Heading north from MonteNegro on the way to Croatia we passed through Bosnia for the second time this trip. We made a stop in at Lake Alagovac again and stayed for a night camping on the shores of the lake, it was a little smoky this time as the Balkans have many forest fires burning because of the heat wave this summer. For the second time this trip and so unlike us, we (we being I) took the opportunity of having wifi the night before heading into Mostar, to book a room using booking.com. The morning after, when we stopped for coffee and to check emails before heading into Mostar we found an email...why were you a 'no show' at your booking?...crap I booked the room for the wrong night! I think we do better travelling by the seat of our pants. We were able to stay on at the hotel (we paid 50% of the no show) and had a great dinner in the city before heading out the next morning. From Mostar we rode through some nice countryside and stayed a couple nights at the Una national park before saying goodbye to Bosnia for the last time this trip.
A couple fishermen showed up near our campsite on the morning we were leaving...and set A FEW lines up, hoping to catch the big one
And then they waited, and waited and were still waiting when we left. They had traveled 100 km to fish we hope they had luck
A large part of the area we drove through, after leaving Mostar, had been devistated in the Balkan war in the 90's. we drove through hours of nothing but houses that had been destroyed
Many were just left behind because the owners couldn't afford to rebuild. It was like driving through a living memorial to the war
So sad, in some cases whole villages were ruined and now only a few homes are rebuilt
The map of Martin Brod in Una national park, lots of water!
Our campsite with the tarp up, just in case it rained...the weather was turning...but as it turned out the tarp was good only for sun protection
Traditional ways of life are alive and doing well in Martin Brod. A local couple is taking the dry corn kernels from the husk(she is catching any the machine missed). The kernels will be ground for flour, polenta and fed to the animals
A restaurant owner shows off the dinner he is about to cook up for us
Bosnian fish and chips, enjoyed with a Jelen beer
Ken enjoys catching his own fish but this second only to BC and Baja
The clear waters on the Una river, really really clear and cold
Minerals in the water form pools as the water cascades through the village of Martin Brod
As the water wears away minerals it form caves below the surface of the pools, here the water is so clear the cave scubadive when the water is high enough
The meeting of the Una and Unac rivers
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