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Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia-Herzegovina / Places We Go

Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Justin • 14 Comments

I put off working on this one for a while because this is a damned complicated conflict and I knew it would be a lot of work to try and present an accurate description of events. However, it is time to tackle the Bosnia conflict… Now, if you just want to look at pictures or … Continue reading →

The M-5 in Bosnia – Sjetlina, Podgrab, Praca, the Praca River Gorge And More…
Bosnia-Herzegovina / Places We Go

The M-5 in Bosnia – Sjetlina, Podgrab, Praca, the Praca River Gorge And More…

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Justin • 6 Comments

I had little idea how far down into the rabbit hole I would go when I started this project. All that I have been told is false. Up is down. Beautiful scenery hides ugly truths. Judging from the volume of hate emails and hate comments I have received, I am hitting close to the truth … Continue reading →

Blagaj, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia-Herzegovina / Places We Go

Blagaj, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Justin • 1 Comment

When the Ottomans arrived in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the sultan immediately ordered a dervish tekija (house/monastery) to be built next to the source of the river Buna – one of the largest water sources in Europe with a flow greater than that at the source of the Danube. This tekija was built in the 1500s for the … Continue reading →

Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Justin • 8 Comments

One war per country is usually enough, but in 1993 Bosnia had two on the go. Around Sarajevo and in the north and east, the Bosnian government was fighting the Serbs, who had pushed hundreds of thousands of Muslims out of their homes, killing tens of thousands in the process. The Serbs wanted to cut … Continue reading →

Pocitelj Village In Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia-Herzegovina / Places We Go

Pocitelj Village In Bosnia-Herzegovina

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Justin • 2 Comments

Remember Bosnia? The country that fought a three-year civil war in the 1990s with 100,000 dead continues its downward slide. Since the Dayton peace accord, which sort of ended the war in 1995, Bosnia has been divided into two entities—one called the Republika Srpska (RS) with a Serbian majority and the other a federation of … Continue reading →

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