Hostel Lena Mostar

Trk Ivana Krndelja br.16 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bridgetastic

A travel blog entry by mothman

Bus for a couple of hours to Mostar - I like this place a lot for a day. Hostel was right near bus station which made things easy. We walked down to town, saw the sights, watched bridge movie and looked at war damage, which i'm pleased to say seems to be being cleared up as some ruins mentioned in LP had now been rebuilt.

We spent …

Scars of war still very visible 15 yrs later.

A travel blog entry by thebarretts

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Bosnia and Herzegovina has proved to be a beautiful country, however everywhere you look the scars of war are a very real thing 11 yrs on. We boarded a bus nice and early to try and make Mostar at a decent hour. It was a 2.5hr trip through some of the most beautiful country side we have seen yet. As you will see by the photos, the roads wind along …

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Mostar and the troubled journey to recovery

A travel blog entry by rootsandroutes

... young locals of all ethnicities would meet on its high central point to dive into the deep water below. Thousands came and watched this annual celebration of a diverse and united Mostar, and after the war this tradition was re-established.

During the most intensive period of fighting, in late 1992 and early 1993, the other bridges across the river had already been destroyed by shelling, but Stari Most remained intact – the last remaining beacon of hope in this ...

Heading inland to Mostar

A travel blog entry by craigandlauren

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... doors and lift shafts etc, but it is now merely the shell. There was glass from the shattered windows covering the floor, insulation from the ceiling, paper documents, shell casings, wires and rubber tubing strewn on the floors. It was surreal. Climbing to the top also gave us a good view over the city, giving us a different perspective – the destroyed and the new like a patchwork.

The Old Bridge was the ...

Broken Bridges

A travel blog entry by tennis_tom

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I was awoken by some stupid English ***** rustling her bags. Some of these hostel kids are totally inconsiderate douches.

I had read about Mostar in the travel guide but it was while speaking to some English girls in Belgrade that I heard about the amazing 'Bata's crazy tour of Mostar’. This was one of the main reasons we had come down and specifically stayed in Majda’s hostel (the sister of Bata). We enthusiastically signed up for the tour ...