Route 2009
DRAFT ROUTE PROPOSAL! dates, places and activities can still change a bit. Big cities are easiest to start joining biketour: Belgrade, Skopje, Ohrid (Struga), Durres (as we are there a few days and only one afternoon in Tirana), Podgorica, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Zagreb.But of course you can be adventurous and join us from other places - AS LONG AS YOU LET US KNOW WELL IN ADVANCE!
Serbia
- 5 July Belgrade
- BT Welcome meeting
- preparation of event of next day
- 6 July Belgrade
- Critical Mass through Belgrade center
- take a train to Skopje [1]
Macedonia
- 7 July Skopje
- BT participants arrive by train.
- Event on new rent-a-bike system in Skopje
- Ride to sleeping place near Katlanovo, in tents or perhaps in school building in Skopje.
- 8 July Veles
- Ride to Veles.
- Event on the smelter [2]
- Sleep over near Veles (Mlados Lake?).
- 9 July Smokvica – t.b.c.
- Take a train/bus to Smokvica.
- Event on the building of the highway and the destruction of the IBA.
- Return with a train/bus to Veles.
- 10 July
- Ride to Teovo (only 35km)
- Ride to sleeping place in Teovo (either in Monastery, Scout camp or unused school)
- 11 July
- Ride to Debreste (only 35km)
- Visit of the conservation project of water buffaloes (http://www.biosfera.org.mk/)
- Sleeping place t.b.d.
- 12 July
- Ride to Bitola
- Sleeping place t.b.d.
- 13 July Bitola
- Bike parade in Bitola center towards the new Info and Educations Centre on sustainability "Volvox" which offers projects on renewable energies (http://www.biosfera.org.mk/)
- Sleeping place t.b.d.
- 14 July
- Ride to & swim in Prespa Lake (Oteševo or further)
- Sleeping place t.b.d.
- 15 July Struga (Vevcani)
- Ride to Struga.
- sleep over at Krste Jon scouts in Struga or etno village Vevcani
Albania [3]
- 16 July
- Ride to around Librazhd
- Sleeping place t.b.d.
- 17 July
- Ride to Elbasani (less then 25km from Librazhd)
- action on chrome and iron smelter (t.b.c.) together with local groups
- 18 JulyPrëze
- Ride to Rrogozhinë
- 19 July
- Ride to Dürres
- film screening about Vlora Industrial & Energy park in city centre (inviting people to join action next day)
- 20 July
- public awareness activity on Energy Park plans at Porto Romano harbour of Dürres (info:http://seedw.org)
- if possible: film screening at the touristic beach
- 21 July
- Resting day at Dürres
- 22 July
- Ride to Prëze (35 km)
- activity with communities with whom the Permaculture Ass. of Prëze works with within the Green Agenda project (http://www.greenagenda.net/albania/)
- 23 July
- visit to Tirana (by bus back&forth from Prëze??)
- event in Tirana: film screening?, public action on transport & bike use together with local groups? tbc
- sleeping at Prëze
- 24 July
- Ride to Kuje (only 12 km)
- Action on the Fushë cement factory (4 years in operatin) and the Antea cement factory (planned for 2010) i.a.w. Eden (http://eden-alb.org/)
- Sleeping place t.b.d.
- 25 July
- Ride to Lezhe
- Sleeping place t.b.d.
- 26 July
- Ride to Shkodër
- 27 July
- Action (on NPP plans) or activity (on sustainable energies) in Shkoder together with local groups
Montenegro
- Virpazar
- Podgorica - 31/07/09
- Nikšić
- Plužine
BiH
- Ščepan Polje
- Foča/Srbnije
- Trnovo
- Sarajevo -- 09/08/09
- Visoko
- Kiseljak
- Zenica
- Travnik
- Skender Vakuf
- Banja Luka -- 16/08/09
- Omarska
- Prijedor
Croatia
- Hrvatska Dubica
- Sisak
- Zagreb -- 25/08/09
- Jagnjedovec -- 28/08/09 - arrival at MuM camp - END OF BIKETOUR 2009!
See it on google map (1st version) to satisfy the geek in yourself.