Pellegrino Mostar

... further back into the woods to explore more of the woods. As we were walking I couldnt help thinking of all the guidebooks that I read that said to stay away from woody and grassy areas as there are still a lot of unexploded mines from the war. Consequently, I made sure not to wonder too far from the path for fear of being blown to bits. After hiking for about 15 mintues we came to a tarzan type rope that went out into the water. We all took turns swinging off this rope into the ...

... and Herzegovina declared their independence from Yugoslavia. What were you doing during that time? Did you know this was even going on? I don't think it was much more than an occasional item on the tv news for me. All over Bosnia and Herzegovina hundreds of thousands of people were displaced and ethnic cleansing was rampant. As a result of the displacements there are parts of the country that are now purely of Serbian descent and others that are purely ...

... some back streets, it was the hosts home (rather than a hostel) and therefore a little cosy, though fortunately I was the only guest staying at the time.<br>Mostar is smaller than Sarajevo but gets the same number of tourists (by the busload!!) squeezing through it's narrow little lanes and it's locals are definitely more geared up to grabbing some tourist dollar... (I found the salespeople in Sarajevo to be relaxed ...

... money and then when he&#8217;d collected enough, jumped off the bridge into the current below. It didn&#8217;t look deep enough for a dive and I wondered which side of the bridge he was from as apparently each ethnicity stay on their own side. was hot, it&#8217;s amazing how hot the sun is, and I realized that while I like the sun more Gabe is actually able to tolerate the heat better than I. <br><br>There were ...

... So, we ask Dino what its about and apparently, that is the gimmick the club does. Well, needless to say, we thought we would get some beers. So, we did a couple bar hops, ended up paying 3 KM a beer, which is like 2.25...Not bad at all. Went to three different places in Old Town until we decided that we would go check out what the big shindig that is going on in the square before the bridge. We look and there are about 500 bosnians just having a blast drinking ...

... pleasant colored, the atmosphere and ambience is unrivaled. And most importantly, the history of the town makes its people some of the most lovable lot around the world.<br><br>Once again I sign off hoping that my experience and my account of it can change your perception of this beautiful country, and you do decide to visit. I should get cracking on the beers and Cuba libres now, tonight is the night to celebrate God's coloring book called Mostar. Tomorrow I'm ...

... letters. Mostar is a true reflection of that statement. Up an alley, and I came to another mosque. In front of it were hundreds of grave stones. I thought it was a strange place for a cemetery so I looked closer. I did not find a single head stone that did not have date of death in 1993. There were hundreds of them. All these people died because of their beliefs in the same year, massacred. Life is way to precious to let ideology ...

... the crashing water, the beautiful greenery and the stunning rock faces that took my breath away. Spent some time standing under the falls, getting massages from the pounding water and marvelling at the beauty of it all. Then had an adrenaline rush from swinging out into the water on a high rope. Headed off to have a delicious lunch of lamb on a spit. Then off to Mostar, a major town in Bosnia, and one which had ...

... of this town of a couple hundred thousand people were quiet and fairly narrow. Four-story buildings with simple but aesthetically pleasing fronts closed in the streets. When my hosts and I walked around, I felt the bulging squares on the heavy stone buildings, as I dodged the many chained-up bikes. My hosts lived in a building with an orange face, in a long room with black-magic doorframes and ten-foot ceilings and an old piano in the corner. And they ate ...

... Diving championships take place at the end of July. It is probably a better moment to check Stari Most for some real diving skills. Earlier i wrote i wanted to jump off too. It turned out the London guys were ******* and weren't going to do do it. I decided i would be one too and put the idea out of my head. :) A lot of people told me Mostar still looks like a damaged place. Well, on every block there is a building which still needs to be fixed up. But it ...