Anyways, since I do not travel much these days, the late posting will be sort of fillers for the rest of the year.
To continue where I last wrote, there cities that we went to in this trip and each city was beautifully memorable. It would have been even more if we had a brighter weather but then again it has its charm.
Montenegro in the country borders to Albania in the south, and Bosnia & Herzegovina to the north. We stopped over at two old cities namely Budva and Kotor guided by a lovely and enthusiastic lady. I really enjoyed the old city with the rustic buidling. Its known for its well-preserved medieval walled city. Budva is actually one of the oldest settlements on the Adriatic coast. Kotor has also one of the best preserved medieval old town and is a UNESCO world heritage site. I have posted the photos in the last post but I shall include them again.
BUDVA
KOTOR
From Kotor we travelled to another town near the Adriatic Sea in the country of Croatia. The city of Dubrovnik has also joined the UNESCO list of Wprld Heritage site. It rained during our tour but it didn't dampen our excitement to walk around the old square. I simply loved the ambiance of the city.
DUBROVNIC
After two nights in Dubrovnic we made our way too the last but certainly not the least, country in this trip. Bosnia and Herzegovina. We went to few historic towns in this country and the first one being a little town in Pocitelj where we had lunch in a lovely rustic restaurant sitting by the Buna River Spring. (see top right hand corner of the photos below). And immediate after we proceeded to Mostar, the fifth largest city and known for the Bosnia and Herzegovina's most recognisable landmark with the Old Bridge. The Bridge was built by the Ottomans in the 16th century and considered one of the most exemplary pieces of Islamic architecture in the Balkans. We also had time to walk around the cobbled little village and even stopped by one of the oldest mosque, Mehmet Koski Pasha Mosque.
POCITELJ AND MOSTAR
SARAJEVO, TRAVNIK, JAJCE, BIHAJ
PITTVICE NATIONAL PARK
ZAGREB
We made our way the day after to the largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo is rich in history of religious and cultural diversity. Its the fastest growing city after undergoing post-war construction. We visited the Tunnel Museum and the town square. The following day we stopped over at two towns where we stopped by at the Etno Village and Plava Voda Spring in Travnik and visited a malaysian sponsored mosque in Jajce. We then spent the night in the loveliest hotel in Bihaj. Not only the room was superb but the view from the balcony was amazing. See the photo on the top right hand below an dyou onow what I mean!
Finally we made our way to the last city Zagreb, Croatia. On our way we spent a day in Pittvice National Park. Due to the altitude the park was covered in snow. I was told that its a lovely place to be in the spring and summer but I do enjoy the view and feel of the crisp cold weather and beautiful scenary painted with snow. We didn't feel the cold since we had to walk quite a bit and mostly uphill and anyways the surrounding was surreal to me that we forget about the cold. Btw, the park is not only the oldest and largest parks in Croatia but it is also added tot he UNESCO World Heritage site.
After the adventure in the park as well as a long but wonderful journey on the bus we spent our last night in the city of Zagreb. We spent the last day of our trip with a short tour of the capital city of Croatia namely the town square and the market place. And after lunch and prayer at the city mosque we made our way to the airport.
Phew! Quite a journey eh? It was one of the longest trip I have been but it has been totally worth the time (and money) spent. As mentioned before not only all the place that we visited were beautiful and full of history but the journeys between the cities were very picturesque and breath taking. Believe me.
Travel date: 6-19 November 2017
