I TOOK A BUS TO BOSNIA 🇧🇦 YUGOSLAVIA...(Former)

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  • It wasn't part of my original plan, and honestly, up until a few days ago, I had never even heard of Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. My original plan was to take the popular tourist route from Split to Dubrovnik which is a beautiful city where Game of Thrones was mostly filmed. But when I had heard that in order to go there, you would have to stamp your passport out of Croatia and into Bosnia on the way to Dubrovnik, I was suddenly intrigued and wanted to learn more. Here is my journey from Split, Croatia to the capital city of Sarajevo, Bosnia.
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  • @issamhammoud2436
    @issamhammoud2436 2 роки тому +57

    This guy is just clueless when it comes to history, geography and culture.

    • @bethelmitchell4243
      @bethelmitchell4243 2 роки тому +2

      We do have World History in American. It’s whether you choose to take an interest in it or not. We all aren’t ignorant to what happens outside of the US.

    • @Alvaro_Litti
      @Alvaro_Litti 2 роки тому +2

      @@hunguy3280 You're right about the situation of Hungarian minority in Ukraine and I support their rights 100% but Russia is no angel either. They are erasing the languages and cultures of your kin brothers Khantys and Mansis, Maris, Udmurts, Mordvins etc. etc. even Tatars, Bashkirs, Siberian peoples etc.

    • @Alvaro_Litti
      @Alvaro_Litti 2 роки тому +1

      @@hunguy3280 Their numbers of speakers are decreasing every year, so big steps have to be taken to make them survive.

    • @derekkearns3377
      @derekkearns3377 2 роки тому

      @@bethelmitchell4243 use dontcjave history usa. Relaity is use have bombed have the world including bosnia for so called democracy

    • @zandr6718
      @zandr6718 2 роки тому +2

      I cringe watching most of his videos. Yet I can't stop watching lols

  • @schnitzelblitz96
    @schnitzelblitz96 2 роки тому +63

    Wow, that Bangladeshis guy history lesson was incredibly wrong. Croatians supplying weapons to Serbs? You must be kidding me…

    • @michaelpanic281
      @michaelpanic281 2 роки тому +10

      Yes, he needs to read a book. Omarska camp was run by the Serbs. Both Bosnjaks and Croats were prisoners in the camp. I guess I better start reading about Bangladeshi history so I get it right.

    • @bosnacmb2
      @bosnacmb2 2 роки тому +4

      In 1993 Croatians turned against Bosnians too for just a little while.

    • @goranbabic2661
      @goranbabic2661 2 роки тому +9

      @@bosnacmb2 Better to say Bosniaks - Muslims committed aggression against the Croats

    • @aldinoa9230
      @aldinoa9230 2 роки тому +2

      @@goranbabic2661 - stop spreading fake news, when Croatia teamed with Serbia and turned they back on Bosnians!

    • @goranbabic2661
      @goranbabic2661 2 роки тому +2

      @@aldinoa9230 Exactly. And then the Croats armed the Serbs. LoL.
      Who writes history for you?

  • @rlazar9086
    @rlazar9086 2 роки тому +10

    The Bangladeshian didn't know what he was talking about. Croatians fought Serbians they wouldn't be supplying them with weapons.

    • @curiousnomadic
      @curiousnomadic 2 роки тому +1

      Maybe he was saying they were supplying both sides as is often the case, but not likely? Glad Milosevic was finally stopped but NATO shouldn't have dragged their arse so long and made so many mistakes (eg, "friendly fire"). I was in London at the time and couldn't understand why this Macedonian girl hated me so much.

    • @adineatha9766
      @adineatha9766 2 роки тому

      Why?

  • @manjelos
    @manjelos 2 роки тому +10

    21:12 Guy seriously say Croatian did supply Serbs with weaponry? The Serbs did take most of the weapons of former Yugoslav army so they had way too much weapons, most overkill on armaments and ammo. Croatian managed to capture some weapons from Yugoslav army but had not closely enough like Serbs. There was also international embargo for weapons against Croatia but they managed to smuggle some weapons despite embargo. But they never provided weapons to the Serbs and they also did not had need for wepaons since they had a lot of it. Only thing in some cases Croatian did sold oil to Serbs (Serbs actually used this oil for their armour to attack Srebrenica after)

  • @familytablet9055
    @familytablet9055 2 роки тому +21

    Wow Europe is an amazing place, just by crossing a border you can go from being a tourist to being an adventurer

    • @curiousnomadic
      @curiousnomadic 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah totally, like Disneyland for adults.

    • @t.m.2927
      @t.m.2927 2 роки тому

      still a tourist.

  • @Kaspen031
    @Kaspen031 2 роки тому +45

    I would advise that you be aware of wearing Ukrainian t shirt at some places in Bosnia,especially in serbian parts

    • @Kristina_955
      @Kristina_955 2 роки тому

      Why? It' s true that Serbia loves Russia, we loved them before war, but we don't hate Ukranian people. I guess Serbian people in Bosnia think the same. Unfortunately here are idiots who supports this, but lot of people are committed to peace. I saw a lot of refugees here in Belgrade and no one has any problem.

    • @ljubisakupusovic7227
      @ljubisakupusovic7227 2 роки тому +1

      Serbian never had any problems with Ukraine and Russia good friends both

    • @salamanders6969
      @salamanders6969 2 роки тому

      You’re absolutely right. Vast majority of Serbs are so much pro Russian and pro Putin that’s insane. That’s the result of sickening pro Russian propaganda for the last two decades in Serbian media. I think they are still 100% convinced that Putin will come, with his war machine to this region and “liberate” “Serbian lands”. Especially Kosovo.

    • @DriveforLaser
      @DriveforLaser 2 роки тому +2

      Watch out for Chetnici very bad People

    • @amrymohomed6828
      @amrymohomed6828 2 роки тому

      @@Kristina_955 but u guys genocide bosnians in the past right n put them into concentration camps etc,dont show that you people are so ggooood now, history speaks

  • @donq2957
    @donq2957 2 роки тому +26

    Johnny showed his true traveler spirit here. He took the less traveled, adventurous path and kept his cool. I hope it works out.

    • @glenlewis4430
      @glenlewis4430 2 роки тому +2

      It will work out it's an interesting place. It doesn't have the infrastructure of Croatia so it is harder to travel around though

  • @cherrlyn381
    @cherrlyn381 2 роки тому +16

    Sorry to disagree, Johnny, but you may have been too young to remember, We did have news of what happened in the former Yugoslavia. Very heartbreaking.

    • @zenarcade64
      @zenarcade64 2 роки тому +7

      Yes, but during Bosnia and Rwanda most Americans only cared about OJ and Tanya.

    • @Marlon_Torres
      @Marlon_Torres 2 роки тому +5

      Agreed! When I heard him say we only had like 5 mins. of Yugoslavia history, I was like WTH?

    • @lb7034
      @lb7034 2 роки тому +6

      @@Marlon_Torres
      The guy is ignorant on many matters and always puts his foot in his mouth. He is a magnet for problems

    • @AnnaKaunitz
      @AnnaKaunitz 2 роки тому +4

      He’s over 40, the wars lasted 10 years in total (91-01)there was a decade of coverage daily at least across Europe so anyone who missed the wars was living under a rock or wilfully ignorant.

    • @terhgasabeha9552
      @terhgasabeha9552 2 роки тому

      @@zenarcade64 president Bill Clinton.

  • @zenarcade64
    @zenarcade64 2 роки тому +34

    So glad you went to Sarajevo, in spite of the cash/cell phone issue. I went there in '98 and there were no ATMs, no Uber, no Air B&B, and when you paid cash the "change" was gum and trinkets. SFOR was all over the place then. I stayed with a Bosnian family and there was no running water; it was stored in bottles. And war damage everywhere and signs said "beware of mines". But it's a great city/country that endured in the '90s what Ukraine is now. 21:00 This guy got it wrong. Croatia did not supply arms to the Bosnian Serbs...that would be like Poland supplying Russia with arms in Ukraine.

    • @NapoleonBonaparde
      @NapoleonBonaparde 2 роки тому +4

      They didn't mind when the Croatian army lifted the siege of Bihać, his little speech is on par with the Bosniak politicians agenda of vilifying Croats in Hercegovina.

    • @julianopel6403
      @julianopel6403 2 роки тому

      It's a little bit more complicated than that. There were different phases of the war.

    • @saas-lk2oe
      @saas-lk2oe 2 роки тому +3

      well, if all the people of Yugoslavia had the right to self-determination, the Serbs had the same right too. I don't support any warfare or crimes, but i don't see why the Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia or the Croats in Bosnia should feel ok waking up in the country they were born and lived and suddenly be a minority, just like that. That guy should stop victimizing only his side. Terrible things happened from everyone against everyone. Now, the ended up hating each other while their corrupted governments get richer and richer... pity.

    • @zenarcade64
      @zenarcade64 2 роки тому

      Most of the atrocities were committed by Serbs. Your argument can be used in every war: all sides were bad in WW2 and now Ukraine. Those who didn't see it was mostly the Germans and now the Russians choose not to see it.

    • @saas-lk2oe
      @saas-lk2oe 2 роки тому

      @Cal you are misinterpreting my comment. All i said that its wrong to blame only one side. If you want to only blame the Serbs, fine, do it. But things are not that simple. After all, it was the Bosniaks who started the killings, at that Serbian wedding in 1992. The fact that Bosnia was divided in all ethnic groups, widespread, was one more reason to find a peaceful solution rather than promoting nationalism. It was obvious that trying to find a solution on a nationalistic basis would end up in a bloody war. And It was Alija who wrote a book about how Christians and Muslims cannot coexist, remember? I truly believe that the war in Bosnia could have been avoided, Bosnia could remain united (not just in borders but in society as well) if only you, the people of Bosnia, were smart enough not to follow blindly your nationalist leaders of that time: Milosevic & Karadzic, Tudjman, Izetbekovic. Bosnia could remain in Yugoslavia and break away after a few years, peacefully. It was inevitable to happen. But no, you HAD to play NATO's game and start killing your neighbors. I truly hope you are better off now than before, but i dont think so. The Bosnian-Croat federation is still deeply divided, the Republika Srpska still feel they are not part of Bosnia and so on. You ended up paying respect to your war criminals, hurting each other's feelings, daily. I really can't understand how you guys chose this path of destruction and that after so many years none side is ready to admit their mistakes and crimes. Just think how many innocent people would still be alive if the siege didn't happen. How many children... pity man, its a pity.

  • @Alvaro_Litti
    @Alvaro_Litti 2 роки тому +13

    Thank you, Johnny! You made me wanna visit Bosnia and Sarajevo! 😊👍🇧🇦

  • @helenvarner5787
    @helenvarner5787 2 роки тому +7

    What a fun video 😄. I was scared for you at first when your card was not excepted. I can't imagine being in a foreign land, and having no access to cash. You are doing a great job. Thank you for your interaction with the locals. Can't wait to see what happens next!

  • @thedude6688
    @thedude6688 2 роки тому +27

    As soon as Johnny saw those wild horses the ancestral desire to ride them and shoot arrow's came to him lol

    • @ucube33
      @ucube33 2 роки тому +4

      Too bad he didn't have his recurve bow packed today

  • @ivank7985
    @ivank7985 2 роки тому +8

    croatia never supplied serbs with weaponry during the bosnian war, in fact they were fight each other at that time.
    get your facts straight mr. bangladeshi tourist fella

  • @powderskier5547
    @powderskier5547 2 роки тому +19

    That guy is very wrong, why would Croatia provide weapons to the serbs? that is a load of bullshit. Croats were at war with the serbs and the serbs had weapons from the jugoslav army. It was the Croatian army that took on the serbs in Bosnia and the serbs were forced to surrender. Croatian army then withdrew from bosnia

    • @amelkamaric553
      @amelkamaric553 2 роки тому +1

      But serbs and croats firstly wanted to divide Bosnia in 1 part and they attacked Bosnia together firstly,thats what first happened.

    • @alexlarsen6413
      @alexlarsen6413 2 роки тому +1

      @@amelkamaric553 No it didn't. What actually happened is the Serbs had almost all of the weapons from the former Yugoslav army, kind of like the Russians and the Red Army after the collapse of the USSR.
      These Serbs first attacked Slovenia but gave it up very quickly and withdrew all of the army from Slovenia into Croatia. Then the same Serbs from Serbia with the help of the Croatian citizens of Serbian ethnicity (who due to Serbian propaganda became separatists) attacked Croatia...again, exactly what Russia is doing now in Ukraine.
      The Croats had an embargo on importing weapons as did all of former Yugoslav states, so the Croats were literally buying weapons on the black market, supplied mostly by the western countries. They were using those weapons to defend themselves against the Serbian invasion started to "liberate Croatian Serbs from fascist Croats". Sound familiar?
      This war in Croatia were Serbia was the invader had already been going on for over a year before anything even started in Bosnia. So, you see...it makes absolutely zero sense for Croats to have been arming their enemy behind the front lines. Had they done that they would not have won the war.
      Now, Bosnia is inhabited by Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats, and after the failed invasion of Croatia, the Bosnian Serbs helped by the Serbian army at this point retreating from Croatia started the same mess in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the Bosniaks and Croats from Bosnia being on the same side at first.
      There was a brief period where they turned against each other too, I don't know why, but that was resolved relatively quickly. Following this they continued defending Bosnia against the Serbs together and soon thereafter they officially invited the Croatian military into Bosnia to help them. This was 4 years after the start of the war in Croatia and 3 years after the start of the war in Bosnia, right after Srebrenica, at the point in time when the western Bosnian enclave of Bihac was about to fall into the Serbian hands in which case they would've had Srebrenica 2, only worse.
      Croatian military got involved and essentially saved not only territories in Bosnia inhabited by the Croats but also entire western Bosnia inhabited by Bosniaks. This in conjunction with NATO air force literally saved their behinds, after which the Croatian military claimed nothing and simply went back to Croatia.
      Don't listen to some Bangladeshi fanatic, spewing easily disprovable lies.

  • @AnthonyJosh
    @AnthonyJosh 2 роки тому +3

    I took a bus from Belgrade to Sarajevo because Air Serbia cancelled my flight and our compensation was only an 8 hour bus ride. Have you ever heard of this?

  • @ohlando7913
    @ohlando7913 2 роки тому +16

    Enjoy the known city blogs but loved this journey you took as the sole tourist on the bus. I actually prefer a little bit of history/cultural learning over overcrowded tourist spots when I travel. Both are nice when combined.

  • @finola1087
    @finola1087 2 роки тому +45

    Yugoslavia broke up in the 1990's. You should visit Mostar, which is a beautiful, old city in Bosnia.

    • @parody325
      @parody325 2 роки тому +6

      Mostar is in Herzegovina!!!

    • @heavywaterr5434
      @heavywaterr5434 2 роки тому +4

      Mostar is in serbia

    • @tommyt4062
      @tommyt4062 2 роки тому +3

      Wow still so much conflict after all this time 🙄

    • @heavywaterr5434
      @heavywaterr5434 2 роки тому +3

      @Bs Ds the whole of Bosnia is just a province of Serbia. Bosnia is a made up country. I bet you would also say Bosnian is a language? xDxDxD Besides they were just too weak to fight the ottomans hence the muslims in Bosnia.

    • @TheOmegakix
      @TheOmegakix 2 роки тому +2

      @@heavywaterr5434 Wrong.

  • @TheMyblog12
    @TheMyblog12 2 роки тому +10

    Johnny if you are a world traveller, you should have enough credit cards with options. No need to blame others

  • @mikeporecki9946
    @mikeporecki9946 2 роки тому +11

    The ATMs are funny, they don’t accept Visa (which I’ve never seen before), but the funniest part is they let you in (open the door) using a Visa card ;)

  • @-Yurkey
    @-Yurkey 2 роки тому +13

    My father is from Bosnia, I've visited many times most of the regions. I suggest visiting Bihać, it's a smaller town but cozy, lots of tastey lamb from true Bosniacs 👍.........The horrors Bosnian people endured is well documented in a museum in Sarajevo, must visit... Slava Bosnia 🇧🇦

    • @-Yurkey
      @-Yurkey 2 роки тому

      @Bs Ds Bosniacs... You lil snowflake 😘

    • @rejce-ks5xu
      @rejce-ks5xu 2 роки тому +2

      @Bs Ds Bosniaks.

    • @-Yurkey
      @-Yurkey 2 роки тому

      @Bs Ds Yes because Bosnia is known for Malaysian muslims 🤔 ... If one says "Bosnian" and "Muslim" in the same sentence then there's absolutely no chance that there is any misunderstanding. Most Bosniacs I know don't call themselves "Bosniac" rather "Muslim" and state "Islam" whenever asked about religion... Why do you get so easily offended? Clear your mind bruh, your negativety will come back at you as a freight train 🙌

  • @rali4850
    @rali4850 2 роки тому +6

    Good job 👏 Bosnia 🇧🇦 loves you ❤️

  • @balkatinos
    @balkatinos 2 роки тому +2

    Johnny! Now that you've been here and have seen how awesome Bosnia is, please spread the word!
    This country is lovely! I am from Argentina and I've called Bosnia my home for the past two years.
    I LOVE IT HERE! THANKS FOR SHARING WITH THE WORLD!!!

  • @milan1969
    @milan1969 2 роки тому +8

    That Indian guy is full of BS. Tell him to read the history books again.

  • @singahsung712
    @singahsung712 2 роки тому +2

    You are a very kind gentleman Johnny thankyou for your help for the dog shelter dogs really are amazing and loyal

  • @hughprice2310
    @hughprice2310 2 роки тому +7

    So glad you have got to BIH. Bus is the best way to get about. A fascinating country and as you are in Sarajevo, there is a very well known cevapi place in the old town. It doesn’t serve alcohol but just ask and people will let you know. As another subscriber has mentioned, Mostar is a place you must visit. It is beautiful. Other places worth a visit are Visegrad, a small town on The Drina River where the famous bridge crosses the river Drina’. Andric book was based here. Trebinje has a well preserved old town not that far from Dubrovnik.
    To the north, Banja Luka is a vibrant town, worth a visit and from where you could visit the north of Croatia; Vukovar has been rebuilt and easily visited by bus from the interesting town of Osijek.
    Wherever you go in the region you will be in very modern history, some still raw. Wherever you go, you will receive a wa4m welc9me.
    One final point on Split, a mini Dubrovnik is awaiting you in Trogir! You will like it.
    Safe travels.

  • @cherylgalleran6602
    @cherylgalleran6602 2 роки тому +8

    Hey Johnny 🥰. What an ordeal in travel… little stressful. I’m glad you were able to sort it all out. I think I’d go get a drink too! LoL. I’m curious about your travels in Sarajevo. Should be interesting. I’ll for sure be watching. Much love👋🏼❤️❤️♥️

  • @wilburbonzo
    @wilburbonzo 2 роки тому +9

    Hvar is not a city, it is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of Brač, Vis and Korčula.

    • @denkodel6516
      @denkodel6516 2 роки тому +8

      Actually there is a city called city of Hvar on the island of Hvar. More like a town but none the less it is legally known as a city!

  • @TheKrakovv
    @TheKrakovv 2 роки тому +20

    Croatia wasn't supplying arms to Serbia, lol. They were enemies.

    • @BosnianBornBeast
      @BosnianBornBeast 2 роки тому +5

      Think he meant the deal between Tudjman and Milosevic to split the country of Bosnia between Serbia and Croatia.

    • @AirWolf2301
      @AirWolf2301 2 роки тому

      Croatia was supplying Bosnia with weapons ironically... soooooo this guy is full of shit.

    • @lilibueta
      @lilibueta 2 роки тому +4

      @@BosnianBornBeast but you forgot another "small" part to Bosnian Muslims also wanted whole Bosnia under their own (Islamic) rules, while Bosnia was and still is a multiethnic land populated by 3 ethnicities which are all native to it. If they don't learn to coexist again, it will never be a normal place. In Yugoslavia people coexisted just fine, but then some took some foreign advice

    • @BosnianBornBeast
      @BosnianBornBeast 2 роки тому

      @@lilibueta How can we have Islamic law when we live in the middle of a Christian Europe continent? Listen as a muslim, fight for religion is pointless because it's like talking to a dry wall. Everyone has their own opinions. It's because Serbs and Croats nationalists wanted to unite with Serbia and Croatia. And by killing people in Bosnia who weren't radical nationalists and for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosniaks, Croats and even Serbs alike) they would have accomplished their achievement. But reality said otherwise....

    • @YourD3estinY
      @YourD3estinY 2 роки тому +2

      ​@@lilibueta Please stop it with blaming ominous foreign actors, that wanted to destroy Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia was a failed state economically without any hope or will to resolve them collectively, thus the richer Republics wanted to separate from the poorer ones.

  • @ArminHDCABLE
    @ArminHDCABLE 2 роки тому +2

    I am bosnian and it is nice to see u visit bosnia. I moved to norway when i was young and it is so sad to see how poor the country is now. All the young people are leaving i hope someday bosnia can be better

    • @dinoo2419
      @dinoo2419 2 роки тому

      prebjeglico,ljudi su krvarili da bi ti hladio muda u norveskoj i srao da smo siromasni

  • @mikimuzika
    @mikimuzika 2 роки тому +20

    This Bangladeshi guy hasn’t got a clue what he is talking about

    • @sonicmoj1
      @sonicmoj1 2 роки тому

      100%. He doesn't even know the cyrillic language and he's babbling about incorrect history.

    • @YourD3estinY
      @YourD3estinY 2 роки тому

      @@sonicmoj1 What does knowing the cyrillic alphabet have to do with knowing history? You know, there are also history books in other languages and writing systems.

    • @sonicmoj1
      @sonicmoj1 2 роки тому

      @Bs Ds I agree but cyrillic has been active in the Bosnian Balkan region for hundreds of years.

    • @sonicmoj1
      @sonicmoj1 2 роки тому

      @Bs Ds And what about Jasenovac? So surprising that the Croatians did not mention anything about Jasenovac to Johnny. I wonder why!

    • @sonicmoj1
      @sonicmoj1 2 роки тому

      @Bs Ds 100%

  • @ABMW-tech
    @ABMW-tech 2 роки тому +8

    Yes a bit of problems at the begining. But after a while, you can see, people are friendly and helpful. :)

  • @matt_fs
    @matt_fs 2 роки тому +10

    You are basically going everywhere I wanna visit 😂

  • @dzigibaubh2984
    @dzigibaubh2984 2 роки тому +1

    Hi dude, welcome in my hometown! I hope you're have good time,Sarajevo have so much to show. Greetings from Germany!

  • @BosnianBornBeast
    @BosnianBornBeast 2 роки тому +6

    Yesssss!!!!!! You went to Bosnia 🇧🇦!!!! Thanks 😊!!!!!

  • @brianweber4154
    @brianweber4154 2 роки тому +6

    The Bosnian war was huge in the 90s. Usa was also involved.

  • @dzonikg
    @dzonikg 2 роки тому +5

    This guy from Bangladesh just invent things from his head

  • @yourhaton6502
    @yourhaton6502 2 роки тому +8

    There are wild horses in Livno and outside Mostar. They were released by farmers during the war

    • @irfankaragic4325
      @irfankaragic4325 2 роки тому +2

      Nope, pal. They were released long before last war. '50 or '60 last century.

  • @Capt.Marco-Hawk-L.L.A.P
    @Capt.Marco-Hawk-L.L.A.P 2 роки тому +9

    When I was in Dubrovnik I took a coach to Budva, Budva was great and has a lovely old fortress, inside the fortress was a small shop that made a fantastic pizza with an egg in the middle and it was yummy, and the ice-cream was the best, and ended up drinking a few Niksicko on the beach just east of the fortress.

    • @dzonikg
      @dzonikg 2 роки тому +1

      I dont know why people from west dont come 2 Budva..i been to Budva all my life since i am born every summer so from 70s..during Yugoslavia there was lot off west tourist but now not..almost only Russian ,Ukranians and Serbs

    • @audaxxaudaxx160
      @audaxxaudaxx160 2 роки тому

      @@dzonikg We just don't know about its existence, and getting outside of the EU is just an extra hassle/cost which most people rather avoid.

    • @dzonikg
      @dzonikg 2 роки тому

      @@audaxxaudaxx160 What is extra cost..you just need passport..but like i sad i been there and during Yugoslavia every summer and then most foregein tourist were Germans by far..now no Germans and west tourist at all even Montenegro is in NATO

    • @audaxxaudaxx160
      @audaxxaudaxx160 2 роки тому

      @@dzonikg It takes time to become more popular again. Well, I'm not saying it is expensive, it's just an "extra" to go outside EU when Croatia's coast is already beautiful and you don't need to worry about passport and border control. And again, the problem is mainly "the unknown". It's not like the Montenegro Tourist Agency is spending a lot on marketing to target (Western) Europeans like me. And NATO isn't really what brings in tourists you know ^^ and yeah maybe you are thinking of Eastern Germans who know have the chance to go to Italy, Spain and so on..
      I personally took a detour from Dubrovnik to Mostar to get to Split a few years back, but sadly Montenegro isn't really "on the way", you know... But, see, just by your comment I know I should visit Budva when I'm in the neighbourhood.

    • @dzonikg
      @dzonikg 2 роки тому

      @@audaxxaudaxx160 Montenegro is not just Budva..whole coastline is beautiful with mountains in background ...also much cheaper then Croatia ..during Yugoslavia there was so call "Jadranska magistrala"..basicly its a road from Albanian border all the way to Italian border almost all driving by sea. If you have car you should drive it at least ones...i never get bored driving on it

  • @willi19391
    @willi19391 2 роки тому +10

    This is so much different than Croatia. Now when you're in Bosnia, you entered the Balkans, enjoy.

    • @Kaonik1978
      @Kaonik1978 2 роки тому +3

      Croatia is Balkan to

    • @YourD3estinY
      @YourD3estinY 2 роки тому +3

      You do realize that most people consider Croatia - or at least the adriatic area - to be part of Southeastern Europe aka "the Balkans". I know, the Greater Hungarian/Pannonian Plain might not be considered part of Southeastern Europe, but he went to Bosnia from Split, so he definitely was already in the Balkans.

    • @dzonikg
      @dzonikg 2 роки тому +2

      Croatia is also in Balkans..but even during Yugoslavia Croatia was more developed even was same country

  • @DeanRamser
    @DeanRamser 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you Johnny for sharing your travels. My wife and I are learning so much! Thank you!!

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  2 роки тому +3

      Glad you’ve enjoyed it! Thanks for being a channel member.

    • @DeanRamser
      @DeanRamser 2 роки тому +1

      @@JohnnyFD Thanks again. Slava Ukraine! you and other Vloggers (Olena Gnes, Pavlo) are showing the world what is happening in Ukraine, now.

  • @icekoldpimp
    @icekoldpimp 2 роки тому +8

    Croatia was also in Yugoslavia

  • @Sssmoken
    @Sssmoken 2 роки тому +2

    I am glad to see you are also helping our four legged friends!!

  • @mczeljk
    @mczeljk 2 роки тому +1

    It’s quite sad to see that people there still not get along. In my opinion this country is doomed to fall apart

  • @HoneysuckleRose
    @HoneysuckleRose 2 роки тому +1

    I felt your pain when you were trying to use the ATM . Good video. Am still watching. Thank you for taking us to different countries to get new perspectives on how people live.

  • @markoperica2
    @markoperica2 2 роки тому +10

    That Bangladeshi guy does not know what he is talking about.

  • @kateleatherbarrow4502
    @kateleatherbarrow4502 2 роки тому +3

    Another place I'd like to visit. Used to read Zlata's Diary with kids I used to teach - a great book written by a teenager who lived through the siege of Sarajevo. Great video, again!

  • @mh01769
    @mh01769 2 роки тому +9

    Thank you for visiting! I'll be traveling from USA 🇺🇸 to Bosnia 🇧🇦 this month

  • @louisep4805
    @louisep4805 2 роки тому +2

    They should put some lampshades on the lights would make a huge difference. Thanks for sharing Johnny interesting to see these different historic Countries 👍

  • @MrDanielpope
    @MrDanielpope 2 роки тому +2

    awesome adventure,enjoyed it thank you Johnny for another great one

  • @kikiriki7437
    @kikiriki7437 2 роки тому +5

    If i knew u're coming I'd give you a tour. The taxi drivers tend to drive around to bump up the prices to tourists. However, we do have cheapest taxi in the region. Best taxis to go for are the red ones :)

  • @sharonsecord5777
    @sharonsecord5777 2 роки тому +2

    It’s so cool to see those wild horses.

  • @brianweber4154
    @brianweber4154 2 роки тому +8

    Croatia is also former yugo

  • @keithm.404
    @keithm.404 2 роки тому +3

    This reminds me of my first day in Cyprus, one shitshow after another. I still had a great time though!

    • @zachvanwolf2123
      @zachvanwolf2123 Рік тому

      Been in Cyprus in late summer 2007, just as it was possible to cross the Greco-Turkish border without checkpoints. It was amazing and I had nothing to complain about except for some foolish british tourists.

  • @berinaskb3043
    @berinaskb3043 2 роки тому +10

    Yougosllavia no exist for long time

  • @steven9541
    @steven9541 Рік тому

    Hertz a go ve na.....sound......great video, love the wild horses

  • @MetoF50Narliev
    @MetoF50Narliev 2 роки тому +14

    I was in Sarajevo a few years ago. Man there were still bullet holes on some of the buildings from the war. But it's a really beautiful country.

  • @ucube33
    @ucube33 2 роки тому +9

    Bosnia and the rest of Yugoslavia is an amazing place. Hospitable people, affordable, beautiful views and scenery. You went on some proper Bald-style adventure. Pub with the innkeeper being a proper drinker, confused taxi driver etc

    • @curiousnomadic
      @curiousnomadic 2 роки тому +1

      Agree. Johnny is a way better traveler than Gabriel Traveler.

  • @Youcantmilkthoose
    @Youcantmilkthoose 2 роки тому +1

    Welcome to Bosnia LEGEND !

  • @tim.iteland.9447
    @tim.iteland.9447 2 роки тому +4

    Lived in Mostar until February for 4 months . 20gb data at high speed is 4bam./ Bosnian marks = €2. Best deal or 15gigabytes a day for 72 hours also €2 on MTEL network .

  • @user-ht3jc7jt6d
    @user-ht3jc7jt6d 2 роки тому +9

    It is insane that you would not carry some cash with you when you travel💁

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  2 роки тому +1

      There was no money changer there anyway. i had USD and Croatian Kuna with me.

  • @TitleII
    @TitleII 2 роки тому +1

    I’ve been really enjoying your videos lately, keep it up! :)

  • @chumbawumba1959
    @chumbawumba1959 2 роки тому +5

    You need to go look at the Sarajevo Olympic facilities and how destroyed they were from the war.

  • @rastkosimic6975
    @rastkosimic6975 2 роки тому +11

    Concentration camps, homemade shotguns, lol. This video is full of misinformation that it becomes silly to absurd

    • @sonicmoj1
      @sonicmoj1 2 роки тому +2

      100%. Surprisingly enough they didn't conveniently mention Jasenovac. How ironic?

  • @goransvraka3171
    @goransvraka3171 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for calling it Yugoslavia! Because prior to the war it was an amazing country and one am born in. I say those who are complaining don't know it's history!

  • @Bright_Fort
    @Bright_Fort 2 роки тому

    Wow the Bangladesh guy explained it very well 👍

  • @northernstar4811
    @northernstar4811 2 роки тому +16

    Herzegovina gets its name from the German word "Herzog" meaning a "Duke", so Herzegovina can be translated as the "Duke`s land" or "the land of the Duke".

    • @urosmarjanovic663
      @urosmarjanovic663 2 роки тому

      Of which exact duke? :D

    • @alienalloy604
      @alienalloy604 Рік тому

      @@urosmarjanovic663 stjepan vukcic kosaca

    • @urosmarjanovic663
      @urosmarjanovic663 Рік тому

      @@alienalloy604 Which was his full ducal title? :D
      "Duke of... ?"

    • @alienalloy604
      @alienalloy604 Рік тому

      @@urosmarjanovic663 Im to lazy to look it up but i think it was Herzog(Duke)of Zahumlje/Hum

    • @urosmarjanovic663
      @urosmarjanovic663 Рік тому

      @@alienalloy604 "Herzog of Saint Sava"

  • @magicjohnson6134
    @magicjohnson6134 2 роки тому +12

    What a nonsense from Bangladeshi guy, how did Croatia supplied weapons to serbs if it also had embargo on itself and was at the same time in conflict with serbs

    • @YourD3estinY
      @YourD3estinY 2 роки тому +2

      Yes, Croats definitely weren't in position to deliver weapons to Serb forces.

    • @YourD3estinY
      @YourD3estinY 2 роки тому

      @Bs Ds It is true that Croatia had an ambivalent attitude in regards to Bosnia. They both fought against Serbs and Bosniaks and supported both of them at different times.

    • @dzonikg
      @dzonikg 2 роки тому

      Croat army was armed by Russia in 90s..which is crazy when you see today

    • @YourD3estinY
      @YourD3estinY 2 роки тому

      @@dzonikg I'm pretty sure Croatia got their weapons from the likes of Hungary and Czechia - not Russia.

    • @YourD3estinY
      @YourD3estinY 2 роки тому

      @Bs Ds I wish they would treat eachother as brothers, but - from what I've read - the tensions between Croatia and Serbia have been escalating over the past couple of years. As for fighting the Bosniaks, I don't think either Serbia or Croatia would want that. Croatia especially is dependent on the EU, thus they won't do anything that would jeopardize their relation with other EU members. So you don't have to worry about that.

  • @davespanya
    @davespanya 2 роки тому +24

    Croatia where you were is also former Yugoslavia…😉

  • @adimereseiniNRRavouvou76
    @adimereseiniNRRavouvou76 2 роки тому +1

    Wowwwwww Croatia and Bosnia looks fabulous after their wars.

  • @MyaVamp
    @MyaVamp 2 роки тому +1

    so happy to see you in my city where I grew up!

  • @ohlando7913
    @ohlando7913 2 роки тому +5

    I like how we also experience the struggles of traveling in each different country through Johnnys videos. The sim card situation is one example 😂

    • @user-ht3jc7jt6d
      @user-ht3jc7jt6d 2 роки тому +6

      I am starting to wonder if he creates problems for himself on purpose 🤣

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  2 роки тому +8

      Trust me, I wish I didn't have these issues.

    • @shaundaly8202
      @shaundaly8202 2 роки тому +4

      Good u know now Johnny, south America beware bud, pre paid card nice, also always need lots of cards

    • @dzonikg
      @dzonikg 2 роки тому +2

      @@JohnnyFD Internet from same sim card will be good for Bosnia,Serbia,Macedonia and Montenegro..you dont need to change SIM card ..because in that 4 countries there is no roaming..but Slovenia and Croatia are in EU so they are separate.
      Also if you are from that 4 countries from ex Yugoslavia you dont need passport to enter any off that 4 countries (only ID is enough) but you need for Croatia and Slovenia because they are in EU

  • @michaelodishelidze222
    @michaelodishelidze222 2 роки тому

    So as the title says you went from (the former) Yugoslavia to (the former) Yugoslavia. Brilliant.

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  2 роки тому

      That's because the cities I visited in Croatia has zero trace of Yugoslavia left...

    • @michaelodishelidze222
      @michaelodishelidze222 2 роки тому

      @@JohnnyFD Did you even visit Yugoslavia before the breakup?

  • @robthewiseguy4919
    @robthewiseguy4919 2 роки тому +2

    That guy from Bangladesh has no idea what he's talking about. Why would the Croatians supply their enemy with weapons to kill Muslims when they were at war for years at that point. Plus his statement "nothing happened to the Croats" proves his ignorance.

    • @robthewiseguy4919
      @robthewiseguy4919 2 роки тому +1

      @Bs Ds before the war Bosnian people were widely referred to as "muslimani". The majority of victims of Srebrenica were Muslim. If you read up on history, you'll quickly realize that BiH is comprised of Croats, Bosnians, and Serbs. So before writing a wise guy comment, consider the facts.

    • @robthewiseguy4919
      @robthewiseguy4919 2 роки тому

      @Bs Ds i wanted to say Bosnians. I understand why you want to come off as smart in the comment section, but you truly are ignorant if you fail to realize that there are 3 ethnic groups in BiH

  • @Wassap133
    @Wassap133 2 роки тому +7

    You really go to bosnia and call it yugoslovia? So by your logic ukraine is still part of russia? You need to read some books man

  • @PinayGio
    @PinayGio 2 роки тому

    Johnny aditional lock is just in case that Bosnian Spiderman dont jump in your apartment :D :D :D

  • @clarel3447
    @clarel3447 2 роки тому +8

    I didn’t know Bosnia had horses 🤣☠️
    Also any Aussies here notice that lady name dropping the Comanchero bikie gang ( one of our biggest bikie/ drug gangs in aus ) true wtf moment.

    • @mark123655
      @mark123655 2 роки тому

      Yep. Very strange.
      But makes sense that it's in ex-Yuogslavia places

    • @Daninvietnam
      @Daninvietnam 2 роки тому +1

      Lady, guess you could call her that.

    • @M077Y
      @M077Y 2 роки тому

      Yeah, I was a bit surprised by that! Would love to know more about the connection..!

  • @387033
    @387033 2 роки тому +7

    I expected you would interact with someone who is not a half wit Bengali telling us our history. Here is a history my american friend. 10 percent of bosnia has come to USA to live as refugees. Wherevee we came property price rose and most people prospered. Try visiting Saint Louis with 70k Bosnians or Chicago or Detroit. And next time you sit with drunk Bengali please edit that. Because you should know better. Telling you that Croatians armed Serbs is like saying americams armed russians in Ukraine. All the best from Bosnian in Boston.

  • @jonmccay6919
    @jonmccay6919 2 роки тому +2

    You didn't go to fortress Klis? It's just outside of Split in the hills. You probably drove right by it on the way to Sarajevo.

    • @zachvanwolf2123
      @zachvanwolf2123 Рік тому +1

      Yes. What a shame. And he missed out on greatest pečenje ever there in the fortress! And I had many!

  • @Ivzu
    @Ivzu 2 роки тому +4

    Be VERY CAREFUL while wearing a "Ukrainian" T-Shirt in Serbian parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina!

  • @tim.iteland.9447
    @tim.iteland.9447 2 роки тому +2

    If you have a foreign ATM card , only use ADDIKO bank and refuse the exchange rate . This will save your charges by over 12%

  • @jonaskessler326
    @jonaskessler326 2 роки тому +8

    Your last few videos were from Croatia which was also part of the “former Yugoslavia”.

  • @glenlewis4430
    @glenlewis4430 2 роки тому +3

    Hey Jonny I think you will find Bosnia interesting. It's like 3 nations living within one country. There are areas where everyone speaks Croatian and are Catholic areas that are Bosniak Muslim and Serbian areas like Sprska you will recognise by lots of Orthodox (like Greek and Russian) churches. The war needs some research too man it was very complicated!

  • @flaviasequeira3849
    @flaviasequeira3849 2 роки тому +1

    Visited Bosnia in 2018.Bullet ridden building s still stand. It's a beautiful country

  • @syndicalistcat3138
    @syndicalistcat3138 2 роки тому

    29:16 Could you link that video in the background?

  • @sanjin9665
    @sanjin9665 2 роки тому +1

    There are different types of beauty but Bosnia is one of the most beautiful countries you’ll visit. And the food is way better than Croatia and Serbia. Bosnia does get a lot of tourists too but they are mostly all in Sarajevo and Mostar and it’s more Bosnians from afar who come back home to visit like from the USA or Canada and rest of Europe! Dobrodošao u Bosnu i lijep ostanak! Uživaj Balkansku ljepotu 🙏🏽

  • @davorbatinic7594
    @davorbatinic7594 2 роки тому +3

    OK you are now in the kingdom of ćevapi and burek, and as a Croat I have to sincerly admit that offer is way much better then in Croatia. So next time, in local suburb joint over totally unplanned rakija and beer with locals if you want to start an endless arguing over more rakija and beer, just say them: "I had the best ćevapi in Sarajevo 'kod Ferhatovića' or 'kod Želje' or whatever ćevapi joint." or you may try to order "burek sa sirom (stuffed with cheese)", that gonna piss them off, and then more rakija and beer.
    Btw, ćevapi and burek are only a street food, so try to expand your culinary experience with 'bosanski lonac' or roasted lamb.
    While in Sarajevo, try to drop to town of Visoko, it is a short day trip, and overthere ask for a local guy Semir Osmanagić, also known as Bosnian Indiana Jones, he gonna sell you story about the hidden pyramids, UFOs, alien, and stuff like that, evidences that supports his story are not so conclusive and convincing, but he is a good story teller, and tour throu tunnels and nice nature is as a matter a fact quite interesting, and of course on refreshmemt pitstop more rakija, beer, ćevapi, burek or pita. So you may decide to stay overthere to excavate the hidden pyramids. OK, maybe that is more Bald and Bankrupt type of the continent.
    While I mentioned Mr. Bald the must see location in Bosnia is Titov bunker in Konjic, a cold war relic that exceedes anything seen in the Soviet Union, frozen in time as a time capsule of Yugoslav commie past, feel of '70ies still lives overthere, full setup, and ready for operative use, and above all that facility is monumental and still in excellent condition, and as that it survived the '90ies war.
    Spoiler alert for Mr. Bald, the Konjic bunker is not the most monumental of bunkers in the area, there is even bigger one, even the bunker that fits the complete air force base within. And those mentioned monumental bunkers are not the complete offer of abandoned monumental bunkers of that era. Albanian bunkers are places buit by amateurs and child toys compared to Yugoslav stuff in available in Croatia and BiH.

  • @ineax7447
    @ineax7447 2 роки тому +1

    REVOLUT coming in clutch yet again 🤘😼🤙

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  2 роки тому +1

      It was literally my first time ever using that card, and I had it for years already.

    • @ineax7447
      @ineax7447 2 роки тому

      @@JohnnyFD REVOLUT has saved me way too many times 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Nermash
    @Nermash 2 роки тому +11

    Johhny, can't believe you were in a Sarajevo, I would have liked to shake your hand and buy a beer or two :)

  • @ABC-td6dk
    @ABC-td6dk 2 роки тому

    GREAT JOB JOHNNY!

  • @zivrozental6430
    @zivrozental6430 2 роки тому +1

    Croatia was also part of Yugoslavia. Very nice video.

  • @adimereseiniNRRavouvou76
    @adimereseiniNRRavouvou76 2 роки тому

    Thanks for your great channel Mr Johnny you show present day European countries of 2022.

  • @edweb2006
    @edweb2006 2 роки тому +2

    Bangladesh history expert drinking Sljivovica (alcohol) ???? what a joke.

  • @Nedeljko333
    @Nedeljko333 2 роки тому +1

    Johnny, watching your vlogs makes me never want to leave my place. Your fatly moving followed with bison like breathing and your ability to interact with worst people one can meet is in a strange way impressive. I am convinced if you somehow teleported to an alien planet and had a chance to film a vlog you would somehow make it boring.
    Regards

  • @Richiegiboy
    @Richiegiboy 2 роки тому +1

    The last thing Johnny needed was the Bangladeshi bloke talking shit as Johnny was fuck all idea .I hadn’t watched him for ages and now I know why

  • @exitleft8416
    @exitleft8416 2 роки тому

    Glad your fit Johnny 💙dark depressing there😩 sorry you had such a long day but that room 🤯! Oh dear floor mats on lounge to cover it no light shades I know it was night but hope you stay safe the vibe isn't good there holding my breath till you leave LOL love always Australia 💜 🙏

  • @archangelmichael5908
    @archangelmichael5908 2 роки тому +1

    Is that a Grindr shirt or are the colors for Ukraine?

  • @NihadH-nw6cu
    @NihadH-nw6cu Місяць тому

    Great 👍

  • @mr.sts.p
    @mr.sts.p 2 роки тому

    I was in Sarajevo 2001 back packning in Europe you have a lot to see Johnny! 👍 😀

  • @clungemagnet3388
    @clungemagnet3388 2 роки тому +2

    Dubrovnik was under siege during the war to, it was shelled for a long time. Also those islands are amazing your really missing out man

    • @clungemagnet3388
      @clungemagnet3388 2 роки тому

      @Bs Ds yeah

    • @clungemagnet3388
      @clungemagnet3388 2 роки тому

      @Bs Ds I meant it as he said it’s a more interesting coty

    • @northernstar4811
      @northernstar4811 2 роки тому

      Sarajevo is a lot cheaper than Dubrovnik so I think that was the main issue. Dubrovnik has a lot more history than Sarajevo too.

  • @northernstar4811
    @northernstar4811 2 роки тому +2

    Bosnia gets its name from the "Bosna" river. So it`s a place name and not an ethnic group.