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More driving today. Leaving Dubrovnik, we headed North to Split - also in Croatia. Yet, on the way we encountered a border post - Bosnia. I suppose one country inside another is obvious to those familiar with the Balkans. After all it's the very definition of the term: 'balkanisation'.

This brief gap in the map of Croatia is a corridor to provide Bosnia with direct access to the Adriatic.

Some of the way was on an excellent expressway
A scenic drive even if the Fiat had trouble keeping up on the hills

Bosnia lasted for all of 20 minutes. We waited at the two border stations for longer. The people on either side look as different as those on either side of the Murray. It seems a ridiculous duplication of economic resources but then Croatia is doing much better than Bosnia economically. Bosnia has been a bit of a basket case since the demise of Yugoslavia - and not just economically.

Anyway, some of the way was on an excellent expressway, even if the Fiat had trouble keeping up with the 130 km/h speed limit when we got into the hills.

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