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Bridgetastic
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.
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 …
"Funniness" in Mostar
... as did Sarajevo, so walking through the streets, one can still see abandoned buildings that have either been completely destroyed or buildings and streets with bullet holes still through them. In addition, you see cemeteries in almost every mosque or church you go to as many civilians perished in the bombings and the attacks on the cities. All of the tombstones read 1992 or 1993, and it is almost impossible to find anything before the war as most of ...
Bridge of Hope
... War.
The Bosnian War (relative to Mostar) had Croats fighting Bosniaks (both whom were formerly together fighting a third opponent via Serbian controlled Republika Srpska - a Serbian entity who had also sought a separately defined "Bosnian" independence) on opposite sides of the Neretva River, spanned by the Old Bridge.
For hundreds of years, the Bridge stood as a "connector" between East and West, a bridge spanning a powerful river and ...
More in Mostar
... br> Mostar, however they live separate from each other, divided by the river and the bridge that links them. Interestingly, I was having a look at a memorial on the Croatian side and shocked to see the condition it was in. Most memorials are taken care of by the people who erect them, yet this one lies in toil. Broken glass scattered on the ground and shrubbery fills the walkway. It’s odd, but a good representation of relations in the ...
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