City Boutique Hotel Sarajevo

... the street to buy a water. We mentioned "taxi" to the woman working there, and within 5 minutes she brought out her husband to drive us back to the tram station. We need to do some research on this once we get home, but we believe this man and his father were part of the team that dug the tunnel. Very amazing indeed. On the tram ride back it was also easy to spot the bullet holes and tell-tale splatter patterns of rocket shells on many of the ...

... out at the bus stop. For what we'd timed to be a six minute journey, it actually took close to 30 minutes by the time we'd made it to the Bus Station. <br><br>Sam and I were getting a little impatient but that could have just been tiredness and grumpiness. The girl in tourist info had told us to be at the Bus Station one hour beforehand. I didn't entirely think it was necessary but as it turned out, was totally impossible anyway when the bus system only got up and ...

... packing it in for the night, Toby and myself decided to hit the town, despite getting weird looks from hostel people who were convinced there would be nothing at that hour to go to. But when you're me, you're blessed with the natural skillset to find all things party.<br><br>Soon we were at the city club, making friends with every waiter there who were closing up. I tipped a guy 500 rupees, he was kicked, and I was promised a Cuba Libre on the house. Never got it. I found a ...

... slid sometime in the last week while I wasn't watching... but I could at least commit half the way to London, which is where all the cheapest flights originate, and which has NOT re-valued against the dollar like that pesky old Euro has. Coincidentally today AA sends me a special offer to fly RT to London before July at regular price $800+ and get 25,000 frequent flyer miles worth $250+/-, but now I find British Airways has a RT on the ...

... city.  Still, over 600 people were killed by snipers crossing the airfield as they tried to bring supplies to their families.  Engineers from Sarajevo then decided to build an 800 metre long tunnel under the airstrip that connected Sarajevo with an unoccupied town across the airfield.  Once that was complete over 3,000 trips through the tunnel were made everyday bringing food, water, weapons, wood, everything that kept the city going.  It took over four months to finish ...

... late afternoon. We got back to the hostel before 5pm, grabbed our backpacks and headed towards out of the city. We took a bus No31 that was supposed to take us to the main road but - what we found out - the road going in the opposite direction than we wanted to go. Luckily a certain man didn`t bother about the fact that there was no roadside and that we were walking in a grass and drove us a small distance along the ringroad.

... the European Union it is likely to have another reoccuring war in another 30 years, today there is no military conscription and no organized army in Bosnia. Where to travel from the capitol? All trains and buses in this area are not punctual and may not arrive at all. South to Albania - hard travels or try Bucharest and Macedonia. No Canadians do not need a Visa - but ...

... his father. The other stops on the tour were not quite as interesting as the Tunnel. We visited the Olympic Stadium, destroyed by shelling during the war but rebuilt, the old library which was destroyed during the war - burning many of the books inside, the old and new parliament buildings, and Sniper Alley. Sniper Alley was a street where many people were killed during the war. Serbian snipers would sit in the hills and other buildings shooting at ...

... city commemorates the recent dead via clean, white tombstone plots, shiny gold plaques, fresh graves, memorials and cut flowers deposited wherever people died. That is, all over the bullet riddled city. It was an incredible experience speaking to so many Bosnian people who were directly involved in this siege. We watched them start to speak slowly and carefully, maintaining a semblance of control before they could not hide the rawness of their pain: their ...

I checked out quite early this morning, and went round the back of the reception for my free breakfast (6.60 for B&B, you can't really complain). I wasn't sure if the omlette was undercooking or just really greasy so I tried to leave the runny bits. I started my visit at the Gazi Husrev Bey mosque, the largest Turkish (as opposed to Islamic or Iranian, I think the guide said) mosque in Bosnia. There are some minor difference between the types of mosques, the Turkish mosques have a half dome ...