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Adventure to the Balkans Travelogue Pt. 7: Zadar and Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

Friday, June 12, 2020


We're nearing to the last few parts of my travelogue to the Balkans, I hope you've enjoyed the journey with me thus far. With the COVID-19 situation in 2020, amongst many other calamities, world-wide travel is forecasted to be impacted negatively, with many flight routes cancelled or not even operational in the near future. Well, one might still dream about travelling...

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Adventures to the Balkans Travelogue Pt. 6: Split, Croatia

Saturday, May 30, 2020


Now we come to the 6th part of our Balkans travelogue - the beautiful city of Split in Croatia. It is here that we come to learn of the emperor Diocletian's customs, how he became emperor, more about his palace, beautiful Diocletian singing... among many others. I hope the pandemic has treated you, my treasured reader, well and that this travelogue is a respite for you in this period of travel lockdown. Are you ready for a relaxing tour of Split? Come on in...

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Adventure to the Balkans Travelogue Pt 4.: Kotor, Montenegro

Tuesday, May 05, 2020


Day trip to Montenegro, one of the countries in ex-Yugoslavia which united the Slav people in the region. This is the Bay of Kotor, a picturesque bay in the country. There are 4.5 million Montenegro people worldwide but only 600k in actual Montenegro. The country is 13,500 sqkm while in comparison, Singapore is 700 sqkm. Montenegro became independent in 2006 after separating from Serbia and was the last to leave the Yugoslavia-bloc in 2006. 

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Adventure to the Balkans Travelogue Pt. 3: Mostar, Croatia

Sunday, May 03, 2020


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!

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Adventure to the Balkans Travelogue Pt. 1: Zagreb, Croatia

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“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”

—Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

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