http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Bosnia & Herzegovina , East en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:31:47 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:31:47 +0000 Hicran Cigdem Yorgancioglu bu geziye ait gnlklerinden paralar notlardan bir demet 5846 say305l305 Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunursquondan do287an mali ve manevi haklar305n gerek sahibidir.Sarajevo Bosnia Herzogovina BOSNA HERSEK Bir hafta ara ile k305351 turizmine elveri351li iki destinasyon seimi tesadf olsa gerek . hatta bir hafta ara ile nce Adnan Polatrsqu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-452918.html A 3 hour bus journey from Mostar on Friday through more great mountain scenery brought me to Sarajevo. Now this was a total change of pace from Mostar a sprawling city that speads west from the old town to the communist monstrosities of the new town and beyond. The city's heart lies in Bascarsija the Turkish quarter still have no idea how to pronounce this and the adjacent Ferhadija the Aus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-442931.html Traveling around the Balkans I have been amazed by the range of vehicles people still use to transport themselves their families and other livestock. Suffering a rush of blood I started photographing these and now the best are added to the Blog as BBB. Some real classics. For me these evoke the sights and smells of this fascinating part of the world. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-442658.html Central Bulgaria was certainly a very positive surprise for us. After Plovdiv we headed north east towards Veliko Tarnova and through low rolling hills. We specifically stopped at places that at least Lonely Planet or Alex Jill said were picturesque or of particular significance. In general this has been a good match with our interests over the years we just tend to get there with marginall http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-442567.html I spent the day roaming Sarajevo. I couldn't believe the amount of buildings that still stood showing the devastating destruction of the bombings. My photos speak a thousand words. Its horrifying. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-442528.html Wednesday 2nd SeptemberA few hours in Sarajevo cityWe werenrsquot sure last night whether we should be concerned or not by the presence of a security guard and his large alsation dog sitting in a shipping container located between the hotel and the main road that runs past the building.It looked as though he may have even slept in the container.The hotel location is sort of isolated with only 3 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-433802.html Tuesday 1st SeptemberSouth to BosniaHercegovinahereafter called BHWe face probably our biggest challenge of our adventure today as our plan is to drive south through Croatia to BH and a 2 day stop in Sarajevoa city that was at was just 14 years ago and by all accounts is still finding its way after a peace deal was finally hammered out between the 3 warring factions.Although we had breakfast http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-433584.html I had made some really lovely friends in Kotor but I was very ready to leave the buzz of tourists behind after 3 days. I headed onto a bus to Sarajevo left at 1930 and arrived at the uncomfortable hour of 5am. I was not happy to be dropped off in the middle of relatively no where and had to get a taxi to Sarajevo which as I was about 30 km away had to fork out 20 euros for a taxi which was a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-432987.html Sarajevo and Mostar day 68 July 3 July 5An amazing bus journey from Belgrade to Sarajevo through the Mountain range. Granite outcrops on top of high mountains and gorgeous valleys. We took a local trolley bus upon arrival once the electrics had been restored as there had been a problem down the line. As we drove through you could still see the scars of the recent war marking the building http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-426214.html Here are some more pics from our last night in Bosnia Hercegovina.... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-423146.html Ok...this is blog 3. This blog will include our pics from our ferry rides from the island of Korcula and then the nights in Mostar and the day trip to Sarajevo. Our trip to Sarajevo was great. It was long...and somewhat of a hassle do to road construction. I am in desparate need of a co pilot since my dad's sense of direction is...let's say...a bit OFF. Our day started with getting pulled ov http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-423142.html A few days ago I embarked on another tra305n r305de and the dest305nat305on was the cap305tal c305ty of Bosn305a 305n Sarajevo a c305ty that was under s305ege for 4 years a l305ttle over 10 years ago. The tra305n r305de took only 2.5 hours wh305ch was such a shame because you could never get t305red of the scenery we encountered. The tra305n meand http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-418750.html Scottrsquos parents were over in Europe for a few weeks and we all went to Zagreb and Sarajevo for the long Bank holiday weekend. Setting out late Friday evening we arrived in to Zagreb just before 11 and then managed to get a bus into the city and then a taxi to our pokey little hotel. It was central so we forgave it for being tiny. The following morning we went out walking to the main square http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-415545.html Friday July 3rd We took an 8 hour airconditioned...yes bus to Sarajevo Bosnia from Beograd Serbia. Tages and I were overwhelmed at how beautiful Bosnia was. We didnt know much about Bosnia and didn't know what to expect because it is not in the one large guide book we decided to bring. I felt like my breath was taken away when seeing Bosnia out of the bus window. The landscape slowly started http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-415146.html For a change we took the day train out of Serbia....mainly because it was the only train available to get out of Belgrade to Sarajevo. We had to detour though Croatia for a few hours so we were expecting plenty of entertainment with our friends in passport control. While waiting for our connecting train in Croatia we bumped into a fellow InterRailer and world traveller extraordinaire He was 62 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-413354.html Yesterday we had to get up nice and early again to catch a 6 hour bus to Sarajevo. I have to say that the journey on the bus was far more lovely than the train ride into Serbia. The scenery on the way into Bosnia was just beautiful. There were beautiful hills and lakes and forests. I can see why the Serbs would have wanted this countryside. When we got to Sarajevo we checked into a delightful l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-411508.html I'll have to admit that I knew embarrassingly little about Sarajevo before I came all I knew about it was that it's the capital of one of the longest country names I had the misfortune to memorize in geography class and that its claim to fame in my mind mind you P was being the city that was bombed to smithereens in the recent Bosnian conflict.The moment I arrived at the bus station I ins http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-391718.html Sarajevo tiene tres ciudades en una que pertenecen a tiempos diferentes la parte otomana con sus casas mezquitas cementerios el zoco y la fuente la parte realizada en la poca que perteneci al imperioAustroHngaro con sus edificios neoclasicos centroeuropeos como la biblitoeca en estilo morisco los cafs calles e iglesias y por ltimo la ciudad del siglo XX.Saraybosna'da birde kented http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-388473.html just had to update again todayso we're back at the internet cafe looking up some stuff for slovenia skiing hotels transportation etc and we're in an internet cafe FULL of local boys men screaming and shouting and all playing doom or some equally inane computer game and acting like a bunch of children from the noise in here you wouldn't know but it was a rockin night club or a sports arena. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-371989.html There's no war in sight... although there are reminders.Well we got up at the crack of dawn the other morning in Duborvnik to get to the bus station for our 800 bus away from the coast into Bosnia. Nothing was open and we were starved. I had a bag of paprika potato chips and a twix bar and jeff had espresso from a machine and a bag of pretzels for breakfast. then off on the bus which was pretty http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/East/Sarajevo/blog-371878.html