I hope you had a good time reading the first two parts of my travelogue to the Balkans, namely Zagreb in Croatia and Sarajevo in Bosnia. On the third day of the trip, we travel to a region of Sarajevo, which was crucial to their civil war in the 90s. We also go to another town in Croatia named Mostar. Are you ready? Click the 'Continue Reading' button below this post to find out more!

Built in 1993, the tunnel was established under the airport runway and became the only way in and out of the city during the war.

Surrounded by 5 mountains, the Winter Olympics were held in 1984.

11,500 soldiers died in the war, and the total tally killed during the war was 100,000 people. Here you can see the "Sarajevo Roses" which are the pockmarks from the gunshots painted red in remembrance of those who had died during their civil war.

Snipers surrounded the city, and 800 people died while buying food in the neighbourhood next to the airport. Another fact about the war: Cigarettes were used as a form of money as the soldiers in the army were paid in cigarettes. 

Here we see a replica of an apartment during the war, and the necessities people needed or lacked during that time.

We also gathered around a small room and watched a video about the Bosnian war.

Lunchtime!

With our tummies filled, we boarded back onto the bus and journeyed onto Mostar, the next city on the itinerary. 

Pitstop on our trip. As you can see the country is mountainous with buildings spaced far apart in the countryside. Now we travel back to Croatia from Bosnia.

A beautiful artist shop with watercolour art pieces about Mostar and its residents.

We meet our friendly guide for the walking tour.

On the bridge, you see these young men in swimming trunks. The story goes that a man proposed to his fiance by jumping off the bridge in Mostar. Now many young men of the town make a quick buck by getting paid to jump off the bridge in a declaration of love.

More ice-cream!

Some pictures taken from the hotel.