View Full Version : Has anyone travelled to Bosnia/Herzegovina/Serbia?
joshg123
05-09-2011, 08:36 PM
Hi All,
Im going to back to Europe on Christmas day for a month, each time i go to Europe i go to a country with a completley different culture and history to Germany and Austria which ive based myself out of for the last 2 times ive been
I went to Ukraine and Chernobyl last August, some may remember my thread of photos on here. And Janurary just gone i went to Moscow.
I did Russia solo, and i was honestly pooping my pants having to navigate the Moscow subway systems counting stations in all sorts of directions.... occasionally walking down onto the wrong line and the wrong way.
So, im trying to find the next wierd and wonderfull place to visit. I have no desire to visit the popular destinations, i like going outside the norm - hence Bosnia/Serbia/Kosovo.
Has anyone traveled there before? And if so has anyone got family/friends or someone english speaking that i could pay as a 'tour guide'/host? I realise i might be cutting it fine for this winter, but maybe for a summer adventure?
Cheers
magic1
05-09-2011, 08:52 PM
pm gtr gav
Josh - I am Serb. All my family is there.
Throw me a message with what you have in mind.
Josh - I am Serb. All my family is there.
Throw me a message with what you have in mind and ill tell you where i buried my AK i used to roll with in the mother land ..
Fuck me the boong was funny for once :)
upgarage
05-09-2011, 09:50 PM
i can give you a quick lesson in serbian:
good day = jebi se
good day sir = jebi se kurva
how are you = jebem ti sestru
fine thanks = jedesh govna
where is the money exchanger? = popusis mi kurac krasni
RELEASE
05-09-2011, 09:54 PM
One of TJ's goat herding family members can show you round the villages
XF Falcon
05-09-2011, 09:55 PM
I do believe "eat shit" is actually spelt "jedes govna" :D
Great Serb pickup lines:
nanu ti jebem - "How you doin?"
Mamlaj ga! - You're beautiful!
Prdnes mi oko kurca - Would you like to get a coffee?
They served me well, Serbia is an awesome country and the women are great.
One of TJ's goat herding family members can show you round the villages
He said Serbia not Macedonia!
Sfidz
05-09-2011, 10:37 PM
Josh - I am Serb. All my family is there.
Ahhh so that explains the brick dust you put on your coffee.
Miggy
05-09-2011, 10:53 PM
i can give you a quick lesson in serbian:
good day = jebi se
good day sir = jebi se kurva
how are you = jebem ti sestru
fine thanks = jedesh govna
where is the money exchanger? = popusis mi kurac krasni
KEK
RELEASE
06-09-2011, 09:34 AM
He said Serbia not Macedonia!serbia, croatia, macedonia...same same
Ahhh me Eastern Bloc, the land of the bloc-heads.
You can't fit a square head in a round hat.
Azrian
06-09-2011, 12:02 PM
Fuck all the inland shit. Head to Croatia on the coast and enjoy the view.
Ahhh me Eastern Bloc, the land of the bloc-heads.
You can't fit a square head in a round hat.
Thats Bosnians you Calabrese fuck
Fukushima
06-09-2011, 12:27 PM
One of TJ's goat herding family members can show you round the villages
He said Serbia not Macedonia!
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/elbonia.jpg
All high and mighty since you stopped inbreeding in townsville !
confuzion
06-09-2011, 01:23 PM
Thats Bosnians you Calabrese fuck
FFFUUUUUU.. and my head is fucking round pingpingpingping !
Nothing beats a traditional Bosnian rage quit... and the only place you can find authentic balkan brain explosions in Australia is at the Ceric household, or during a friendly game of recreational basketball :D
LOL he did get fouled out last night.
Sadly, no skids out front after :(
confuzion
06-09-2011, 03:28 PM
hahah, I couldn't find where you parked or else I would have laid strips as per every other week! I even waited a bit for you to come out but alas, no TJ :(
SimonR32
06-09-2011, 03:45 PM
We went there in the 90's
http://1001zones.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/nato-fighter-planes.jpg
Had a blast :)
Buckets
06-09-2011, 03:53 PM
We went there in the 90's
http://1001zones.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/nato-fighter-planes.jpg
Had a blast :)
Going to hell for this but LOL
Pretty sure you popped in to Turkey a few years before that too, how did that go for you?
Sfidz
06-09-2011, 04:26 PM
How can you class yourself as Serbian TJ if you do not finish every sentence with the word "farrrken"?
Autopilot
06-09-2011, 05:33 PM
Fuck all the inland shit. Head to Croatia on the coast and enjoy the view.
Might as well keep going north and go to Slovenia, it's the cleanest and best looked after of all the former jugoslav states. It has more castles than any where on Earth and the medieval villages are so prestine they look like they were built last year, some of the popular tourist spots include Lake Bled (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bled), Postojnska jama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postojna_cave) and Triglav (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triglav_National_Park) plus countless other fairytale like locales. On top of that Slovenes are friendly as fuck so you have less chance of getting stabbed or shot.
Azrian
06-09-2011, 06:55 PM
Croatians dont stab or shoot you, we put you on the spit roast ;)
Serbs will shoot you if you dont smile the right way at them, but are friendly as fuck. Wierd pingpingpingpings.
Macedonians will simply steal your wallet and sell you to the Albanians
Risk10k
06-09-2011, 07:20 PM
Croatians dont stab or shoot you, we put you on the spit roast ;)
No homo........?
Risk10k
06-09-2011, 07:26 PM
http://bestofmeanwhilein.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/meanwhile-in-russia-big-priest-with-big-gun.jpg
disc0-dan
06-09-2011, 07:27 PM
Serbs will shoot you if you dont smile the right way at them, but are friendly as fuck. Wierd pingpingpingpings.
Macedonians will simply steal your wallet and sell you to the Albanians
Business is currently booming, but if we really dont like you we will dress you up as a 12 year old boy and put you on a boat to Greece... Your lucky if you end up with the Albanians.
Is it really an insult to be sent back to the glorious motherland?
:)
disc0-dan
06-09-2011, 07:38 PM
Hey hey hey, we all know the Greeks are the devil... Bloody poor mans slav's :-P
CyberNetiC
06-09-2011, 09:20 PM
Bosna is good, as good as a war-ravaged country can be. if your going, stick to the big cities, Sarajevo, Mostar, Tuzla is now officially a "tourist destination" cause of the salt lake. Sarajevo is full of gypsys and gansters if you are unlucky, they offer to sell you bricks, and if you dont buy it, you get mobbed and robbed.
however, everything is cheap, the people are friendly, and most of the younger generation speak english, some speak it very very well.
Croatia, cant really comment on, apart fromt he coast, Makarska, Baska Voda etc. accom, dont pay anything more than 15 Euros MAX a night, you can find stuff for 10ish, the accom is meager, and simplistic, but its cheap, and who gives a fuck, nightlife is insane, you can kill your liver quite quickly.
Serbia i cant comment on, havent been since i was bulk little and i dont remember.
Balkans, hot women, unstable political/religious environment, bosna is cheap, but touristy places in croatia and serbia can cost you a bit, still cheap compared to aus, but double the price of the non-touristy joints.
Socrates
07-09-2011, 09:42 AM
Hey hey greeks were okay until they racked up a little debt.
I just spent 6 weeks in Greece, if you're looking to go further south.
Not as dodgy as the balkan neighbours though, from what i understand dodgy/out there places is where you want.
If you do go, visit the island of Rhodes, essentially the Bali of Europe without the downsides of real Bali (you can actually drink the water).
Popular destination for people from Sweden, Norway and Finland AND the hot chicks from those countries.
The Summer months are your best bet June,July & August. I was there mid July and the bar street (as its called by tourists) was packed, every night.
In the capital cities of Athens and Thessaloniki, i believe there'd always be something to do, however i haven't experienced it myself.
confuzion
07-09-2011, 10:12 AM
Question - are any burnouts produced in balkan countries??
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Evstafiev-sarajevo-building-burns.jpg/300px-Evstafiev-sarajevo-building-burns.jpg
Thats burning out I guess...
Socrates
07-09-2011, 10:22 AM
The Nissan club of Athens contained micras, does that answer you question?
Turbo2.6L
07-09-2011, 10:44 AM
No homo........?
All homo!
Be sure to take many pics of the local women & post here Josh. So, so hot!!
If you do go, visit the island of Rhodes, essentially the Bali of Europe without the downsides of real Bali (you can actually drink the water).
Popular destination for people from Sweden, Norway and Finland AND the hot chicks from those countries.
More info on this please..
joshg123
07-09-2011, 08:34 PM
Bosna is good, as good as a war-ravaged country can be. if your going, stick to the big cities, Sarajevo, Mostar, Tuzla is now officially a "tourist destination" cause of the salt lake. Sarajevo is full of gypsys and gansters if you are unlucky, they offer to sell you bricks, and if you dont buy it, you get mobbed and robbed.
Cheers for the Replies
In regards to the above, thats my desire to go. I wish to see the aftermath of the conflict. Im not a great lover of castles and pretty gardens. I am a fan of understanding and appreciating the way of life that Bosnians/Serbs had. When i went to Kiev i went out into the suburbs on the 'not so great' side of the river and went to a school there, saw how they lived and how Chernobyl affected them. I had conversations with people that worked in random book shops that have most likley never met a Australian before. In Russia, seeing Lenin's body was one thing - But talking to russians about the soviet union and how it worked for them, and why they treat Lenin like a god, actually talking to people on the ground is very different to reading about it in a book.
Thats what i go to see.
Socrates
08-09-2011, 12:43 AM
More info?
7 days a week partying, till 6am everyday
Scandinavians or normally there for 1 - 2 week packages, so cheap for them.
Hotels are close, walking distance.
The clubs are owned by/catered towards scandinavians with a lot of scandinavians working there.
Drink prices aren't too bad, eg 2 shots for 3 euro deals, i think.
The Friday night 30Euro cover charge/Free alco 9-12 is crazy.
The 2 biggest/most popular clubs there:
www.clubpachatoxic.com
Syncope
08-09-2011, 09:03 AM
Cheers for the Replies
In regards to the above, thats my desire to go. I wish to see the aftermath of the conflict. Im not a great lover of castles and pretty gardens. I am a fan of understanding and appreciating the way of life that Bosnians/Serbs had. When i went to Kiev i went out into the suburbs on the 'not so great' side of the river and went to a school there, saw how they lived and how Chernobyl affected them. I had conversations with people that worked in random book shops that have most likley never met a Australian before. In Russia, seeing Lenin's body was one thing - But talking to russians about the soviet union and how it worked for them, and why they treat Lenin like a god, actually talking to people on the ground is very different to reading about it in a book.
Thats what i go to see.
If thats the reason you want to go, you'll love it. It's a very laid back country, you'll start to wonder if anyone actually works, all the bars and cafes are usually pretty full most evenings. You'll get a lot out of stories, especially from the post war generation as long as you aren't too pushy. English is more and more common over there so you won't have too much trouble on that front.
If you venture a little bit out of the cities you'll get both amazing scenery and stories, though you might struggle more with the language barrier. The people are very welcoming.
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