And another new country ...

... we can add to our list is Bosnia Herzegovina.

On the way back from the Plitvice Lakes to our campsite, we stopped off in the city of Bihac for a cup of coffee! With Croatia not yet part of the EU we had to pass through border control in both directions and on arrival once again use a non-Euro currency (this time the convertible mark). We were already used to the kuna in Croatia so it didn't feel too alien.

Now I must be honest, Bihac is definitely NOT on my list of cities I will ever return to! It is a pretty miserable little place with not that much to see outside a miniscule, but surprisingly green, inner city. There is still plenty of evidence of the war, with just about every second building riddled with bullet holes, and every other building that depressing grey concrete box-like construction typical of the old eastblock.

The last two photos you can see here are of houses along the roadside in Croatia (on the way back to the campsite). As far as we could figure out, these houses, just a couple of the dozens we saw, used to be occupied by Serbs. The occupants were forced to flee by the local Croats and later set on fire and simply left abandoned and destroyed. They remain empty to this day. Seems this is still a very sensitive subject in Croatia. On return to our campsite we began by asking a few questions of the campsite owner about the abandoned houses, and were politely but firmly told not to ask!

Alli xxx