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]

Route suggestion: Via Ignatia, [4], [5], hint from SNV Balkans in Tirana.

• 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

• 28/07:

cycle 23 km Shkoder- Vladimir + 19km Vladimir-Ostros (difficult climb, possible? to be confirmed)

camp there

• 29/07:

cycle 42 km Ostros - Rijeka Crnojevica

camp with FORUM-MNE int. camp/volunteers (to be confirmed)

• 30/07:

action in morning? (to be confirmed)

cycle in afternoon 30 km to Podgorica

introduction of country/events/bike action next day

cycle to camp place, 5 km above city

• 31/07

joined action in Podgorica with Green Home on airquality and transport in the city

(we can help prepare in morning)

camp 5 km above city

• 01/08:

cycle to Nikšič (& put tents 5 km above city)

• 02/08:

activity in Nikšič? (to be confirmed)

• 03/08 + 04.08:

cycle by passing Žabljak and Pluzine (details to be confirmed)

• 05/08:

cycle to border (details to be confirmed)

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.