Motorcycle Tour - Crossing into Bosnia_ Ep. 12.
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00:00Assalam Alekum and good morning everyone.
00:27I am currently at Plitvicev National Park in Croatia, which is a very beautiful national park.
00:32If you haven't seen my previous vlog, you can go and check it out.
00:35I am not too far from the Croatian and Bosnian borders.
00:39My plan for today is to try and enter Bosnia.
00:42I don't know if the Bosnian border is open or not.
00:45We'll find out today.
00:47And then I will decide how big of a ride I will take.
00:50If I want, I can go to Sarajevo or Mostar.
00:53But it will be a little longer. It's about 350 km from here.
00:56As soon as I cross the border, I will decide what to do.
00:59I am copying my data here, which I recorded yesterday.
01:03I didn't have the courage to copy the data yesterday.
01:07And this is my room.
01:09It's a beautiful room with an attached bathroom.
01:12And there's a nice view from the balcony.
01:14The advantage of this room is that I have a kitchen facility and a garage.
01:18I parked my bike here.
01:20I made my own dinner yesterday.
01:22I will make my own breakfast today.
01:25And then I will start my ride.
01:27Let me pack my stuff first.
01:30Then we'll have breakfast and leave.
01:41So it's time to leave. Let's go.
01:44I have parked my bike here.
01:46It's almost ready.
01:48Let me put the keys down.
01:53Thank you very much.
01:55It was a nice room.
02:22Subhan Allah.
02:26I think we took a wrong turn as soon as we left.
02:31We have to go to the other side.
02:33Let's just go back.
02:35It happens.
02:37That's the main road.
02:39May Allah make this a safe day for us.
02:41If we cross the Bosnian border today,
02:44our total distance will be 350 km.
02:47And we have almost 6 hours of driving time.
02:50And this is without a break.
02:52That means we haven't driven for almost 8 to 9 hours.
02:56If I have to record something,
02:59it takes 3 to 4 extra hours.
03:02The Bosnian border is very close from here.
03:05It's an 18 minute drive.
03:07It's not too far.
03:09But unfortunately, I am not sure
03:11if they will let me pass or not.
03:14I met a Bosnian couple of days ago.
03:16He said no for now.
03:18But I said, let's try.
03:20If they let me pass,
03:22we can continue our journey in Croatia.
03:25They have a lot of borders with Croatia.
03:28One of them is Dubrovnik, the city of Croatia.
03:32To get there, you have to pass through Bosnia.
03:35It's near the coast.
03:37I think it's the name of the area.
03:39They will let me enter from there.
03:41But I have to confirm one more thing.
03:44If I enter Bosnia,
03:46will I be able to enter Croatia or not?
03:48Or Montenegro?
03:50Because I don't want to get stuck in Bosnia.
04:01As you can see, there are apartments everywhere.
04:04This is the main business of the people.
04:06They have guest houses in their homes.
04:09They provide bed and breakfast.
04:11It's very cheap.
04:12I paid only 20 euros for it.
04:14You get double value for the money you spend.
04:31The weather is quite pleasant here.
04:33It's not raining.
04:34There are clouds but it doesn't matter.
04:36It's almost 20 to 22 degrees.
04:45We have almost reached the border.
04:47You can see the check post over there.
04:49This is the border.
04:51My heart is racing again.
04:53Let's see what happens.
04:55Let's go to the car guy.
04:59I don't know if this belongs to him or not.
05:03Let's see.
05:05I think it's his.
05:07Let's see.
05:09Let's go.
05:11I don't know if this belongs to him or not.
05:14It belongs to Bosnia.
05:16Does it mean that there is no Croatian flag here?
05:18God knows.
05:20There was a Bosnian flag there.
05:23Hello.
05:25I have a German passport.
05:27Am I allowed to go inside Bosnia or not yet?
05:33Where is the Bosnian check post?
05:37Sorry.
05:39He said that there is no problem for him.
05:41But I should go and ask him.
05:43So I will go.
05:45Hello.
05:53Only Bosnian?
05:57Sorry?
06:12I think it's not allowed to enter from here.
06:19Let's see what they say.
06:23Germany.
06:25Not Bosnia.
06:27Corona.
06:32Unfortunately, the Bosnian people did not allow me to enter the country with a German passport.
06:36According to them, only the Bosnian nationals are allowed to enter the country.
06:39But I can see a lot of Croatian cars here.
06:42So I think there must be someone between Croatia and Bosnia.
06:45They must have made an agreement that the nationals are allowed to enter the country.
06:48I was expecting that at some point, someone would stop me from entering the country.
06:53Now I will try to go to 2-3 different places.
06:56If they allow me to enter the country, then I will go.
06:59A police officer is coming to ask me what I am doing.
07:01When I was recording at the border, a police officer from Croatia came to stop me.
07:06He said that I cannot record here.
07:08It's a restricted zone.
07:10He said that they have an agreement with the Balkan countries.
07:13Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia nationals.
07:16They can come to each other's countries.
07:19The rest of them may be allowed to enter the country from 15th June.
07:22Today's date is 10th June.
07:25Let's see if they allow me to enter the country on 15th June.
07:28Now I have to decide whether I should wait for 4-5 more days.
07:31Because I can enter the country from Montenegro.
07:33Albania will be allowed to enter the country from Montenegro.
07:35Greece will be allowed to enter the country on 15th June.
07:37I will reach Greece by 15th June.
07:43Albania
07:45Albania
08:11I am waiting for my bikers.
08:13Let's say hello to them.
08:15I don't think they are the ones I met earlier.
08:17I think they are the Croatians.
08:20There is a terrible wind at the top.
08:23As soon as there is a naked part,
08:26it hits the camera in front of me.
08:28It shakes my head.
08:31You can see that we are about to cross this.
08:34We have to go down.
08:36The whole flat is coming slowly.
08:43Albania
08:45Albania
09:12It's a beautiful river.
09:14Now we are going along the river.
09:16I don't remember the name of the river.
09:18It was written somewhere.
09:20But Croatian names are very difficult to pronounce.
09:24So it's not that easy to remember or pronounce them.
09:29Especially if you don't know the language.
09:36I think we will have to climb again.
09:38But it doesn't look like much.
09:40It's just a couple of curves.
09:44Albania
10:08Look at this.
10:10This is not a village.
10:12This used to be an old house in the fields.
10:15I don't think there was a road like this.
10:18Their road was a little better than this.
10:21It wasn't like this.
10:40Albania
10:44How far is the main road?
10:49English
10:50How far is the main road from here?
10:54A few hundred meters.
10:56Yeah? Okay. Thank you.
11:01Are those donkeys or mules?
11:03That's all I know about these things.
11:06But they were cute.
11:08Their donkeys were cuter than our donkeys.
11:11They are Croatian donkeys.
11:30We have entered a village now.
11:32And I only have 27 km of fuel left in my bike.
11:36Hopefully we will find a fuel station here.
11:39Let's get it filled.
11:41Otherwise, I will have to open my canister.
11:44I can't see a single person here.
11:47It's so quiet.
11:49Maybe people are working.
11:51But it's completely closed.
11:53There are cars but not many.
11:56This is our fuel.
11:58I haven't removed it since I came back.
12:03These are his winter gloves.
12:05And a few other small things.
12:14Ja, ich spreche Deutsch.
12:17Ja, ich spreche Deutsch.
12:21Ich kann jetzt weiter fahren.
12:24Arbeit in Deutschland.
12:26Österreich
12:28Jetzt kann ich weiter fahren.
12:33Danke schön.
12:35He is asking how fast I can go.
12:37Tschüss.
12:39I have filled up 1.7 liters of fuel.
12:42I should be able to go on.
12:44I should be able to go on.
12:46We have reached Karka National Park.
12:49Now I have to find a parking entrance.
12:52A place where I can fly my drone.
12:55I think it would be a problem if I fly it from inside the park.
12:59So it would be best if I find a place outside the park.
13:03Otherwise I can easily fly it from there.
13:29Karka National Park
13:36Finally we have found a petrol station.
13:39Let's fill up the tank from here.
13:41And get something to drink.
13:46The bike tank is full.
13:48And I have also filled up my tank.
13:51Karka National Park...
13:53The last time I came here,
13:55it costed me 180 Kuna.
13:59Which is almost 20-22 Euros per person.
14:04And now because of Corona,
14:06it costs 50 Kuna.
14:08Which is almost 6-6.5 Euros.
14:11The reason was that when I went down,
14:13they didn't allow me to fly the drone.
14:15I only brought my drone with me.
14:17So I thought I should take some shots from the drone.
14:20Instagram is full of drone shots.
14:23They have been a little unfair.
14:25They didn't allow me to fly the drone.
14:27But when I came back, I flew it from the peak.
14:29The downside is that you can't fly it with waterfalls.
14:33As soon as it reaches the peak,
14:35the signal will be lost.
14:37And then it's up to God.
14:39If it comes, it comes.
14:41If it doesn't come, it doesn't come.
14:43Now I have to go to Trogir.
14:45It's a small city.
14:47But it's near Split.
14:49So I will stay there tonight.
14:51And then we will decide what are our plans.
14:54A little while ago,
14:56when I was refueling here,
14:58I booked a hotel and an apartment from Booking.com.
15:02Because of Corona,
15:04you get good end time options.
15:08I have just got a good apartment.
15:10A full apartment for only 20 Euros.
15:12Let's go to Trogir.
15:14It's a 50 minute journey from here.
15:17No, sorry.
15:18It's an exact journey to Trogir.
15:47Trogir
15:49Trogir
15:51Trogir
16:15I can hear something from the bike.
16:17I don't know what it is.
16:20Let's check it out later.
16:23The room was amazing.
16:25Such a good apartment for only 20 Euros.
16:27The view from the balcony is from my balcony.
16:31There is a place to sit.
16:33There is an attached washroom and a kitchen inside.
16:36A full fledged kitchen.
16:38But I don't feel like cooking today.
16:41I don't feel like eating spaghetti again.
16:43And we are in the city.
16:45So we will find something to eat.
16:47Let's go to the city and find something to eat.
16:51No more talking about it.
16:55The way it is, the way it is.
17:00It's no mystery.
17:02There's no getting around it.
17:07When you're here, when you're here.
17:11We got chemistry.
17:13Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus, a lot of restaurants are still closed.
17:18Because there are no tourists and this is a tourist country.
17:20If there are no tourists, then there is no need to open the restaurants.
17:24And that's why I am facing a lot of problems.
17:27There are a lot of halal food restaurants that are closed.
17:32There are a lot of them in this area which is very difficult to find.
17:36I am fed up of eating tuna fish.
17:39But as I was moving forward, I was trying to enter personally.
17:44But unfortunately, they didn't let me in.
17:47I will try again in the next 1 or 2 days.
17:51Because I wanted to show you Bosnia.
17:54And I will try again in the next 1 or 2 days.
17:57If they let me enter, that's fine.
17:59If they don't let me enter, that's fine.
18:01If I get a chance in life, I will try to visit Bosnia again.
18:04Today was a good day.
18:07I am not saying that it was a great day.
18:09No need to lie.
18:11Because I had to do a 300 km detour.
18:14First I went to Bosnia.
18:16Then I came back to the coast.
18:18But this is part of the adventure.
18:20It's part of the game.
18:22We will continue our tour.
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