The bus ride to Mostar is very scenic. We follow the coast south for about 2 hours before heading inland. The road inland follows the Neretva river through the mountain gorge, and offers some more great scenery.
I arrive in Mostar and its a short walk to my accommodation. I am greeted by Amel and he shows me through his very large apartment. It is very nice and comfortable with all the mod cons one could want. I did not expect the inside to be so nice compared to the outside of the building. There are lots of war ravaged building here, showing signs of bullet holes in walls and fences etc. Would not have been a nice place to be back in the 90"s. Some buildings have been restored, but most lay uninhabited and crumbling.

Spent today exploring this lovely little town on the river. Its not that big so it didnt take long. A visit to the old town was very rewarding. The lanes were filled with some really cool shops, but the downside was the cobble-stoned path, boy was it hard to walk on.
A visit to the famous Stari Most bridge was interesting. It was destroyed in 1993 during the war and now has been restored using as much of the old rock and the style remains the same. It certainly attracts a lot of people.

Today its a local bus ride to Blagaj, a really small village to see the river flowing out of the mountain. Plus the historic mosque that is built into the cliff that dates back over 500 years. After visiting these beautiful places i needed to do some mountain climbing to seethe impressive ancient fort with amazing views on top of the mountain. It was a hard and arduous climb, but was well worth it. The views were stunning and it was so peaceful up here. I was the only person here and i can see why most other tourists would not make the climb. I did speak to some Asian people that were going up, but i never saw them. I did however see them in the village and they told me they did not go up as it was too long and hard.
I did enjoy being out in this remote area in the middle of nowhere.
One thing i hate about going into the new shopping mall here to get my food from the supermarket, is that smoking is allowed indoors. It seems that the majority of people here in Bosnia Herzegovina smoke.

With another nice sunny day i decide to take a long walk up to Hum Mountain. There is a huge 35 metre tall cross there, and nothing else. At the top the wind was so strong you could not stand up straight. However it did offer some good views.

While is was in Ljubljana i meet an older couple from Perth. We got talking and when i mentioned that i was going to Mostar, i was asked if i could do them a favour, to which i said yes. The favour was to release their son (Deon) ashes from the Stari Most bridge. This was one place he wanted to see, but never made it. Apparently he was a world traveller that loved travelling and meeting people. As Deb and Brian could not get to Mostar, they were ever so thankful that i would do this for them. So i fulfilled their wishes today.