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Lady in the Balkans
Blog: A Lady in London - 3 October 2011
Most people thought I was crazy to travel to the Balkans by myself. I was lectured on safety, on health, on everything imaginable. But I had been curious about the region for years, not least because the only thing I really knew about it related to the conflicts in the 1990’s. There was surely more [...]
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Lady in Sarajevo
Blog: A Lady in London - 16 September 2011
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Sarajevo. My knowledge of the city was dominated by what I had learned in school during the war in the 1990′s, and I didn’t know many people that had traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina. I had wanted to visit for a long time, and it fit well with [...]
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Day 176: Bosnia, We'll Never Forget
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 6 August 2010
Forget Not - Mostar's old bridge was destroyed in 1993 during Bosnia's civil war Bosnia, Bosnia... where do I even start! 2 cities in a short 3 days and you already have us fascinated and captivated. Bombed out remains of once glorious buildings littered throughout Mostar A land of startling contrast with so much history. Glorious buildings established under the Austro-Hungarian empire
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Sarajevo Martyrs Cemetery Photo Gallery, Bosnia & Hercegovina
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 12 February 2010
A trip to Sarajevo is not complete without watching the sun set over the city from the Martyrs Cemetery.
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Top 5 Destinations
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 6 January 2010
2009 has gone and with it goes my greatest year of travel; so many people have asked for highlights, so here is my top 5 in no particular order! I had the enviable task of spending six months of 2009 on the road – taking in 14 countries – and I’m going to try and narrow it down to the top five spots that I visited. Plenty of people that I’ve spoken with think that such lists are daft, that there is little point in designating an obscure spot that is ...
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Sarajevo Flourishes
Blog: Abandon the Cube - 6 November 2009
Our bus ride was somewhat of a highlight as far as nigh transportation goes. We were on the top floor of a double-decker bus, in the very front seats. This gave us an amazing, panoramic view of Serbia as we departed.
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Bratislava, Slovakia to Sarajevo, Bosnia & Hercegovina
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 13 September 2009
Bratislava to Sarajevo? Wasn’t it meant to be Bratislava to Thessaloniki? A cursory check that I had the right departure time before leaving the hostel for the airport alerted me to something that was very wrong. Suspends operations??? SkyEurope bankrupted, and around five hours before we were due to fly the fleet was grounded. So what to do?
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Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 8 September 2009
I know I’ve mentioned this before, but I just can’t believe how many Aussies you see travelling. There were loads in America but it feels like 1 in 2 minimum in Europa. Impressive. This morning I tried the traditional pastry snack burek for brekkie. It’s really just a large Greggs pastie filled with spinach, potato, [...]
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One of those days
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 7 September 2009
I had a little bed related accident this morning. Sat down on the thing and one of the 4 supporting large wooden planks underneath snapped completely in 2, it couldn’t have been a cleaner break if Mr Miyagi had slapped a 1 inch karate chop down on it. This left me with option A of [...]
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Welcome to Sarajevo
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 6 September 2009
What a right stress that was. After very little sleep as is the norm, I arrived 5 minutes before my bus departed as I intended to, all okay so far. The problem arose when I gave my bag to the very grim looking worker with scars aplenty (I would want to add to these shortly) [...]
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