BOSNIA & HEREZEGOVINA
"Katarina came running after us, blaring frantically that we should move away from the house and back to the car as the area was renowned for landmines". -Chef for Sail 2
△ One of literally thousands of abandoned bombed houses in the beautiful countryside
△ Katarina and I ouside a warehouse, downtown Sarajevo
△ Can you imagine the sound of those bullets hitting
Shopping in Sarajevo
△ Sarajevo late October rain
A good spot for lunch
Sarajevo
Slavic traditions
△ Downtown locals enjoying a game of Chess
△ Katarina and I with Sarajevo backdrop
△ Traditional meat platter clearly with a Turkish influence
△ Sarajevo brewery
△ Traditional cooking methods Sarajevo for delicious dinner & local wine
△ Paul and I enjoying a delicious kebab
△ The day before I skied off a cliff in similar conditions
△ Kyle the only other person on Jahorina ski resort that spoke good English
△ Karmen, Lana and Borna came for a week to learn to ski, Trpanj was only 4 hours away by ferry and car
△ Karmen, Lana and Borna at Jahorina Ski Resort
◁ Bosnian border without a passport
△ Maybe skiing in Bosnia was not such a great idea.
Ivan and Jelena
△ Lamb on the spit for lunch
My local bar
△ Jahorina taxi
△ The day of my accident; I should have stayed home and kept warm drinking Rakia
△ Champagne to celebrate Jelena and Ivan’s first day skiing Jahorina
△ Jelena and I - Jahorina
△ My Bosnian mother
△ The day before I almost died in a ski accident
△ Heavy snowfall with my liftie friend Marco
Enjoying the view
Off to Sarajevo hospital
On top of the Bosinan Alps
△ Serbian friends I skied with for a week
△ Après ski Bosnian style
△Sunset from my room
The only original chairlift since the war
△Stunning Jahorina that was a major battle zone during the war
△ Dinner a few minutes’ walk from my chalet
Mountain to myself
Writers reveries
△ The Chalet I rented that could sleep 12 cost me 900 Euro’s a month. Ski on Jahorina
View from chairlift
Mountain Hut for lunch
Bosnian Timber Wolf
△ Lunch time
Sarajevo at night
Watching a chess game
△ Warm hospitality in Sarajevo
Locals sharing a beer and BBQ with me
△ Briar came to visit a few days before I left for my operation in NZ
△ New friend Maria from Germany
Local transport
△ Winter Shopping, Sarajevo
Old town Sarajevo
△ Strong coffee Turkish style
△ My last Bosnian feast
△ The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria took place on this bridge 28th June 1914 causing the outbreak of World War One
15th Century Bridge in historic Mostar destroyed during the war
△Graves in Sarajevo, mostly of men my age
△ A war reminder during our generation, lest we forget
A grave stone of someone my age
One of many graveyards in Sarajevo
A thought provoking city
These beautiful puppies reflect the innocence of the graves
