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Published: March 20th 2007
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We didn't plan on heading to Serbia, we were going to Pogoricia (Montenegro’s capital) as it was quite close to Sarajevo. On finding out that it’s an 8 hour bus ride and the same time train ride to Belgrade we chose to continue our trip via train with Emma as she couldn’t do without the continuous New Zealand accent teasing. :>
What to say about Belgrade. Well I’m sorry to say, not much. The place was polluted, it smelt and I just really didn’t get much out of it.
We grabbed a decent enough hostel and headed out to see the sights. Another walled city that wasn’t quite as complete as all the others we had come cross on our travels, nowhere really spoke much English so we pointed to certain items on menus for food. We were going to try the “Very Soft strip of Meat” but everyone backed out. We are still not quite sure what it was. (see pic)
Well I can now say I reached one of my life goals in Serbia, I am now a multi billionaire, actually between Cam and I we are Trillionaires.
In 1993 Serbia had massive inflation
that they had to produce 500 000 000 000 (500 billion) dinar bank notes. See my pic to show my awesome wealth.
On wandering around Belgrade we find that much of the city has been bombarded. And not like Sarajevo. NATO has destroyed many government buildings during the past decade of trouble, including Bosnia and most recently Kosovo. You could see where cruise missiles had struck, there were massive holes and I’m not quite sure how the buildings are still standing.
Kosovo is still trying to claim independence but from reading the local papers (yes some were in English) it doesn’t look as they are going to give it up without a fight. So unfortunately I think the hostilities in this region are not quite over.
I hope I’m wrong but only time will tell.
Thanks for all the comments. Keep em coming. It’s great to hear from people back in Aus.
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Jacko
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Your blogging is excellent. keep safe.