Sam here. We're currently in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovena (BiH is the local shorthand). The town is both mindblowingly gorgeous and melancholy as a result of its position on the front line of the 1993 civil war. There has been a whole lot of rebuilding, but plenty of scars remain out in the open. I am not sure if it is for the benefit of the locals or the tourists, but the pock-marked face of both the new and old cities is a unique kind of photogenic I don't know that I have ever experienced prior.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The Old Front Line
Sam here. We're currently in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovena (BiH is the local shorthand). The town is both mindblowingly gorgeous and melancholy as a result of its position on the front line of the 1993 civil war. There has been a whole lot of rebuilding, but plenty of scars remain out in the open. I am not sure if it is for the benefit of the locals or the tourists, but the pock-marked face of both the new and old cities is a unique kind of photogenic I don't know that I have ever experienced prior.
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