June 11, visit to Mostar and Sarajevo
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Daily Activities
June 2009

  1. Saturday
    Arrival in Split

  2. Sunday
    Apollo meeting

  3. Monday
    Tanning & Makarska

  4. Tuesday
    Tanning

  5. Wednesday
    Island of Brac

  6. Thursday
    Mostar & Sarajevo

  7. Friday
    Last full day

  8. Saturday
    Back to Norway

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Starting out at 0645 and back 18 hours later, is was  a long trip bussing to Mostar and Sarajevo and back again.


See the overview map for where these places are

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.


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