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Video Highlights – Germany – Austria – CzechRepublic – Poland – Slovakia – Hungary- Romania and on to Montenegro.

 

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Nightfall in Krakow Poland.

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The Route Travelled by Train.

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Red For Train. Pink For Plane. Blue For Road. Green For Boat.

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On the morning of June 24 TotalAdventure flew from Bucharest to Belgrade,Serbia and then took a 6 hour van ride to Sarajevo,Bosnia. The alternative would have been a 2 day train journey. Rail lines in former Yugoslavia are still heavily damaged from Allied bombing during the 1990s wars and are only now starting to be rebuilt.

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The Balkans in Bosnia are quite beautiful,belying the centuries of warfare that have been taking place there.

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20 Years later and damage is still evident throughout Sarajevo, a four year siege of bullets and shells.

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Air Serbia to Belgrade.

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A Shrine In Western Serbia.

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Along the river in Sarajevo.

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Above Sarajevo.

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Hundreds of thousands were killed over a four year period.

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All the stones in this area of the graveyard have the same departure date. Graves are everywhere, including in city parks.

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In Ramadan there is a sixth prayer call of the day – after Iftar – when the daily fast is broken.

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Iftar Tea.

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Iftar Approaches.

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Iftar Meal – Lamb Sausage.

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Mostar ( Bridge) in Mostar. It was blown in half during the war and rebuilt a few years ago. See the video to watch men dive from it.

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Bombed Buildings In Mostar.

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Shrine To Slobodan Milošević in a Republika Srpska bus station. Republika  Srpska consists of t Serbian controlled areas of Bosnia. For now, a tense peace exists.

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Destruction Everywhere.

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Kosovo is Serbian !

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A Peaceful Summer Day in Mostar. The temperature was about 38 C ( 101 F).

 

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