tssssss.... sweating away in our attic office in Banja Luka, we are
getting ready for it, and now we're inviting you too!
Come join us and cycle the Western Balkans this summer!
We are going from Belgrade (Serbia), via Skopje, Tirana, Podgorica,
Sarajevo and Zagreb to the Mnogo u Malom camp in Jagnjedovec (Croatia).
Our moon shaped-itinerary is around 1700 km and will take us almost two
months: from 7 July untill August 28.
The Biketour is not just any road trip of plain old peddle power through
picturesque panoramas, it's full of environmental campaigning and
actions too! We will participate in campaigns at places we pass;
Reclaiming the streets of cities which are still dominated - clogged -
by cars. Getting informed on health issues around polluting industries,
and help fighting plans to build new ones. Debunking a nuclear power
myth on the Adriatic shore. We'll also stay with local communities who
take sustainable development into their own hands: home-made, home
grown, permaculture, renewables, recycling, preservation of natural
reserves... And theres going to be a whole lot more!!
As 2009 is the year in which governments decide in Copenhagen if they'll
stop climate change or not, the Biketour will pay extra attention to it.
Just as everywhere else, in the Western Balkans there reaminss a lot to
be done to fight global warming. With the people we meet /en route/ we
will inform, exchange, improve and fight against the climate chaos -
we'll face the heat!
*[ Get hot & join us this summer! ]*
If you want to join (a part) of the biketour, you are welcome!
Join us, if:
• you can cycle aroud 50 km per day through *hot weather* (bring a cap!)
• you are interested in environmental issues and want to take part in
actions
• you want to take part in concensus decision-making (talking!) and
• help with the daily tasks such as preparing meals, pullnig trailers,
washing up or tidying the sleeping places.
*[ how to participate ]*
First: Read the ins and outs of the Biketour on our website & fill out
the application form on http://www.thebiketour.net/join-us/ asap (before
10th of june!)
Then: find out if you need visa for the countries we travel through
(Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Croatia). If so contact us, so we can see how we can help you to arrange
your visa.
Each person pays a participation fee of around 5 euros per day (those
with a better economic situation maybe a bit more then those with have
less). The fee covers everything - organisational effort, various
events, actions, workshops, three meals a day and a place to put up your
tent.
If join from the start: we meet 5th of July in Belgrade where the 6th of
July we'll have an Cyclemania action. After that we take the nightttrain
to Macedonia. The actual cycling of the 2009 biketour will start in
Skopje in the afternoon of the 7th.
You can also joing us somewhere along our route - but pleaser let us
know in advance around where and when we can expect you to show up!!
There are a lot of hints and tips we can give you for getting ready for
the biketour, but to keep this invitation of a decent length, you better
delve yourself through our website and look at everything already there.
But if you have questions, ask!
Hope to see you!
Daniël and Marcha
this years international coordinators
http://www.thebiketour.net
http://btwiki.ecobytes.net
info@ecotopiabiketour.net
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