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Missing the #Balkans. #Sunday #bosanska #kava. #Blagaj #tekkja #sevdah #dervishhouse #Bosnia (la Cartier Băneasa)

Day Tour of Herzegovina:  With my hostel, Taso's Guesthouse, I took a day tour of the area surrounding Mostar, which is called Herzegovina.  On this tour we visited Blagaj, a little town on a spring of the river Buna, which has a Dervish house from the 15th century (tall white house under the cliff).  After that, we visited the medieval town of Pocitelj with great views of the valley below and lots of history about groups trying to control this key point.  Then finally, off to the largest (and maybe coldest) waterfalls in the country, called Kravica.  This is where you see me almost (but I didn't!) chicken out on a swim across a freezing river and climb up a waterfall.  We ended the tour with a beautiful panorama view of the city of Mostar, and heard from our guide Taso (and the hostel’s owner) about his personal view of the war and life after.  It was a fantastic day and really made me love Bosnia-Herzegovina.