The question was asked... "Do you want to go to Dubrovnik - Croatia?" Ahh, visiting another country, extra stamps in my passport, beach time on a 34 degree day and seeing some of where Game of Thones was filmed... HELL YES! The drive down from Mostar was about 3 hours, though it felt like an eternity for me being rather hungover from the homemade wine we'd decided was a good idea to finish the night before. Felt much better after a lunch stop of rustic bread, p...

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 ...

After waking from a horrible night sleep - the previous day my hostel owner had screamed at me in Italian for bringing bed bugs into the hostel - whereas I claimed they were already there - I needed a good pick-me-up. It was a hot day... even now, I can remember the blinding brightness of the walk through Cinque Terra, near La Spezia in the Italian Riviera. I was on a Busabout Tour (Great Tours!!! I can't recommend them enough!) and a few of my travel buddies and...