I unexpectedly reached the border of Bosnia after cycling along Tara canyon. What I was confused was that the intersection I came out was located between the custom of both countries. I couldn't believe how it would be possible. It looked no big deal so I could safely go through some processing to get out and in.

タラ渓谷をひたすらボスニア国境へ向けて走っていると何とモンテネグロとボスニアの国境チェックの間に出てしまったではないか。そんな事がありえるのかと少し困惑したが、特に問題無さそうなので、まずは道を左に行ってモンテネグロの出国手続きを済ませ、また戻ってタラ渓谷の反対側に行きボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ(以降BH表記)の入国手続きを済ませた。全くややこしい場所に国境があるもんだ。


The reason I came to Bosnia was to see the situation of this country after wars. Balkan had been having a lot of conflicts until 20 years ago. You will see a lot of evidences of this sad history if you visit.
BHに来たのは実際に少しでも紛争の事を見聞きして考える為。バルカン半島は20年くらい前まで紛争地帯で、走っているとその歴史を肌で感じずにはいられない。


My first stop was Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. This country has many muslim and Christian both, so you can see monuments of both religion in same area, for example, I saw mosque and churches had been built in same area.
まず向かったのは首都のサラエボ。BHの首都だ。イスラム教とキリスト教が混在する国ともあってモスクと教会が混在していた。街中にはスカーフをかぶった女性も多い。








There were many new buildings and fancy shops in Sarajevo. It looked no evidence of the wars at first. However, if you walk and look behind town, there were many evidences; there were still many buildings with a lot of bullets marks.
目新しいビルやら、綺麗なブランド品の店が立ち並んでいる。一見紛争時代の面影は全く感じられないように思えたが、ゆっくり歩いてみると古いビルには弾痕が生々しくそこかしこに残っていた。20年経ってもまだ。




A lot of graves in center as well. This was in a park of center.
町の至る所に墓がある。これは公園内にて。


I don't know who buy this souvenir.
土産物でこんな物も・・・ 誰が買うんだか。



I found a lot of negative evidences of the wars at first. However, atmospheres was very peaceful. I saw many kids on their school trip and youngsters walking street and having ice-creams. There were many tourists. The hostel I stayed was pretty full. I found also local people were pretty nice and helpful when I went to a market. The life of here looked hard but people have strongly lived here. I have stayed in Sarajevo for couple of days and now am going to Mostar where the war had been intense.
ネガティブな部分ばかり見えてしまうが、雰囲気は実際平和だ。修学旅行なのか子供の団体がワイワイ町を歩いているし、観光客も多い。自分が泊まっていたホステルも6月なのに混み合っていた。市場で野菜や肉を買いに行った時もとても親切に対応してくれた。紛争があったとはいえ、みんな一生懸命に生きている。そんなサラエボには2日滞在した。これから向かうのはモスタル。紛争がさらに激しかった地域を走る事になる。