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This is a photo of the Stari Most (Old Bridge), a remarkable example of Ottoman architecture that links the two halves of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, by spanning the Neretva river. The bridge was rebuilt after being bombed during the Bosnian war in 1993, together with most of the city. Shooting I took this photo at night, under heavy clouds. I …
To reach this location, one needs to take the road going south from Kotor, Montenegro, then take a left turn and drive up a narrow road along the face of the mountain. After 25 hair-raising hairpin turns, one reaches the first of a series of viewpoints that overlook the Bay of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) and offer a terrifying view of …
The Plitvice Lakes National Park (Nacionalni park “Plitvička jezera”) in Croatia is likely the most popular tourist attraction of the country and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It contains 16 lakes, separated from each other by natural travertine dams that form a large number of waterfalls. Given its unique beauty and its popularity, it is unsurprising that the park is very crowded, …
Two weeks, five countries and more than 3,000km. I had been planning this trip for months: a long drive from Italy, across Slovenia, and down along the Dalmatian coast of Croatia into Montenegro, with a side trip to Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, all places that I had been wanting to visit for years, but that (aside from a short trip …
