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The pictures below are thumbnails, meaning they
are small copies of the real thing. You just click on the thumbnails, and you
get the full picture in a separate window. The
weather in Norway
is always interesting.
To the left, on route along the coast towards Mostar.
Another view from the bus.
Ingrid is changing buses. Ours didn't have the original
documents available, just nice copies.
There is a lot of
water in the mountains past Mostar. We are close to the Swan Sign above.
The roads are narrow and winding. Almost as in Norway.
The boys hard at work at our rest stop at the Swan Stop above.
The served lambs on spit turning all day for customers.
Nice, but we didn't eat there.
In Sarajevo, there are still
building scarred by automatic weapons fire and shelling.
Holiday Inn where the whole thing started in 1991.
On the river dividing the two parts of Sarajevo. The bridge where the First
World Started is in the background.
Upriver of The Red River of Sarajevo dividing the city.
The Red River and the bridge where it all started in 1914.
One of the rebuild mosques in Sarajevo paid by Saudi Arabia.
That was the only thing they paid for, no schools, hospitals or residential
housing.
In the old pars of Sarajevo, you had a building
reminiscent of old Norwegian plank churches.
The bell tower of the main mosque in Sarajevo.
The museum of the killing of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The bridge next to where is killed is just to
the right of the museum. More details on
the web.
The Red River also have some rubbish in it seen here in the
backwash of the river.
Martin watched the relaxed life go by while enjoying a
beer. Here an old local is situated.
The Battle of
Neretva bridge seen
here. It was made a film about this incident in 1942. More details on
You can buy the film from 1969 by clicking on the picture above.
The Stari Most bridge in Mostar. An interesting and long
story you can read about
here.
It is a fascination story. Here the rebuild bridge.
Solveig, Martin and Ingrid on the Stari bridge.
The Moslem side of the river. Nice colors.
The bridge seen upriver in the sunset.
Another rebuild
mosque in the setting sun. Then it was time to settle down for another 3
hours bus trip back to Podgora city and Podgorka hotel where Martin stayed.
An enjoyable trip. And facinating.
The next day, June Friday 12th
, was the last full time in Croatia for this time.