Goodbye to the Sea

Croatia was happy to say goodbye to us this morning but Bosnia Herznegovina not too pleased to let us in so we sat in no-mans-land for an hour with the other buses while the passports and drivers were put through the ringer. Eventually we were allowed to pass with no real problems actually and travelled along the river valley to Mostar. Plenty more obvious damage here from the war as budgets don't stretch to repairs and many folks have moved on - more obvious cemeteries too.





The bridge was still there, last destroyed in 1998 by Croatia and despite the touristy shops and difficult cobblestones the town has a certain charm. We visited a small mosque and authentic Ottoman style house - climbing the minaret was a highlight and I managed a couple of photos whilst gripping hold of the wall as it was a bit too high and narrow for me.





If you look close you can see the jumper - we didn't ask how much he was asking per jump but it was impressive and he looked pretty cold when he climbed out.





Had some real Turkish coffee ( basically undrinkable ) in a shower of rain and of course more gelato and trinket shopping to round off the day.

The journey to Sarajevo was again along the river valley which became spectacularly narrow, with high, high rocky hills on both sides and many tunnels and bridges between little villages both inhabited and not.






Love Wendy and Graeme