Small, worn down houses line the roads leading from Tuzla to Eagle Base, the U.S. headquarters in Bosnia. Small piles of garbage litter the ditches along the roadway. Abandoned cars are pushed over hillsides and left to rust. In the country, straw is piled in yards for livestock. A few people keep chickens in small cages.
Potholes make car rides bumpy.
Somebody's missing something somewhere. But there are signs of hope. It's spring and tiny white blossoms cover the plum trees scattered around the hillsides. A sports arena hosts a basketball team that's first in the Bosnian league. Two Americans play on the Tuzla Freedom.