Sarajevo To Dubrovnik
Dec 25, 2017, 6:34 am
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Jan 6, 2018, 4:39 am
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. Yes, the Balkans is a great place to travel, will definitely have to head back sometime in 2018.
Jan 24, 2018, 12:30 am
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Simply stunning pictures Daniel! The drone shots are mind blowing. Seriously dope!!! Such vantage points you pick to click those drone pictures its so so beautifully filmed.
Mostar Kotor and Dubrovnik are spectacular places which are in my radar of must visit towns. Last October I went upto Split and Hvar on a driving holiday from Prague right down to the Adriatic. Dubrovnik was about 200kms from Split but I did not attempt it for lack of time. Seeing the pictures of Stradun reminded me of the cobbled streets around Diocletian's Palace in Split.
Kotor is such a beautiful town I had seen it first in a series on National Geographic "The world from above". Your drone pictures following the Silversea Cruise ship right from the point where it appears at the entrance of the bay till it berths at the port in Kotor are simply mind blowing and reminded me of that NGC series. I wonder how long you spent just to get those beautiful pictures.
The pictures of Stari Most in Mostar are seriously stunning. You picked the right Airbnb which had the perfect view of that historic bridge.
Keep them coming and look forward to many more of your trip reports.
You inspire me to travel!
Mostar Kotor and Dubrovnik are spectacular places which are in my radar of must visit towns. Last October I went upto Split and Hvar on a driving holiday from Prague right down to the Adriatic. Dubrovnik was about 200kms from Split but I did not attempt it for lack of time. Seeing the pictures of Stradun reminded me of the cobbled streets around Diocletian's Palace in Split.
Kotor is such a beautiful town I had seen it first in a series on National Geographic "The world from above". Your drone pictures following the Silversea Cruise ship right from the point where it appears at the entrance of the bay till it berths at the port in Kotor are simply mind blowing and reminded me of that NGC series. I wonder how long you spent just to get those beautiful pictures.
The pictures of Stari Most in Mostar are seriously stunning. You picked the right Airbnb which had the perfect view of that historic bridge.
Keep them coming and look forward to many more of your trip reports.
You inspire me to travel!
Jan 27, 2018, 8:37 pm
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Simply stunning pictures Daniel! The drone shots are mind blowing. Seriously dope!!! Such vantage points you pick to click those drone pictures its so so beautifully filmed.
Mostar Kotor and Dubrovnik are spectacular places which are in my radar of must visit towns. Last October I went upto Split and Hvar on a driving holiday from Prague right down to the Adriatic. Dubrovnik was about 200kms from Split but I did not attempt it for lack of time. Seeing the pictures of Stradun reminded me of the cobbled streets around Diocletian's Palace in Split.
Kotor is such a beautiful town I had seen it first in a series on National Geographic "The world from above". Your drone pictures following the Silversea Cruise ship right from the point where it appears at the entrance of the bay till it berths at the port in Kotor are simply mind blowing and reminded me of that NGC series. I wonder how long you spent just to get those beautiful pictures.
The pictures of Stari Most in Mostar are seriously stunning. You picked the right Airbnb which had the perfect view of that historic bridge.
Keep them coming and look forward to many more of your trip reports.
You inspire me to travel!
Mostar Kotor and Dubrovnik are spectacular places which are in my radar of must visit towns. Last October I went upto Split and Hvar on a driving holiday from Prague right down to the Adriatic. Dubrovnik was about 200kms from Split but I did not attempt it for lack of time. Seeing the pictures of Stradun reminded me of the cobbled streets around Diocletian's Palace in Split.
Kotor is such a beautiful town I had seen it first in a series on National Geographic "The world from above". Your drone pictures following the Silversea Cruise ship right from the point where it appears at the entrance of the bay till it berths at the port in Kotor are simply mind blowing and reminded me of that NGC series. I wonder how long you spent just to get those beautiful pictures.
The pictures of Stari Most in Mostar are seriously stunning. You picked the right Airbnb which had the perfect view of that historic bridge.
Keep them coming and look forward to many more of your trip reports.
You inspire me to travel!
. Yes, a very enjoyable and well paced trip, especially as I had to plan it last minute. Hoping to head back sometime in 2018 and visit the remaining Balkan countries.
Jan 30, 2018, 4:32 pm
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Daniel, you are truly a Trip Report treasure. Thanks for these great photo reports - Sarajevo has risen a few notches on my bucket list as a result of this report. What a beautiful city!
Jan 30, 2018, 11:49 pm
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. Yes, Sarajevo was a delight to explore and sightsee. Very interesting mix of Europe, the Balkans and Ottoman era Islamic culture that makes it really unique.
Apr 28, 2018, 9:11 am
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The Silver Spirit, which I saw in Kotor Bay, has now been literally cut in half to lengthen the ship.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...html?gallery=4
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...html?gallery=4
May 1, 2018, 3:00 pm
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Stunning pictures, I had missed this for some reason. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay in town here in Sarajevo. Not far from your hotel you will have probably visited two other symbolic bridges from the last war, the Vrbanja bridge (Bosko & Admira, the Sarajevo's Romeo & Juliet, RIP) and the other one* just a few hundreds yards along the river [as you walk towards the Bristol], which was site of bitter fighting between French & Serb troops and mostly due to its strategic position between government's strongholds and Serb-held's Grbavica. I was amongst the first passengers on the first few Lufthansa services back in the late 90s when the airport had just reopened and I can tell you that seeing the city going through constant changes since those dark times is just a priceless feeling
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May 2, 2018, 1:34 am
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Stunning pictures, I had missed this for some reason. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay in town here in Sarajevo. Not far from your hotel you will have probably visited two other symbolic bridges from the last war, the Vrbanja bridge (Bosko & Admira, the Sarajevo's Romeo & Juliet, RIP) and the other one* just a few hundreds yards along the river [as you walk towards the Bristol], which was site of bitter fighting between French & Serb troops and mostly due to its strategic position between government's strongholds and Serb-held's Grbavica. I was amongst the first passengers on the first few Lufthansa services back in the late 90s when the airport had just reopened and I can tell you that seeing the city going through constant changes since those dark times is just a priceless feeling
*Most na Socijalnom.
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*Most na Socijalnom.
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. Yes, so much recent history and turmoil, and you can see alot of the reminders of the war with bullet-pock marked buildings etc. War in Europe seems like a remote possibility these days so is interesting to get a glimpse of when it wasn't so peaceful.