Bosnia Hotel Sarajevo

... like effect and serve as a memorial to the people that lost their lives to that mortar.<br><br>Interesting to see and hear the perspective of the war and living in the city from a 17 year old in Sarajevo and contrasted with Bata's 40 year old's perspective from Mostar.<br><br>A bunch of us were planning to see the 2 local Sarajevo soccer teams play each other with Mark and meet him at 5pm for a 7:30 kick off but Mark found out it was a 4pm ...

... point we decided it would benefit everyone if instead of leaving on Sunday, we would just head out tomorrow. Well, that meant Marianne and I had some crazzzy shopping to do... and we had a blast! Of course I got all my souvenirs in the Turkish quarter because i could get handmade goods. Lucky Joe :)<br><br>For tomorrow... promises of the Tara Canyon!<br><br><br>

... Not the most comfortable bus journey I've ever been on but did make me remember the nightmare one I'd had in Nepal years ago which made this one seem like a picnic. <br><br>The scenery was pretty amazing and I marveled at, considering how close all these countries are, how different they look. The mountains were so mush greener and you could actually imagine bears and wolves roaming around in amongst them. As with Mostar, when we started getting closer to Sarajevo ...

Just got into our hostel after a 12 hour train ride. After a little stress at the train station (not being able to read the arrivals board, realizing the "10" beside our train number was the number of minutes delayed, not the track number, running up and down a couple tracks, then not being about to find our cabin) we had a very enjoyable, scenic ride. Even though this was a day train we had a private compartment again on this trip. Woo hoo! I love taking ...

... qu'un pretre orthodoxe me fait ce grand signe d'amitie... 2eme miracle... je me rends ensuite souper au resto AEROPLAN; oui, oui je n'invente pas, moi qui suis ici grace a mes points d'aeroplan...c'est un resto traditionnel, c'est le ramadan et il est 20 heures, alors le resto se remplit vite car les Musulmans viennent briser le jeune ici... je demande pour la toilette et on me donne une cle en m'indiquant l'escalier vers le bas... je descends suivi d'une femme agee, j'entre dans une ...

We arrived about 9 am and caught the tram into the old town where we both somehow got an immediate morocco vibe. With a little help we found the haris hostel agency where the girl said she would just need to call her brother. She then took us to a taxi and paid him to take us to the hostel. We were getting worried as to where this place was. "If they have to get us a taxi and have a separate office where is this place?" It was only a 10 minute walk away but straight up ...

A long hungover rickety bus ride, but across stunning scenery from belgrade. The bus came into the serbian suburb about 12 km away and the scars of war are abundant - bombed out buildings and bullet holes everywhere still. City centre incredibly vibrant given tragic recent history. Has a real Eastern feel about it with a Mosque on every other corner. Also very relaxed feel to the ...

... really brings you back to medieval times. Do you know the game Assassins Creed? Well really, the cities like Damascus which you see in the game look a little bit like Bascarsija. While wandering around in Bascarsija i ran into an Australian guy who was also traveling alone in Bosnia. We decided to team up and head to the Sarajevo Olympic stadium, one of the dozen cemeteries, the Holiday Inn (the home base for journalists during the war), the bridge were Franz Ferdinand was ...

... of 10 Euros or maybe the fact we were two against one... so we three took the tram into the center of town. Her phone kept ringing and she went from taking us to her friend's place to her own place since her friend's was full. Found her place next to a playground full of beer bottles. It reeked of smoke from the other occupants. You would never guessed from the looks of Jasna but she claimed that she did not smoke when we said we were allergic to ...

... that had an Ottoman/Bosnian vest from the 19th century but it was in very poor condition. The small town became unexpectedly packed in the afternoon with day trippers from Croatia. Young men clad in red speedos stood on the railing of the Stari Most bridge waiting for a tourist willing to pay them 40 Euros to dive 60 feet into the river below. I considered undercutting the locals and taking the leap for 20 Euros, but something told me it probably wouldn't be a ...