rinna

Rina L.

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Hong Kong

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tredding into unfamiliar territory - kosovo

Posted by rinna | 29th July 2007

After Sofia, it was a train ride to Nis, Novi Pazar, and finally Prishtina in Kosovo.

The bus ride from Novi Pazar to Prishtina was amazing. After the UNMIK checkpoint, the road was paved round mountains after mountains. The scenery is truly amazing - the mountains are unspoilt - a great big mass of mixed-green canopy. The bus follows the course of the river at the mountain valley, which is crystal clear and turquoise. There were even ducks in the river! It's like those few seconds of nature that's truly untouched in the beginning of nature documentaries (think planet earth!). However, beauty can't always last. As soon as plastic bottles and bags and other garbage starts appearing at the side of the road, you know you're close to civilization.

Whoever we meet in Kosovo - locals, UN peeps, KFOR troops - they all ask the same question. "Why Kosovo? What are u doing here?". I honestly do not know why I wanted to go there - basically to see how it's like after the war and how people

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