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Published: July 24th 2005
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The bridge
The renewed bridge and the rebuilt old town in Mostar I've been on my way for a time now. Currently, I'm in Kotor, but I would wish to give a little update on both Mostar and Dubrovnik. So to start with Mostar...
Mostar
I came after a sleepy busride from Split. I had really been looking forward to see the reconstructed bridge and the reunited city. But as I arrived to the famous bridge and found myself back in the tourist hell of Split I got rather down and went for a coke and a little break from the endless bazaar streching on both sites of the bridge. All these daytrippers from Dubrovnik almost breaking the bridge for the second time with there uncountable number of feet, legs, arms, cameras and convirtable marks. I know I myself am a tourist and one in the bunch and that it doesn't help the slightest that I've chosen these destinations of the rediscovered Balcans. But I can't help feeling arrogantly stupid walking in a town surviving on my arrivals. So I felt a bit sad that also Mostar surely lives on money from the endless tourist business.
Escaping
After some hard thinking I decided to take a look at a smaller orthodoks
View over Mostar
From the orthodoks church in the hills church a little from the center, which I hoped would be far enough away from all my fellow adventurous travellers, for me to be able to relax. But what I thought was a little from the center showed to be far up the hills/mountains, so after ten minutes hard walking in the aprox. 36 degrees C I went to a café relaxing my tired legs, deciding to reach that church even if I had to climb the entire mountain. This would be my try before Acropolis. If I couldn't do this, how would I ever be able to get to Acropolis in beginning of August.
Walking again, I took an unfortunate detour, landing myself next to a warning sign ,which I prayed didn't read "landmines". But finally I crossed the highway shown on the map and found a prettyish little laid-back church with the most amazing view over Mostar and a beautiful, wildly growing cementary surrounding it! I got my break, drinking the last of my now boiling water, whereafter I went downhill to finally enter the house of Omer Lakise, to find a cup of coffee and some lively conversations!
Where have all the tourists gone
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Karadzozbeg Mosque
Taken on a very hot day in Mostar met two other guests at Omers. An Australian from Perth and a Swedish guy currently studying in Uppsala. So all of us being on our own, we decided to join together for a meal near the bridge. As I now viewed the bridge for the second time I must admit that I surely changed my view. With all the daytrippers gone and the bridge beautifully lightened, we stopped to take several pics from any ancle possible. I was really amazed and happy to have paid Mostar a visit. The rest of the evening I spent in the company of these two excellent guys. We talked about all kind of enlightening subjects and I had a splendid evening with a Lasko at the side and two fellow travellers.
So I can certainly recommend Mostar as a place to visit, but stay overnight and have a gaze at the remarkable bridge by nightfall!
Anna
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