Franchu’s lair

Visoko

After hearing on the news of some recently discovered Bosnian pyramids, and being not far from them we decided to drop by and see by ourselves.

After having been there, all I can say is that to my non-archaeologist eyes the so called pyramids look like plain hills. There is only one part in which you could see something resembling man-made pavement, but saying that it is 10000 years old and that it is part of a greater construction such as a pyramid… I would say it is a little bit far fetched and requires high doses of imagination or any other psychotropic substances.

If you have time, drop by and enjoy the stories that locals on the site will tell you. Maybe in the future if they unearth big man-made structures I will believe, but right now I don’t have enough evidence to believe that there is something hidden under the hills.

Travnik

It is a small little village on the road from Visoko to Jajce. It has a nice castle on top of the hill that is worth a short visit if you have time. The views from the walls are nice, although if you are a little bit short on time you can safely skip it.

Jajce

We wanted to come to Jajce to visit the famous waterfalls, but although that is the most renowned sight in this little town, there are some other nice things to see. One of such things is the castle, that as usual is on top of the hill and provides very nice views of the are around Jajce. A walk in the village is also very interesting as you can still see the marks left by the war.

Banja Luka

This was our last stop and one of the shortest we took. We went for a walk in the city center and had a talk with a policeman that kindly asked me to delete some pictures from my camera because I had taken a photo of the sign where it says where one of the offices of the president is! I still cannot understand why it was forbidden, but in those countries it is better to follow policy without asking too many questions After all, when in Rome do as romans do. Another interesting thing of Banja Luka is that although it is in Bosnia-Herzegovina it is in a region called Republika Srpska… something like Serbian Republic that has strong relations with the neighboring Serbia, and a proof of that is that everything is written in Cyrillic! So we had the funny situation of me reading as fast as possible the signs on the road aloud for my girlfriend to try to understand and translate them to me. If that is not team work… I don’t see what it could be

Below you can watch some pictures of that day in Visoko, Travnik, Jajce and Banja Luka:

After Banja Luka we finished our trip through Bosnia-Herzegovina. We had seen many things, learned a lot about this region that was torn apart by the war not too long ago and that politically is still very complex to understand. If I would have to summarise it I would say that Bosnia-Herzegovina are three countries in one, trying to live together and survive the turmoil that is created when the atrocities of the war get public and the responsible people go on trial.

As I don’t want to end this post with such sad thoughts on Bosnia, I have to say that people here are really open and friendly. Ready to help you and really kind with tourists. If you have the chance to go, do not hesitate. I will for sure come back to visit many places that I didn’t have time and would have loved to, and to visit again the friends that I have in this beautiful country.

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