The West, also known here as the "creator of the so-called new world order," is blamed for all the harm brought upon the old Yugoslavia.

The last normal season for the tourism industry here was in 1990, when the old Yugoslavia was still intact.

Romania, Bulgaria and the components of the old Yugoslavia have fared less well.

Even in this uncertain time, it felt like a glimmering remnant of the old Yugoslavia.

Slovenia, - the old Yugoslavia's economic powerhouse, has been the biggest winner.

"We have literally nowhere to go in the old Yugoslavia," he said.

Many of the bonds that bound the old Yugoslavia together have been painfully knitted back together.

And what about the escape hatch to the old Yugoslavia?

Now that the old Yugoslavia has been shattered by war, its people are at one another's throats over the language that most of them speak.

There is growing fear now that the conflict could spread outside the boundaries of the old Yugoslavia, and into neighbouring countries.