Blogs from Oceans and Seas - page 174

(Day 144 on the road)After two and a half wonderful months spent in China and zig-zagging almost the entire country in that time, the two days spent on the ferry to Japan gave me a good chance to reflect. I am fascinated by this beautiful country, so I have compiled a short list about what makes this country special for me. Also, on one of my last days in China I had received a few nasty and threatening comments on my blog from Chinese people who had read my blog and apparently were not happy about some of the entries I had made. I was careful all the while to not turn my blog into a political journal. Of course there are quite a few quarrels one must have with China - things like the totalitarian ... read more

For anyone reading this, please bear with me. I'm going to be publishing blogs at random for a bit. They will jump around, and most will not have been written at the entry date. Coming home is a tough thing. Your adventure is over, and you're dying for you own bed. You've met (and re-met) all sorts of great people. You've had new adventures, seen things you never though you would, and, for better or worse, done deeds you did not think possible. Both the good and the bad. The consequences of both are still not known. As for Monkey, he was there for the good, and fortuneatly absent for the bad. He's asleep in the seat next to me. Probably dreaming of Puffins, Minke Whales, Arctic Terns, Eider Ducks, and lots of cows, sheep and ... read more

Geo: 43.8607, 18.4214We started the day off with a tour of the war time tunnels. The city was in a siege for over 1400 days. The war time tunnels were how the city survived. Our guide was amazing. We were lucky enough to have a mini-van to ourselves. We started our Tunnel Tour by driving down Sniper Alley and then onto the house near the airport where the entrance/exit to the tunnel is. ... read more

Geo: 43.8608, 18.4214It was about a two hour train journey to Sarajevo. Seats were not allocated and we tried to elbow our way onto the train- like the locals did, but we wasted time trying to get seats altogether. So we missed out on seats, instead we shared 3 seats between the 7 of us- taking in turns. It wasn't too bad. The scenery was amazing. Luckily our carriage had entertainment, a group of local guys with a guitar and lots of beer. When we arrived in Sarajevo the majority of the group wanted to walk to the hostel, I was not impressed. The tram at the train station would take us straight to the hostel- it could have been so easy. So we started walking, we didn't follow the tram tracks, no we followed the ... read more

Geo: 43.34, 17.81We spent the day walking around the old town and being tourists.... read more