Hotel Leotar Trebinje

Not really that much to write about today. In the morning I still found myself really quite tired phyiscally and ready to stop travelling and go home. I have been feeling like it for the past few days but after visiting Kotor I have perked myself up some what and feel better about things. I went to Kotor which was only a 30 mins bus ride along the coast. Kotor is a small town in the middle of a fjord ...

... alot of pictures of each other and all the beautiful hills and ocean. It was much reflecting that went on. But because we had missed the early bus, we only had 1.5 hours there. On the way back, I bought a huge thing of pepsi, mostly for the caffiene. The windows were clean on the way back, and when we got to Herceg Novi, the bus was almost late and the aussie would have been stuck in Montenegro. Made it just in ...

... a few changes and finally in 2006 the people voted for an independent state. While there we visited a Maritime Museum that was really interesting. Many earthquakes have occurred in this area and nearly all of the buildings have been affected at one time, but there is one church inside the walls that had never had any earthquake damage! We also visited St Tryphon Cathedral that was founded in 809. Our guide Maya was telling us that first grade children learn the local ...

The drýve ýnto Kotor ýs certaýnly one of the most spectacular you could ever hope to experýence........A gýgantýc fjord envelopýng clear waters.......leadýng you to medýeval towns lappýng at ýts shores. Kotor ýtself ýs a place of ýmmense contrasts...........multý multý mýllýon dollar yachts pullýng up to waters where on the other sýde of the harbour lýe the decrepýt remaýns of sovýet era Resort buýldýngs.............comýcally ruýnous........wýth theýr sýgns stýll suggestýng a Rýv ...

... into the water, but I didn't have the luxury of sitting in bed all day again. If I wanted to see Kotor, this was the day I had to do it. Arriving in Kotor the morning before, I had no accommodation plans. The cheapest places to stay in this quickly becoming upmarket town are rooms in someone's house, but they are difficult to arrange in advance, especially when you're not quite sure when you'll be arriving. The tourist office can help, but they are closed on Sunday ...

... the challenge was how to get out of here to my next destination, Niksic, Montenegro a transportation hub to then transfer again to Durmitor National Park. It took a cafe full of Bosnian people and vigorous flipping of my "Croatian for Travellers" pamphlet to get my question across. I am learning fast and hard that it would probably have been wise to study Croatian (similar to serbian, montenegran, and bosnian) prior to coming to ...

... is way out of town (about 15 minutes walk) and priced out of justifiable reason. Sure, €15 per night isn't a great deal of money, but people are paying that for places in the middle of the old town and I sure as hell ain't walking all the way there with my pack in this heat. So I'll spend a couple nights in nearby Budva, another apparently beautiful town full of history. Anyhow, Montenegro's looking good so far. Hopefully the next few days here will go equally well.

... back to trying to eat their dinner... unsuccessfully and somewhat messily! Arrived in Split next morning where we spent a few hours wandering around the cool markets, buying cheap sunnies while waiting for our ferry to Hvar Island... We were pretty tired and jaded when we finally walked off the boat at hvar only to be inundated with crazy Croats yelling at us to come stay at their place... luckily a pretty blue eyed girl caught ...

... atrocites, loin de la. Mais pour vous aider a demeler le tout et a comprendre certaines de mes interventions, je vous ai concocte un resume (tres resume) du pourquoi du conflit yougoslave. Tito Le marechal Tito a ete le leader communiste de la Yougoslavie jusqu'a sa mort en 1980. Ne d'un pere Croate et d'une mere Slovene, il croyait en la suppression des tensions ethniques et nationalistes et a reussi a creer un etat assez homogene et juste pour chacun. Sa ...

... the old city today. There are these walls that protect the city and we walked about 2 km around the darn thing, so we basically walked all around the city. the views were trippy, but it was more of a trip when we went cliff diving off of these rocks. Fricken scary i tell you, but it was nice hitting warm water!! aaahhhhh! nice! It looks like that's about it that has happened thus far. I will be spending half a day in dubrovnik ...