Pokin' Around Post-Yugoslavia 27 Swimming off of Korcula Island, Croatia

Pokin' Around Post-Yugoslavia

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October 12th 2006
Geo: 43.7916, 15.7121Our train from Hungary arrived at dawn in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH). As we passed the outskirts of town, in the thick morning haze, we pinched ourselves awake to prepare for yet another transition to a new country - new currency, new language, new names and a new city layout to learn. The nervous anticipation we once felt entering a new country is no longer there. ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split

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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more