Sarajevo tour
I went on a tour of Sarajevo, went to see "The Tunnel" - the only life line between Sarajevo and the Bosnian territory during the siege - well whatever is left of it. The tunnel has now collapsed and the family that built a house on top of it manage to save 25 meters of it. It took 150 men 4 months and 4 days to dig the 800 metres long, 1.60m tall and 1 metre long tunnel that was the only way to transport food from the bosnian territory to Sarajevo. Approx 3000 people crossed the tunnel each day, carrying about 50kg of food and water. Young, old, men and women. There is a rucksack weighing 35kg for people to try to lift it up - oh my god it was heavy.
Sunny (the tour guide)tells us a few jokes to keep our spirits high:
"A man was swinging on a children’s swing in a park in sarajevo, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth whilst the snipers were shooting. One man sprinted by, he saw the swinging man and shouted, “what are you doing? can’t you see they’re shooting?!” and the man replied, still swinging, “of course, but i was bored staying inside so i decided to fuck with the snipers.”
"2 men are digging a trench. One of them says "man that's deep enough, you don't have to dig anymore". And the other one replies "But if I dig deep enough, i might find oil and then they will save us".
"2 men are sitting in the bench, looking at pigeons.
"Did you bring any bread for the pigeons?"
"No, i eat them without bread".

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