Hello from Mostar (Bosnia)

Firstly lets get my degree result over with …I got a 2.1. As you might imagen I am quite happy.

Ok, now thats over what else have I been doing? Well. quite a lot. Having considered my options below, I decided to scrap them both and get a ferry all the way up to Northern Italy and meet my brother Tim and Adam in Trieste. This actually worked out really well as I got a free nights accomodation (on the deck) and saved time waiting for them. From there we spent 2 nights in Piran on the Slovenian coast before heading to Pula on the Croatian cost. Both places are excellent with the benefit of the crystal clear Adriatic and some stunning weather. Pula has a fantastic Roman Ampitheater.

After a few big nights in Pula Adam had to head home and me and Tim got a Ferry down to Split in the Dalmatia. The Plan was to meet Alan and Wayland (2 Irish Guys) and Marisa from Pula. However, like muppets me forgot to get off the ferry (it is easily done) and ended up in Hvar Island.

However this turned out to be the best thing we have ever done as the place is amazing. It has to be one of the most perfect places I have ver seen and all the women there are stunning – honestly it is ridiculous. Add to that the miss Adriatic beauty contest, fireworks disply, fassion show and MTV Europe they laid on for us and you will get an impression of the fun we had. Anyway, we have now left the coast and after an epic journey we have made it to Mostar in Bosnia.

Admittedly we have only just got here, but the damige to this place is shocking. No amount of reading would prepare you for the state of this place. Within meters of crossing the Croatin border all you can see for miles is the remains of houses. The place has literaly been flattened. We arrived in Mostar at 9ish with no accomodation and no idea what the place would be like. Well, it is just like everything we have seen. In ruins. Everywhere you look there is a demolished house and those still standing are covered in bullet holes. However, all that aside the Bosnian people are some of the friendliest and helpful people I have met. We were met at the bus stop and offered accomodation and took a walk around the town at about 11pm. The place is covered in restaraunts and bars just like any other town and the place actually looks quite fun.

With no Bosnian money we couldnt get any food or drinks, but that is all sorted now and we are catching the train up to Sarejavo this evening then after a few days we are heading to Hungary where I will be loosing Tim and becoming a solo again.

Hope everyone is well and remember to keep emailling me as its always good to here from you lot back home,

Eddy.

PS – I have hundreds of photos to upload but these crappy email places keep disabling the CD drives …grrr!