Montenegro 2013 HU Travellers Meeting, June 27-30
 

Pre-registration is now open for the 1st Horizons Unlimited Montenegro Travellers meeting, to be held June 27 - 30 2013 in the NaturePark Biogradska Gora, near Kolasin!
http://www.HorizonsUnlimited.com/events/montenegro-2013

Our local hosts, Blazo Milic and Tonko Nisavic, have stepped up to make this happen, in a fantastic area with great riding. They plan some superb ride-outs as well as a great lineup of presenters. There are stories from travels to Iran, Morocco, NordKapp and a motorcycle policeman! From climbing Mt. Everest to riding around the world, these guys have been there and done it and they're now going to tell you how you can do it too! See the Montenegro page for all the details.

If you pre-register and pay before the end of April you can save €15 on a full event pass.

Thanks for anything you can do to help spread the word about the event. There is a poster on the web page you can print off and hand around to local venues and bike shops too!

As we count down the days, you can get the latest event updates by subscribing to this thread, (thread tools, subscribe) or 'Liking' the Horizons page on Facebook.

Volunteers to help out, and always more Presenters also wanted!

I`m very happy that you decided to visit our country.
See you in a couple of months and hope it`s gonna be a good experience

I wish we COULD be there, but not this year sadly. Unfortunately we can't get to all the meetings around the world in a single year, we're now in 11 countries and every continent except Antarctica! The costs for that much travel are way too much - though we'd love to do it! :)

We ARE VERY pleased to have an HU event in Montenegro, and hope to get there ourselves soon! When we get to 200 people or so, or another event not too far away so we can do two in one trip, then we can do it.

We hope you all have a great time, and with Blazo and Tonka running it, and help from Dimitris from the Greece Meeting helping out, and hopefully our Canada Meeting Organisers Ekke and Audrey Kok stopping in on their around the world trip, we're sure it will be amazing!

We will do our best to make event best as we can.
This is great thing for travel comunity from this part of europe and
I'm hoping that we will get more interesting presenters to share their stories.

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I hope we see to Biogradska Gorabierbierbier

Dear sciii
We hoping that we will se you at meeting.
Preaparation is going really well. We have some more interesting participants to come so I think it will be one good event.

I'll be in the broad area around that time period, so I might stop by to say hello, and maybe ride one of the rides you're offering. In the meantime, subscribing to the thread :)

Dear LethPhaos, there will be very intersting thing to hear during meeting, so maybe you can join some courses and listen to some presenters. And camp ground will be good organise with beautiful nature, domestic food and lot of interesting participants. After meeting you can take some od those rides bacouse we will make good maps for riding, with lot of explanations so you can do them by yourself.
But what ever you decide. You are wellcome to stop by.

Absolutely beautiful country and an enviable meeting! Unfortunately, one can't be everywhere at once :) but if for some reason my UK visa paperwork doesn't get made on time and I can't reach the Ireland meeting, this one will be my best backup plan.

Hi, wich kind of tyre you need ? You need dirty track tyres or they are enough Michelin Anakee ?

Montenegro
 

Ciao spero di esserci al prossimo raduno farò il possibile per venire sarebbe la mia prima volta!
Ciao da mototopo Sergio

Hello I hope to be there at the Next meeting The Lighthouse possible to Come would be my first time!
Hello from Sergio mototopo

Montenegro
 

Ciao volevo sapere se è obbligatorio registrarsi e pagare prima o lo si può fare anche una volta arrivati sul posto?
grazie

Hello I wanted to know if it is required to register and pay before or you can do it even once you get Locally?
thanks

Scrivi in Inglese... Qui sono tutti stranieri e ci leggono da tutto il mondo. :smartass:

ok ma se uno come me che non parla inglese che ci va a fare in un raduno del genere?: Oops2:
Io comunque ci provo lo stesso :-): Scooter:: Clap:

It's much better if you register before araving and if you pay before, becouse camp owners in that case can organise enough food.
But it's also posible to register and pay when you came here.

if you ask about tires for riding to the camp ground anakee will be enough. It's some 5 km of really good gravel road so don't worrya bout tires. only if you wold like to ride some offroad then you can take some others. Mountain is full of those tracks.

Have to see when I get closer. I'm passing by on my way from Finland to Turkey so might be able to stay for a day/night.

You are wellcome to stop by.
Maybe we can give you some ideas about things you should see in Montenegro.

That would be great!

Hi there, I'll most likely attend the meeting but will probably have to leave on 29th :( could you give me some ideas at front? I'll be comming from Romania, I want to do the transfagarsan first :mchappy:

Thanks,
Joe

Blazo : question for you please
Is it still 50 Euros obligatory insurance at the border ?

Joe

can you send me some basic info what kind of roads you prefer
main roads, old village roads or gravel roads

what you prefer mountains full of lakes and rivers or beutiful sea coast with some old towns

from which direction you will enter montenegro

Do you meen insurance like green card or something else.
green card you can get at your auto-moto club where you geting anualy licence for motorcycle.
I can check tomorow at the border, i will call them.
Just tell me, your licence plates are from which country?

My insurance does not cover use in Montenegro. Last time I was charged 50 euros at the border.
UK plate on moto
Tks Blazo

I'll enter montenegro from Serbia or Kosovo, comming from Romenia.

My road preference is in this order gravel roads, small roads and only use main if I'm in a hurry to get somewhere or there is no other option and avoid main atractions full of turists.

Cheers,
Joe

It would be better if you can enter Montenegro from Bosnia side.
there is one really nice road combined of gravel, old and little of main road.
And if you never been to Bosnia it's really nice country to see.

First part:
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=U...ra=mr&t=m&z=12

Second part
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=U...sz=13&t=m&z=10

All these roads are connected with gravel roads so dont worry.
If you pick them, I will send you precise info.

But if you still prefer to enter from Serbia or Kosovo, I need to check something and in few days will give you back answer.

Bertrand

I checked right now with main company in Montenegro for insurance (Lovcen osiguranje) and it seams that you need to pay border insurance ?!
I was realy suprised.
They told me that for 15 days is 15 euros, and for 30 days 28 euros.
You can take that insurance at the border, or you can buy it in the city.
Same price for cars and motorcycles.

Seems like a nice road, is that an official border crossing?
I was thinking of trying to take the crossing near Avtovac, as far as I could see in Google Maps that would be gravel as well, but maybe not as nice.

Yes, that's official border crossing.
But from border you have some 20 km of gravel road.
When you cross bosninan border you going to check on Montenegro border but then you need to go back some 50 meters and then enetering gavel road.

I don't know about this Avtovac crossing. Need to check it and then I will send you some info.

I just get SMS from Terry Brown who was in Montenegro last weekend. He also riding motorcycle with Englad licence plates and he said that he bought green card in England. And only on our and on tourkey border they ask for it.

Those roads look awesome, I'll try to do them if time permits me to turn back up but if you have information about Servia or Kosovo it add better to the track I was planning to do.

Thanks a lot for your help,
Joe

Thanks for the info, I'm going for this one, looks like a great track :)

just to greet everybody ho is coming to the meeting in my beloved country , and Blazo i take off my hat for pulling this off, great job mate !!!
greetings from sunny thailand,
nikola vugdelic aka sparco

Nikola, thanks for support.
We are trying to make one good and interesting event this year.

By this matter i can never doubt you guys

Hi Joe

sorry for delay with answer but I was trying to find some informations.
Few days ago friend fo mine ride this road:
Route 25.1 to E65 - Google Maps
And he was really happy. As he said, lot of rivers, lakes, old roads, mountains.
I don't know how this fit you but you can maybe take some part of this road?

By
Blazo

Do you have a track for that road that you could mail me? :innocent:

Looks like I'm going to miss this event, will be in Kolasin already this evening and continue tomorrow forward...

It was a great . . .

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:smiliex:

We had very good time in the meeting and we would like to thank Blazo and Tonko for their hospitality and their perspiration to organize such an event like this. We are looking forward for the next year's meeting...!!!!



Jefe

Fantastic photos avtomoto, thanks for posting them :thumbup1:

We was trying to make this meeting best as we can.
There was some minor problems, like temperature 4 degreese, but we couldn't predict weather.
After all, great experience and lot of magnificant people that we met.

Thanks to all who were present, for taking a part in this first Montenegro HU meeting.

Thank you.
More pictures you can see here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?...FE&usp=sharing

Thank you, very interesting as I will be in Montenegro in four - five weeks time and have saved your camp site location as it looks very nice bier

Thank you, Blazo and Tolko, for making it all happen!

We just got home today from our Montenegro trip and we had a great time up on the mountain! As mentioned before, if I had known in advance, I wouldn't have driven up there with the FZ6 but in the end I was so incredibly glad that I did! It was a marvellous experience and we like to thank all the speakers for filling our heads with countless plans, dreams, ideas and inspiration!

Hope to meet you all again one day on the road!

Greetz,
Sofie

yep, it has been great meeting all of you and well worth the 5200km round trip to Montenegro.

Thanks Blazo and Tolko for setting it all up, and everyone else that was there for the inspiring presentations and conversations!

grtz,
jo.

Hello Blazo and Tonko,

I'm back home, it was a pleasure meeting you both, thanks for all your dedication, work and disposal to put this meeting together. Sorry about the wire :innocent: it was just not visible and I was very glad not to had it on my neck.

If I have the chance to get vacations for next year count on me and I'll try to learn some language basics.

Cheers and you you ever come in my direction let me know I'll be happy to show you around.

Joe

You were glad???
We are still talking about you, incredible Sofie who ride FZ6 on gravel road.
After few days, I was speeking with Tonko how you manage to drive your bike over that hard gravel road. Really impresive. Your eyes was full of fear but very happy :)

Thank you for taking part in this first meeting.

It was our plaesure. Thank you for joining.

Don't worry about wire :)
It was really impresive, but as you said, good that you didn't felt.
We are already planing new location for next year so stay tuned, maybe you will like it. There is much more gravel roads in MNE then you see :)

See you
Blazo

:blush:

It probably won't be our last :biggrin3:

saluti
 

Hi Blazo,
we're just back home after our Balcantour.
I want thank you and Tonko for the hospitality. It was a pleasure meeting you both.bier
It has been a great and beautiful experience, we enjoyed it very much.
It was really an interesting meeting.:thumbup1:

Montenegro is a beautiful country and Vraniak Eco Katun is a special place. We'd like to go back to Montenegro to know other places.

Cheers
Cristina & Knut

We are very glad that you inyojed your stay in Montenegro.
And thanks for your participating at first HU meeting in Montenegro.

We already making plans for next year, 99% diferent location but also very interesting. Aslo in mountains, but I think this time without gravel road :)

All best
Tonko & Blazo

Darn, we'll have to find some other challenges for the FZ6 adventure then :mchappy:

anyway, looking forward to participating again next year.:thumbup1:

We will make some routes specialy for Sofi :)

Sofi, just for you (and me) good roads, . . . . hi, hii :yes:
(I do not like bad unpaved roads - more than 100-500 km) :no:

bring it on! :clap::mchappy:

I didn't make it, I was in MNE a week too late :innocent:
Seems like there was a Belgian delegation though :mchappy: