I was in Mostar in 1985, and walked across this bridge. It was chock-full of tourists, and for athletic local boys, a great source of income was Western tourists paying for them to jump from the bridge into the river. When they did it, three-four at a time. It was done like, every half an hour.
BTW, the valley of the Neretva upriver from Mostar was an extremely beautiful canyon, with mountains rising above 2000 m on its sides. Both the railroad and the road to Sarajevo went through it. Both were destroyed at several places by the ethnic fronts, today rebuilt in much worse hape, and a lot of rubbish and litter was dumped along the river... *Traitor*, n. A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
