This article was submitted by ISA BELLE, a Dutch student studying in Mostar, Herzegovina.
Herzegovina is a region of incredible natural beauty with shaggy mountains, beautiful lakes, and blue rivers. One of its gems is the Kravice waterfalls near the town of Ljubuški, close to the border with Croatia. It is here that the river Trebižat pours itself 28 meters down to a pool of brightest blue water where you can fish and swim in the summertime. The waterfalls are situated in a half circle of 120 meters wide and through green trees offering an immensely beautiful sight.
This article was submitted by ISA BELLE, a Dutch student studying in Mostar, Herzegovina.
With approximately 7000 inhabitants, a few cozy coffee bars serving good cakes and cheap coffee Prozor itself is not that interesting; however, the surrounding nature is amazing, especially Ramsko Jezero (Ramsko Lake), where two of my friends and I visited this Monday.
The Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge over the Drina River in the town of Višegrad was recently added to Unesco Hermitage List. This historically significant bridge is featured in Nobel Prize-winning author Ivo Andric’s “Bridge over the Drina,” a novel describing century-spanning stories and
events taking places in Bosnia, affecting the lives of multi-ethnic Bosnians: Muslims, Turks, Serbs and gypsies.
In my past blog entry about Bosnia’s Enjoy Life video campaign, I commented about the lack of reality depicted and that the country was not as relaxing as it seemed. However, I understand the motivation behind and the necessity for making this video.
“Enjoy Life” is one of the rare positive portrayals of Bosnia on online media. Do a simple search on Google and Youtube, and you will come up with either genocide, extremist, war or more layman terms such as “f*ck X” where “X” can be replaced by any objects associated with the recent war in Bosnia.
Comment from a blog reader: Coming from the UK and wanting information on accommodation with local families, maps, etc.I don’t know much about living with the local there; however, I am pretty sure this is possible. If you do, please advise. Thanks.
My name is Cindy, also rhymes with travel junkie. A friend said I was probably a gipsy in my previous life. One of my many secret missions in life is to convert you to run off every once in awhile.
