Todays route to Sarajevo was approximately 300km in length and for the first 100km we continued south on the excellent Croatian motorway through a picturesque landscape of wide valleys and distant mountains. To our surprise (and the surprise of our GPS) the motorway continued all the way to and across the border into BIH (Bosnia Hercegovina).

The border crossing was a non event with the Croatians barely even looking at our passports and the BIH officials merely stamping us in and checking that we had insurance for the truck.

The first few km in BIH were on a brand new motorway (so new in fact that the toll booths were not yet in place). But quite soon that motorway stopped and we found ourselves on a series of narrow country roads winding our way back to the old highway.

The only stop we planned on the route to Sarajevo was at the town of Mostar. A quaint little town situated in a narrow valley astride the Neretva river. It is famous for its narrow traditional streets and the foot bridge across the river, originally built in 1557. The bridge was apparently destroyed during the war with Serbia in the early 1990s and has since been rebuilt. There were still signs in the town of that war with many buildings showing scars from the fighting. The town was bustling with tourists and tour buses and and much of the old town was given over to souvenir shops and cafes.

The drive to Sarajevo was generally easy on a good two-lane highway through quite pretty mountain scenery.

We had found online the location of an Autocamp (called Oaza in the Ilidza neighborhood) west of Sarajevo and that was out destination for the night. It proved easy to find, at least with the aid of GPS coordinates and a GPS system. The guy in the reception was at first taken aback by the sight of us in our big yellow truck but after getting over the shock he was very helpful.

The camp ground was a bit down market from our previous couple of places. While it had nice brand new toilets and shower blocks there was no hot water as the only water heating was solar and today was cloudy. Wifi was available but only near reception. But there was electricity, a dump and water.