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'''Bosnia and Herzegovina''' is generally good for hitchhiking as the people here are very warm and friendly. If you are from a western country, chances are good that the people you meet in the street will have friends or relatives living in your country (due to refugees who left Bosnia during the [http[://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War :Bosnian War|war]]). This makes for an easy conversation with locals (if you can communicate with them).

I was traveling with my friend around Bosnia in May 2013 and I speak local language. We change a lot of cars and heard a lot of stories from drivers. When we traveled If you will go from Gradiska, Banja Luka to Sarajevo, in this part of Bosnia people are a little bit afraid to pick you up. They said to me things like some people that was hitchhiking robe some drivers and they are afraid to pick up hitchhikers but truck drivers are not so afraid so try more with them, you do not have anything to lose just ask every car if you will hitchhike on petrol stationstations or anywhere else. Area around Sarajevo and toward Tuzla and forward Croatia are better for hitchhikikng hitchhiking, people are more friendly in this area. Area around Mostar, they people also said to me some have stories about accidents with hitchhikers. They only have this accidents with local people that were hitchhiking, there were not problems with foreigners. Even that we you could heard all this stories we , it is possible to always catch rides and you will always find some good people to help you. Sometimes you will wait few minutes, sometimes one hour or more but you will find your way.When we went from From Banja Luka to Sarajevo it was is not so easy to catch ride in Travnik. We You can really stuck in Travnik, first we were at end of city at is a big bus station and it is very good place to hitchhike but a . A lot of cars were driving will go to Sarajevo and but they did do not want like to stop. So we You can move after one hour and something to different place at entrance of city. In Travnik you have at beginning of city one petrol station and it is good place to hitchhike but very small number of cars are stopping here there on petrol station and even that but also a lot of cars were drivers are going in direction of toward Sarajevo nobody did not and if they want they have a lot of space to stop again. So we were in Travnik for 5 hours waiting for our savior and he finally pick us up on this petrol station and drove us right . Bus station at end of city is better place but you need to Sarajevohave luck on both places.

== Accommodation Dangers ==People from Country has one of the most severe land mine problems in the [[Balkans]] are very friendly world and may help you a lotaccidents happen every year. They may not only pay you a drink (Notice Be aware that serious flooding in the Balkans countriesMay 2014, shifted some land mines, one person pays and also shifted some notices marking unsafe or cleared areas. Walking off the drinks for all road into the people drinking together! So either pay for everybody or enjoy your free drink!)bushes on a spot you are not familiar with is not a good idea. Stick to paths, but they might accommodate you at their placetire tracks and well grazed fields.

In Bosnia, you will find a lot of partially built/destroyed the war houses (were often rigged with mines as their owners fled during the war!) where . If something looks "too abandoned", stay away from it . In general, any area which seems visited recently is often possible safe to sleep (many of them still have a roof). Those houses are empty for years and are often quite cleango, but any area which is all overgrown, so a mattress and clearly not visited by anyone for a sleeping bag may decade is not to be enough to spend a good nighttrusted until locals confirm it's safe.

== Dangers ==There are still some uncleared landmines, so when walking outside of cities, try to stay on the road Read more from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_mine_contamination_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina Wikipedia] or on generally used pathsfrom [http://www. bhmac.org/en/ BH MAC]. Try to avoid hitching within cities as you will most likely attract a taxi.

Thousands == Personal Experiences ==''I always reference Bosnia as being one of unmarked land mines are still present in the country easiest countries I ever hitchhiked through and walking off the road into the bushes on a spot you are not familiar small country with is not a good ideaplenty of character. I came in from Dubrovnik, Croatia to Mostar, onward to Sarajevo and then I continued towards Belgrade, Serbia.(I found Bosnians very friendly and proud to see map http://entourists in their country.wikipediaSome people speak English because of the emigration during the war but even if they have no English they understand the concept of hitchhiking as many people here have hitchhiked before.org/wiki/Land_mine_contamination_in_Bosnia_and_HerzegovinaIn general, Most towns like Mostar don't require any area which seems visited recently is safe special spots or petrol stations just walk out of the town towards your next destination and find anywhere with space for cars to go, but any area which is all overgrown, stop and stick your thumb out. Old Volkswagons make up most of the traffic in the countryside and clearly not visited I got collected by anyone a taxi and public bus both for free. I also shared a back seat with a decade is not to be trusted until locals confirm itgoat.''s safe.-[[User:HoboSpirit|HoboSpirit]]