Sarajevo

Friday 29 July 2005

Caught the bus to Sarajevo. We went along the Dalmatian Coast, through the Bosnian "toe-hold" at Neum, up the Neretva River to Mostar, past the reconstructed bridge then onto Sarajevo. We got off at the main station at 3.35 pm to find that the banks closed at 3.30! The ATMs did not accept our card. We had to cash in some of our precious US dollars and get a taxi to the only bus station from which buses depart for Belgrade in Lukavica in the Serb dominated enclave of Republica Sprska. Things are very complicated in the Balkans! There was huge evidence of the hostilities - bullet holes in the walls etc. We whiled away the time in a restaurant attached to the station until our bus left at 22.50. Dreadful bus trip! Think Malawi, think Salima. Not much sleep.