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Right! Today nothing turned out as planned. Gotta take the rough with the smooth!
My route today was a lot longer than planned!
Day 12 Banja Luka to Sarajevo
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Tesanj Castle Spoiler 2, when I got there they were doing road works on the road leading up to the Castle so the only place I could park was a carpark in the middle of the town, it would mean leaving all my kit unattended for a long time. so that didn’t happen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tešanj_Castle
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Then it was back on the road towards Maglai Castle. I got to the town and found the Castle and I managed to nearly get up to it before I came across some more digging in the road. Spoiler 3! I had to turn round on a really step incline which is not fun with a fully loaded bike as you know, so that was the end of that.
Whilst in the town I decided to grab a Kava and use Airbnb and get myself a room for 3 nights in Sarajevo. My only bit of success of the day. £45 for 3 nights, not too bad, with a garage and wifi.
Maglai Castle
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So I set the Montana towards Sarajevo with a view to looking for somewhere to camp on the way there (about half way). Anyway that didn’t happen as I could not find anywhere suitable due to following the River very closely. On the way there I passed yet another Castle in Vranduk. I spent an hour riding in the dark before I came across were I am now.
Hotel Sunce N43.90210 E18.33759 on the very outskirts of Sarajevo.
Vranduk Castle
Some Views from today
Wayne
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Day 13 Balkans Trip
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Day 14 Balkans Trip
Day 14 Balkans Trip
Went to get Arrunya fixed today. The shop was closed when I got there at 0930hrs even it was supposed to be open at 0900hrs. So I hung around and 10 mins later someone turned up. They do not have a mechanic on the premise but I followed them to the authorised Yamaha Mechanic they use it was a 10 minute ride away. The caliper was starting to seize so they stripped it all down, cleaned it, greased it, put it back together and bled my rear and front brakes with new fluid, Dot 5.1, they dealt with me straight away and spent about 1.5 hours working on her and all for £29.40 (once I had done the conversion from KM to £). Brakes are now spot on. Well happy.
The Yamaha Dealer Sarajevo N43.84128 E18.32553
The Mechanic N43.83707 E18.33490 (not the Jason Statham film)
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Getting better mate and the suns shining
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Quote:
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Getting better mate and the suns shining
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Thanks Phil
Very foggy this morning for my trip to find the Waterfall
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Day 15 Balkans Trip
Day 15 Balkans Trip
Woke up this morning to a very thick fog in Sarajevo and I was hoping that it wasn’t going to be like it all day. Because of the height I was going to I thought that I would climb out of it.
I wasn’t to be disappointed
Day 15 Visit to Skakavac Falls
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I thought I am not leaving the bike in the car park, just in case…so I managed to squeeze Arrunya through on the right side so I could ride to the falls, or so I thought.
After riding for a K there was another open area with some building work in progress, wooden huts for the summer no doubt. There was yet another sigh pointing to the Falls, it said 850 meters, so I got off the bike and went for a look, it was a track with stairs, no way I was taking the bike down there.
So it was a case of hide the bike or don’t go. The bike got hidden out of view and off I went. It was a right hike, going down was ok but coming back up, well….. I was knackerd..point to note for oneself…remove quilted liners from jacket and trousers before walking a great distance again. I was roasting.
The sight was worth it when I got there although I didn’t hang around to long due to the bike been left and here was no way I was getting back up to the top again in a hurry. I am not as fit as I used to be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skakav...all_(Perućica)
Looking back from the Waterfall
As I got back on the bike and started back along the track towards the barrier again there was a van coming towards me and it was slowing down, I thought I was in for an ear bashing but he was just slowing down to let me passed and he waved at me as I did so.
Back through the barrier and time for a sit down and open the flask before heading back in to the city to sit at a nice cafe I have found and watch the world go by
Sat with the flask
On the way back down
Stopping another night after this one, not in any rush and I quite like the city.
Then it is off toward Vitez, Nova Travnik and Gornji Vakauf
Wayne
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Day 17 Balkans Trip
Day 17 Balkans Trip
Warning, a little bit of graphic writing below from my experiences in the area. If you get offended please do not read todays report. Thanks
Today was Sarajevo to Prozor. With a stop off at Vitez, Nova Travnik T Junction and Gornji Vakauf
Day 17 Sarajevo to Prozor
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