I passed through Bosnia in the middle of May 2005. Bosnia and the Republika Srpska are one country in a federation. They seem sort of like separate countries though. In the end I decided to make two separate pages, one for Bosnia and one for the Republika Srpska. Bosnia was one of the most old fashioned parts of Europe I have so far been to. A lot of the farm work was being done by hand. People stopped to wave at the train. I most visable difference between Bosnia and Srpska is there are a lot of minarets in Bosnia but I saw almost none in Srpska. There was also a lot of visible damage from the wars of the 1990s. Several people said I shouldn’t go to the Balkans. I found them to be very nice and friendly. It was also nice to hear the Muslim call to prayer. It always gives me chicken skin.

Map of Bosnia

Bosnian countryside. May 2005.

A minaret. May 2005.

Another minaret. May 2005.

A nice house. May 2005.

The train station at Podlugovi. May 2005.

Podlugovi. May 2005.

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