The train journey to Sarajevo was about 6 hours. The sun was set an hour later I got on the train. Then the train reached the boarder of Samac. Entering Bosnia and Herzegovina, I got strict custom check. a custom officer requested me for opening my luggage. I placed all my belongings side by side. He was interested in my stylish glass case and my japanese travel book.
Custom, immigration and ticket inspector, they all did not speak English. In some case, I had difficulty in communicating with them. In this case, it was fare adjustment. I got a ticket from Osijek to the boarder, but I did not get a ticket from the boarder to Sarajevo. In addition, I did not have enough Konvertibilna Marka (BAM). I had to pay 25.6 Marka. The officer accepted croatian Kuna. We had to calculate the exchange rate. 1 Marka was about 4 Kuna, so the fare was 102.4 Kuna. I had only 100 banknotes of Kuna. We had difficulty in the change. However the officer made an effort to give me the change with Kuna and Marka. It took about 30 minutes to pay the adjustment fare.
The journey to Sarajevo was boring except talking with an Croatian man. I did not remember his name! He was going to meet his girl friend living in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He spoke English, He had studied English in the USA, San Jose. San Jose is only place I have ever been. We had talked about fishing and our salary for 1 hour. I learnt croatian word Rieka meant River.
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