(This one is long... but worth the interesting facts) On my last day in Bosnia, we drove the few hours from Mostar to Sarajevo, and then onto a town called Visoko. We were here to see the Bosnian Pyramids! Never heard of them? I hadn't either!!! As soon as I had though, I wanted to see for myself… the Egyptians were apparently bribing the Bosnian government to not bring publicity to them. Yep - they're the largest - and oldest pyramids in the world, and...

Day 3 in Bosnia and we decided to go up The Mountain - The Velež Mountain! Selmir (a friend from work who was back visiting his family in Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina) had shown me a few photos from when they'd been up there at other times, and it looked incredible. The Highest Peak we were to climb (well drive), 1910m, I would find out later, that I don't think I've been up anything higher... yet! Selmir and his brother we making their 4th attempt to drive ...

I've heard stories about Mostar for years, many tragic and sad relating to the Bosnian war there in the early 1990s, a few happy stories of travel and stories from my friend Selmir who I work with, who grew up there. All the stories though have the one common thread of 'It's Beautiful!' I was lucky enough to have time to travel here while Selmir was visiting his family on a long holiday. I spent 4.5 days in the region, a day in pretty Dubrovnik, Croatia and a ...