quite understand how she expected us to pay her!!! she wouldnt accept kuna so we boarded the bus with our leg crossed and hoped the ride wasnt too bumpy for the rest of the way. After 8 hours going across [View Full Entry]

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Well, my school semester ended Wednesday, April 29th after three months in Florence (Firenze) and 8 days in Rome (Roma). The last few days in Rome were good, but I was ready to leave because it was too overwhelming with millions of tourists. Also, the ways to get around and to town were strange because we had to take metro’s (which were fine) but the buses didn’t have schedules. So, it was impossible to really plan a time to get into or leave town. On Sunday, a group of us left at 6:30 in the morning to make our way to [View Full Entry]

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