Category: All-posts
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Sarajevo: Part 2
This is my last (and fourth) night in Sarajevo. Don’t let the fact that I am only assigning two posts to Sarajevo fool you into thinking this is representative of there being little to do (or learn) here as that would be wholly inaccurate. On the contrary, this place has so much a person […]
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Sarajevo: Part 1
Needs no introduction to most folk over a certain age but despite the atrocities that have taken place here in recent times, I have a strong belief that many others won’t be familiar with The Bosnian war, the ‘ethic cleansing’ and therefore the scale of devastation that took place here. I will write more about […]
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Visiting the largest canyon in Europe!
And second in the world only to the Grand Canyon lies here in Montenegro and it is known as the Tara River Canyon. This was definitely on today’s itinerary; the only question was how to get to it as I was still a little sore after yesterday’s 20KM hike! Thankfully this wasn’t a dilemma for long […]
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Office worker, turned blogger, turns hiker!
How many capital cities do you know of where people advise you not to visit? I don’t mean from a safety aspect but rather from a dullness and lack of excitement perspective. If you don’t have an immediate answer to the above, you soon will in the form of Podgorica – Montenegro’s capital city. When […]
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A Montenegrin mountain road trip
Upon visiting Montenegro, it would have been so easy for me to have just done the coastline and do a bare minimum here of a day or two before heading north to Croatia like many other travellers do. Instead, I gambled on giving this country more of my time and I’m immensely pleased […]
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Climbing those almighty 1400 Kotor steps!
Was a little knackering I can admit. Don’t get me wrong, if you consider yourself fit or even modestly fit you won’t struggle with this climb and at worst, you’ll break a sweat. I, however, rarely sweat due to a lack of any high level physical exertion and so it was strange sensation to see liquid […]