Simon Bučan - blog

Nina & Jure

admin — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:44:23 +0000

Nina & Jure I wish you all the best and happy marriage

Biogradska gora NP

admin — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:54:27 +0000

Biogradska Gora is a 16 km² big forest in the mountainous region of Bjelasica between Tara and Lim rivers. One of the unique features of the park is its virgin forest with trees over five hundred years old. The most common tree is European Beech.

Sarajevo, BiH

admin — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:35:56 +0000

Empty Baščaršija in the morning

Hope for winning ticket

Famous restaurant Inat Kuća

Baščaršija is historic and cultural centre of sarajevo

Sebilj – wooden style fountain in the center of Baščaršija square built by Mehmed-pasha Kukavica in 1753.

It’s hard to get empty place at famous ćevapbdžinica’s late afternoon

Sarajevsko tastes good

Sarajevo’s war tunnel was made during the siege of Sarajevo in 1993 in order to link the city of Sarajevo, which was entirely cut-off by Serbian forces. The tunnel was built under the airport runway and connecting two territories, Dobrinja and Butmir.

It was in use for 30 months and registered nearly three million crossings from each side.

It’s 720m long and 1.5m high. A total of 2,800 square meter of soil was removed, 170 square meter of wood and 45 tons of steel were used in the construction of the tunnel.

Ćevapćići …

… and Bosnian coffe after long day

Ghost village

admin — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:44:31 +0000

They went away and never come back

Titov bunker, BiH

admin — Fri, 31 May 2013 09:38:57 +0000

Not far from Bosninan city Konjic in the Neretva valley there are three “holiday cottages”. No one knew that they were just a mask to enter the biggest atomic shelter in the former Yugoslavia. From all three wide tunnels lead to large shelter where 350 people could survive six months without any contact with the outside world.

Bunker is made in the shape of a horseshoe and is divided into 12 blocks. The most important blocks 6-Communications, 8-Tito’s residence, 9-Air facilities, 10-Oil tank and 11-Water.

Bunker was built in case of a third World War and fear that Yugoslavia would be collateral damage between East and West block firing nuclear weapon. It’s able to withstand the attack four times stronger than the one that devastated Hiroshima.

The building covers 25,000 square meters of which 6,500 is residential area.

Expansion container for water pressure regulation

Electric power generator. There are three of them.

Construction lasted 26 years. Began in 1953 and completed 1979. Cost: 4.6 billion $.

The temperature is between 21 and 23 degrees Celsius and humidity of 60 to 70 percent.

Bunker existence was known only a few dozen of the top military officials and 15 specially selected who have worked on serving bunker.

Main telephone switchboard

Telex room

Carrier air conditioning machine

Inside the building there is 21 systems for maintenance: connections, transformers, generators, air conditioning, water tanks, fuel tanks, waste water treatment, heating, medical, kitchen .. There are two containers with 50 tons of oil, two types of climate, pool with 170 cubic meters of water, running water from natural wells, located in the mountain. Each system has an alternative in case the first fails.

Before the start of the outbreak of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina general Milutin Kukanjac, commander of the 7th JNA Army Region, ordered on the night of the 7th and 8th of May in 1992 to destroy the object ARK. “Destroy everything you can’t take it,” was the order that was supposed to activate 4,500 tons of trotil that has already been set up in the bunker. General Grabovica, a retired Army Colonel, now Head of shifts in the underground facility says: We needed to evacuate through a secret exit and detonate the explosives. In general panic I managed to rip the wire that is supposed to be activated explosives so that nothing flew into the air.

It’s equiped with more than 100 bedrooms with comfortable beds, two large conference rooms, five operational centers with direct telephone links with the Presidency of the former Yugoslavian Federal Republic’s and cable TV, two kitchens, five large bathrooms, cryptographic center, the hospital operating room.

Dining room with kitchen

Deepest point, Conference room, is located 202 meters horizontally from the entrance and 280 meters below Zlatar mountain.

Tito never visited this atomic shelter

Yugoslavian banknotes

Iskra phones

Telephone network scheme

Moment when Boško Buha was shot dead

In atomic shelter Biennial of contemporary art takes place every two years

Viewpoint for gods

admin — Tue, 28 May 2013 10:40:09 +0000

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Larch cones are getting red

Flying in a flower meadows

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 22:22:38 +0000

Lukomir, BiH

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:28:39 +0000

Umoljani
I thought that I’ll get to Lukomir with car from Umoljani but just above village there was snow on the road and I need to go back.

Brda is another village nearby and there was snow too just above village and there I started 12,5km walk to Lukomir.

Nice landscape at Bjelašnica

Finally I arrived to Lukomir

Village was empty at the end of April

About 30-40, mostly older residents live here only from May to September and leave when first snow occur. They herd sheep and use their wool for everyday clothing. Young girls have married and boys went to Sarajevo.

Behind the last house it’s outstanding view over Rakitnica canyon which drops down more than 800 meters.

Lukomir village is 1496 meters above sea level.

Villagers will have a lot to repair when they come back.

They filmed Gluvi barut and Nebo iznad krajolika here in Lukomir.

Big Foot Mama + Pet ta hudih

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:10:37 +0000

Big Foot Mama played rock’n'roll at Križanke after 4 years. Loud and powerful.

They played with 6 fans which play their instruments (2 vocalists)

It was great gig and auditorium was full again.

Pictures from 4 years ago.

Mostar – old town, BiH

admin — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:43:32 +0000

Mostar has been most famous for beautiful historic Ottoman-style Old bridge, which spanned the Neretva river in the historic center of the city. It was originally built by the Turks in 1566, destroyed in November 1993 by Croatian army (HVO) and rebuilt in 2004. Named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who in the medieval times guarded the Old Bridge.

Streets in Old town

Obituaries

Caffe Marshall named after TITO

Steps across the bridge

Tara – bridge keeper on Neretva’s left bank and Helebija – on right bank

Biscevica House

Helebija

Koski Mehmed pasa Mosque

Sad remnants of an idiotic period