- What a beautiful country Bosnia isStill in Bosnia we travelled up to Sarajevo the city that was under siege for 4 years.
For those of you who have read the Cellist of Sarayevo it brought the whole story to life - with the brewery (the Posted by lougilbert in This year it's J - where can we be going | May 6, 2012
- Bullet holes, bombed out buildings and broken bridgesVisiting Mostar in Bosnia - one of the bloodiest sites and one of the last battlegrounds during the war in the 90's
The town was formerly one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the co Posted by lougilbert in This year it's J - where can we be going | May 3, 2012
- A Family Trip to the War-ZoneAs much as I could, and sometimes probably more than is appropriate for their age, I tried to explain to the boys what I experienced in Sarajevo. Of course, there were many things I didn’t talk about with them or Posted by TooMuchLuggage in Around the World in 172 Days | Apr 12, 2012
- Coming Home to a Sarajevo Not Under SiegeIt is a very strange feeling driving into a small city where I spent three years and finding it completely transformed. It wasn’t just the new buildings, it was travelling on a highway into Sarajevo that though I had been Posted by TooMuchLuggage in Around the World in 172 Days | Apr 12, 2012
- The Stunning Beauty of the Road to Sarajevo and a Speed Trap
Around 3 we packed up the car and headed north along the coast. After an hour or so we turned away from the Coast and within a short while were at the Bosnian border where we spent a good Posted by TooMuchLuggage in Around the World in 172 Days | Apr 12, 2012
- WHC List #0946 - Old Bridge Area of the Old City of MostarThe UNESCO World Heritage List includes several hundred properties with outstanding universal value. They are all part of the world’s cultural and natural heritage.
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date of Inscription: 2005
Category: Cultural s Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Jan 10, 2012
- PreparationThe Itinerary is almost finished, the days are planned, the dynamic duo will soon leave Sarajevo...
Posted by Busy Brabander in Far Away Down Under | Jan 9, 2012
- Sarajevo Sunset
View from the former Olympic Bobsled Track in Sarajevo Posted by Busy Brabander in Far Away Down Under | Jan 9, 2012
- Sarajevo
3 days in mid-September in Sarajevo.
A whimsical entry or the stark, yet hopeful impressions of a centre of Balkan unrest Posted by clarkesabroad in The Clarke's Magical Mystery Tour | Sep 14, 2011
- Germans in SarajevoNils just finished speaking German for the past 2 hours to an engineer staying at our hostel in Sarajevo. Max and Angus are totally impressed!! Stay tuned for more on Sarajevo. Posted by clarkesabroad in The Clarke's Magical Mystery Tour | Sep 12, 2011
- The Final CountdownIn less than a week Project BiH (Bosnia and Herzegovina) will be over. I only have four more days of work; Wednesday is our final group meeting and dinner; Thursday is my last night; and, Friday morning around 6am, Posted by kyramoon in Adventures in Sarajevo | Aug 7, 2011
- Malaysian Mosque – A Symbol of Living Friendship
Two days ago, I was morally elevated and emotionally uplifted after reading an article published by the press of Sarajevo. The article was writ Posted by Quah Khian Hu in THE ROOTS OF BANYAN TREE | Apr 14, 2010
- Tun Dr Mahathir In Sarajevo
Coming from across the pathway of Bascarsija old town (pronounced as "Bas-Char-See-Ya") I saw a group o Posted by Quah Khian Hu in THE ROOTS OF BANYAN TREE | Apr 13, 2010
- Rediscovering My Love for SarajevoToday’s walk home proved to be more meaningful to me than I had anticipated. I’ve been wanting to take a nice, slow walk home during my time here to take pictures of the walk. Each workday consists of Posted by kyramoon in Adventures in Sarajevo | Jul 26, 2011
- Never Forget“Never forget” is a recurring theme here in BiH (Bosnia and Herzegovina), along with the obvious reasoning behind not forgetting – never letting genocide happen here again. Our tour guide on the Times of Misfortune tour was the first Posted by kyramoon in Adventures in Sarajevo | Jul 18, 2011
- Reading All The Way
I found two heart-tendering books displayed on the shelf of a bookstore situated by the estuary of the historic Stari Most of Mostar. Posted by Quah Khian Hu in THE ROOTS OF BANYAN TREE | Apr 10, 2010
- Ultra Nationalism
As Masideh moved around tending to his gardening work, I followed suit. When he moved towards the enclosed ground situated behind Posted by Quah Khian Hu in THE ROOTS OF BANYAN TREE | Apr 9, 2010
- Here Comes Spring, It’s Lively Again
This morning, “Masideh” directed me to the shrubbery of the cultivated ground attached to the front yard of the hostel. He was tending Posted by Quah Khian Hu in THE ROOTS OF BANYAN TREE | Apr 5, 2010
- Occupying A Hostel - All By Myself
The colours of tranquility of the flowers charmed the little wooden hostel situated in this lovely city of Sarajevo. I stood on the s Posted by Quah Khian Hu in THE ROOTS OF BANYAN TREE | Apr 8, 2010
- Mostar, HerzegovinaEven though it has been over a week since this excursion, I still want to write about it because I think it will turn out to be one of the highlights from the summer. Those of you who are Posted by kyramoon in Adventures in Sarajevo | Jul 11, 2011
- Reaching Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ever since I returned home from Albania in May 2010, I had not been updating the travelogue. Now I am trying to build a habit to write at least Posted by Quah Khian Hu in THE ROOTS OF BANYAN TREE | Mar 25, 2010
- Stari Stari MostThe trip to Mostar was spectacular, another journey that shows the truth in the saying, it is as much about the journey as it is the destination! I took the bus from Sarajevo and apparently the train is much nicer, Posted by T.L.C. in European Hopscotch Mission | Jul 6, 2011
- My Bosnian Alter-Ego, KijaAs usual, this blog post has come much later than expected and with a different topic than I initially anticipated . . . so is life in Bosnia; you really never know what to expect and where the day may Posted by kyramoon in Adventures in Sarajevo | Jul 5, 2011
- Heroes and MonstersThere have been aspects of this trip I cannot begin to comprehend, the genocides of WWII, the brutal suppressive communist governments and the madness that overcame this region in the 1990s. My Bosnian friend said that Ratko Mladic is not Posted by T.L.C. in European Hopscotch Mission | Jul 3, 2011
- Where people uniteI caught the train for Budapest to Sarajevo and was bummed that I had to spend an entire day on the train but on the plus side, the scenery was beautiful, and I got my passport stamped FOUR TIMES, I Posted by T.L.C. in European Hopscotch Mission | Jun 30, 2011