Category: Mostar

  • Balkans Trip Day 13 – Mostar – Burger Beg

    Balkans Trip Day 13 – Mostar – Burger Beg

    Having arrived in Mostar and wanting food, I noticed that this venue, Burger Beg, was well reviewed and so thought I’d quickly pop in. They’ve got this on-trend looking arrangement on the main street in Mostar, but they previously had a smaller back street venue, so it seems that they’ve done well.

    Jonathan went off to buy a sandwich from somewhere, which I understand wasn’t very appetising, but I thought that the options here looked shiny and interesting. I opted for the Beg Burger, which didn’t seem overly decadent as I’m not Richard, along with fries and a Fanta. Customers order at the counter and are given a device which vibrates when their food is ready for collection. The venue was clean and I liked the branded wet wipes which were very useful.

    All rather rather lovely for the equivalent of around £7 for the meal. The burger was meaty, the fries were served as a large portion, and everything was hot, other than the Fanta of course.

    I liked it here, there was Wi-Fi which was most useful, plenty of seating inside and outside, friendly service, quick service and the food tasted of a decent quality. Mostar had now provided me with food and internet access, so my earlier mood was beginning to lift.

  • Balkans Trip Day 13 – Coach Journey from Sarajevo to Mostar

    Balkans Trip Day 13 – Coach Journey from Sarajevo to Mostar

    In an attempt to move on this blog, I will leave Sarajevo behind in a bid to get to Mostar and indeed perhaps one day to the end of this trip. Anyway, this is Sarajevo coach station and it probably needs a little bit of updating.

    Our coach pulled in at platform 11 and a number of passengers invited themselves on board. I remained cautious as I didn’t have permission and I believe in a rules-based society. Anyway, the driver came over from the cafe and threw all these passengers off and I felt validated. There was a minor moment of concern when the driver asked for the slip that came with our paper tickets and I had separated that thinking it was a card receipt. Fortunately, I had kept them otherwise Jonathan and I might not have been going very far.

    Safely boarded and the bus was nearly full, but at least it was spacious and not some rickety little minibus that the coach company had found from somewhere.

    I had acquired a healthy drink from the bus station shop.

    And some healthy crisps. Well, maybe not entirely healthy. Fortunately, I had purchased two packs as I managed to eat one whilst waiting for the coach to leave Sarajevo.

    The town of Konjic.

    Lake Jablanica, an artificial reservoir created in 1953 during the construction of Jablanica Dam.

    The village of Ostrožac.

    A little further down the valley.

    The village of Jablanica.

    This really was a beautiful coach journey and I was fortunate to have picked the right side of the vehicle to sit on to get the best views. To excite and delight my loyal blog readers, there are numerous videos that I took so I’m sure that’ll be the highlight of many people’s days for weeks to come.

    And safely into Mostar where we promptly discovered that there was no Wi-Fi, so I was in an immediate mood. I accept that the tourist board of Bosnia and Herzegovina might think that I should focus on the view, but sometimes the Internet is too important not to focus on.