Blogs from Mostar, South, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Europe - page 7

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 of course you cannot learn so much when you have to leave so quickly. Bosnia had turned out to be too expensive for our budget and we needed to get to Croatia quickly so we ... read more

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 were not allowed to go to the loo because some old woman wanted paying before letting us in, considering we had just come from Montenegro which uses Euros and Croatia which uses Kuna we could not quite understand how she expected us to pay her!!! She would not accept Kuna so we boarded the bus with our leg crossed and hoped the ride was not too bumpy for the rest of the way. After 8 hours going across 3 boarders we made it to Mostar. Straight away you could still see the lasting effects of the war and bombing in 1993 by the Serbs. Where Croatia had done everything ... read more

So after our beautiful bus ride from Sarajevo, we finally arrived in the Mostar bus station and were bombarded by "soba" ladies. There were so many of them selling rooms that we could barely get off the bus and no matter how many times I told them I already had a room, they persisted. It was only until one of them noticed another bus pull into the station that they stopped. One of them would notice the other bus, point and yell and then they would all run to the other bus with their flyers. Mostar was interesting. On our way to Mostar the landscape had luscious, green, rolling hills, waterfalls and turquiose rivers. As we got closer to Mostar, the lanscape changed to barren hills littered with tree stumps. The city was pretty small, although ... read more

We took a bus from Split to Mostar in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Upon crossing the border, we immediately noticed the damage done to this region in the fairly recent war. There were plenty of abandoned buildings covered in bullet and bomb holes. Mostar itself was one of the hardest hit cities in the country and was under siege for about 3 years. All of the medieval bridges were destroyed and many of the old buildings. Despite all of this happening only 15 years ago, the city and the people have bounced back remarkably well. The Bosnians are well known as being the friendliest people in the Balkans. This was immediately evident as we were unexpectedly welcomed by the hostel owner as we came off the bus. The hostel we had contacted was officially closed for the ... read more

2 Police stops we had driving through Croatia and Bosnia, until we came past the Croat city of Metrovic then the proper border control where both Croat and Bosnian patrol is in the same spot, being boarded by different police force one after the other, we only got checked for ID or passport, no stamps. The drive through was beautiful, from gorgeous coasts to picturesque orange groves. Arriving at the bus stop in Mostar, i had in my hand the card that a fellow traveller gave me about acoomodation, Lena and Rada GH. Lena happens to be in the bus station and we walked together to the GH for 10 euros a night I have a 4 bed dorm to myself, dont know for how long, a bunch of Croatians are apoparently coming later. Found out ... read more