Unlike Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic whose names were mentioned often during one of those popcorn political interrogations I had for the Bosniaks, I never heard of Arkan. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t talk politics all the time, when I have time I listened to Turbo folk. But don’t tell the Bosniaks since they […]

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Tose is a twenty-something Macedonian pop singer who held a concert in Sarajevo when I lived there. Every morning walking on the streets, I saw this big poster feature a hip youngster holding out the popular orange soda Fanta bottle. I always thought the ad was ridiculous. One day, my roommate Ta. told me to […]

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Fed up after somebody broke into my car and ripped my CD player system for the second time, I decided to be sound-less in the old red box called Toyota Corolla. A soundless car plus a gypsy-like existence for the next 2 years without regular access to American radio and TV had rendered me in […]

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Here are some of the hostels I checked out (not staying) while walking around town.
LjubičicaBašačaršilja M.M. Bašekije 65, Sarajevo+387 33 535 829 (phone)+387 33 232 109 (fax)061 131 813 (mobile)
taljubic@bih.net.bahostelljubicica@yahoo.comhttp://www.hostelljubicica.net
I saw the price as low as 6 euros/person/bed/night in a 8-bed dorm on the price list sticking up the window. However, you might not see […]

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