HU Travellers Meeting Montenegro 2013
Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meeting
Thursday June 27 - Sunday June 30, 2013 - near Kolasin, Montenegro
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It's All About Overland Adventure
Whether you're a seasoned veteran with wisdom to share or a complete novice hungry for ideas and guidance, it doesn't matter if you ride a motorcycle, a bicycle, or drive an expedition vehicle...
Horizons Unlimited meetings are for everyone who dreams of adventure along the road less travelled.
Horizons Unlimited Montenegro Event Schedule
The Plan
Our plan is very simple. We will wait for your arrival on Thursday and you will be a part of our story for the next three days! Share your experiences with other participants, learn something from them or you teach them, take a ride thru unspoiled nature.
Presentations will start on Thursday afternoon, continue on Friday and Saturday during the whole day. For those who want to get in touch with our beautiful and unspoiled nature we can suggest some routes (gravel and paved) which we planned for Friday and Saturday. After Saturday barbecue, on Sunday morning everybody goes in their own direction. Some will go back home, and some who knows, maybe will continue further after getting some great ideas during the meeting.
Presenters at HU Montenegro 2013 include...
Ekke and Audrey Kok (CAN)'Riding to the Great Wall' |
Audrey and Ekke flew from Canada to Germany in July of 2012 and then rode east. All the way to the Great Wall of China. Who knew that you could simply ride to the Great Wall? Along the way they overcame a few logistical challenges, met wonderful people and had the adventure of a lifetime.
Ekke and camels
Audrey friends an elephant in Thailand
Zeljan Rakela (CRO)Ride around the world |
Zeljan is an adventure rider from Split, Croatia. For the past 7 years he travelled on 5 continents, visited over 100 states, and rode over 270.000 km. And of course, everything on the same bike, BMW GS ADV1200 (2006). He will try to show us his journeys from his perspective. He will speak about all the good things that he experienced and all the troubles that he had during this interesting trip.
Vladimir Jovicic (SRB)Ride around the world |
Three motorcycle drivers started from Montenegro and took the tough road around the world, struggling through beautiful nature and rough roads through Siberia and Road of Bones, and further through Alaska, Canada, USA and Europe for the greatest adventure of their lives!
Rodoljub Roki Rogosic (GER)From Germany to Morocco and back |
For me, Morocco was like some mysterious place. I remember when I was a kid, Tito and Yugoslavia had really good relations with Morocco. I imagined those people as being from another planet, Boumedienn and Algeria, Nasser and Egypt, Gaddafi and Lebanon. I was really fascinated with those countries. After many years I met a lot of people from Morocco and realised that they are not from some other planet, they are like us. But the desire to visit this country never passed me. And here, after 30 or more years I fulfilled my dream with my family. This is a story of our journey.
Marko Blecic (MNE)Climbing Mt. Everest |
From a small country like Montenegro it's not so often that people want to do some great thing. But there were a couple of them with one wish, to climb to highest peak on Earth, Mt. Everest. This task was really tough, but their drive to succeed was much higher. Marko will try to share with you their experience, their fears and their doubts, but also their feelings when they reached the summit.
Ivan Bozovic (MNE)Riding from Montenegro to NordKapp |
In 2008, three men from Montenegro decided to move on a journey "a little" more north of their homeland. How much is "little"? Well, does Nordkapp sound north enough? Here comes the story of three adventurers on the road! 12,000 km, 23 days, 17 countries*, 3 engines and, obviously, 6 wheels.
Janko Vlahovic (MNE)Policeman on motorcycle |
When I was a little boy, there were traffic police and motorcycles in my home town Kolasin. When I saw them, I finally realised what I really wanted. I wanted to become a policeman on motorcycle. As a policeman I started work in 1984, and in 1987 my dream came true - I get my first official motorcycle. And after 25 years I'm still living my dream, on highway on motorcycle.
Dane Medic (SRB)Ride to Iran |
Travelling is an adventure only when boundaries are not set, when plans and routes are picked on the spur of the moment by your inner sense. Hints by locals on the next step to pick should, of course, be followed to make the most of your journey. Exploring the unknown, uncovering what is behind the next corner, be it cultures, natural beauties or unexpected individuals is the drive that took me out there. Take a peek on how trips I took to Japan through Siberia and Mongolia, as well as to Iran look from this perspective.
Christos Tzanos (Greece)Motodiscoveries round Turkey - 4 people, 4 different ways of how it feels like... |
Motodiscoveries team decided to travel round Turkey. The video is not about road conditions or driving in Turkey. The video is all about how it feels like travelling... how different the feelings and thoughts can be between 4 travellers even if they are a team and close friends.
Educational Sessions
- First Aid course - 2 days
- Reading maps, learning how to orientate with compass or with basic things from nature
- Packing the bike before the big trip
- Changing the tire, with some basic technical instruction
Horizons Unlimited Montenegro 2013 Ride-outs
If you don't want to participate on daily presentation we have prepared some ride-outs for you. All rides have been prepared so that you see how beautiful nature is in Montenegro (lakes, rivers, mountain peaks...) We prepared five different routes with different levels of difficulties. Every ride (if it's interesting for participants) will start in the morning so they can be finished before start of first afternoon presentation. Of course we do have guides for these rides, but if somebody wants to go alone, we will provide them with maps and route information. If you want, camp owners can arrange some lunch packets for these rides (€10 euros per person).
Easy Rides
Tour 1
Vranjak - Kolašin - Biogradsko lake and back
44 km on asphalt road, 10 km on gravel road -
Approx. 1 hour riding + 3 hours sightseeing
Tour 2
Vranjak - Kolašin - Mioska - Boan - Žabljak - Tara river - Kolašin
196 km, 186 km on asphalt road, 10 km on gravel road -
Approx. 4 hours riding + 2 hours sightseeing
Heavy Rides
Tour 3
Vranjak - spring of Biogradska river - Bendovac - Biogradsko lake - Kolašin - Vranjak
57 km, 32 km on asphalt road, 25 km on gravel road - Approx. 3 hours riding + 3 hours sightseeing
Tour 4
Vranjak - Eko katun Komovi - Mateševo - Veruša - Bukumirsko lake - Veruša - Mateševo - Kolašin
111 km, 69 km on asphalt road, 42 km on gravel road - Approx. 5 hours riding + 2 hours sightseeing
Tour 5
Vranjak - Lisa - Trešnjevik - Andrijevica - Murino - Plav - Andrijevica - Berane - Lubnica - Kolašin
137 km, 100 km on asphalt road, 37 km on gravel road - Approx. 4 hours riding + 2 hours sightseeing
Facilities for a Fantastic Four Days
Campground - Eko Katun Vranjak
The meeting will be held on mountain Bjelasica (1700m) in NaturePark Biogradska Gora. There is one campground called Eko Katun Vranjak which is 15 km (10 km of asphalt and 5 km of gravel road) from Kolasin, the nearest town. The campground has all necessary facilities that are normal for a modern camp but on the other side they keep all traditional customs so you can really feel old living styles.
Accommodation
Campground has space for unlimited numbers of tents. Price is €3 euros for tent per day.
Eko Katun Vranjak also has wooden cottages:
- 14 cottages with double beds - ideal for two persons/couple (€15 euros per day for cottage)
- 5 big cottages with 5 beds each (€10 euros for bed per night)
- 3 big cottages with 7 beds each (€10 euros for bed per night).
Sheets and towels are included in the price of cottages/beds.
If you want a bed in a cottage, you should pre-book. Blazo has kindly offered to assist, please e-mail him at blaz...@vijesti.me
Camp has two shower cabins and two toilets.
If you don't want to sleep in camp there are a lot of possibilities for private accommodation or hotels in town near camp (Kolasin). We will provide a list of hotels and private accommodations which have websites.
Also near Eko Katun Vranjak there is one mountain house, also called Vranjak (cc300meters).
This mountain house has 24 beds ((two big rooms - each room has 6 beds, three smaller rooms - each room has 4 beds), two toilets and one shower cabin. Price of accommodation is €10 euros for bed (per day). If you are interested in this kind of accommodation please contact Blazo at blaz...@vijesti.me before arrival.
Food
Camp has their own kitchen where they prepare tasty and really good food. Owners of this camp are proud of their natural grown vegetables and other food, and everything is produced in this untouched part of Bjelasica mountain.
Breakfast (€5 euros per person / day)
- example#1: fritters (domestic speciality), honey, cheese, coffee, tea, domestic milk
- example#2: french toast, jam, cheese, coffee, tea, domestic milk
Dinner - late lunch (€15 euros per person / day)
example: soup, salad, lamb (speciality prepared under the iron pad), potatoes, cheese, smoked ham, sausage, dessert.
If you have some special wishes about food (vegetarians or something similar), please inform us so the owner of the camp can organise everything on time.
Notice #1:
In camp there is no store, so everything that you need you have to buy in nearest town - Kolasin. And please do not bring your own food, we have to respect owners of the camp. In camp, you can buy drinks and food other than the organised buffet.
Notice #2:
In the HU tradition, we plan a barbecue for Saturday evening, which is included in your registration fee!
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