Biketour update for 2009-07-14
We are one fax ahead of schedule. Today we’ll decide how we ride further. # Biketour is taking a break today at prespa lake, a bit north of village of Pretor, next to the beach. #
Biketour diary: The first week
9.7.Veles -Teovo After Emil saw us off in Veles, we cycled a quiet road to Teovo, enjoying a dip in a beautiful and cool B… river on the way and again on reaching the village. In Teovo we slept in the charming village school (picture) which, unfortunately, isn’t being used as there are not enough children in the village. We cooked lunch in church kitchen where we had the luxury of eating out of plates and in the evening we were invited for rakija and meze (a range of cold snacks served with rakija) at a local’s house. Our hearts…
Biketour update for 2009-07-12
See the first pictures, from Benoit, on http://bit.ly/Knjuc # We’re in Bitola, heading for Prespa lake in the afternoon. #
Biketour update for 2009-07-11
Tomorrow well cycle sraigt to Bitola, so no night in Debreste. # After a rough climb, losing some people (who found Joao) we now stay at the monastery of Zrze. #
The Smelter of Veles
On the 7th and 8th of July the biketour visited the town of Veles. Veles is well know for it is high level of pollution. The pollution is mainly due to a very old iron smelter build in the early seventies by a German company. The smelter produced high polluted smoke which is blown by the wind in the direction of the town of Veles. What impacts the health of Veles’ people even wore is a big hill of heavy metal dust laying a round next to the old factor. The factory is close now for 5 years, but the…
Biketour update for 2009-07-09
We are in the nature, under the sun of Teovo, far away from the factory of Veles. Prg: river. #
Biketour update for 2009-07-08
Video Veles Kaputt: http://bit.ly/1jCPx Tomorrow we’ll cycle by the smelter. # Video Veles Kaputt: http://bit.ly/ZCmb7 Tomorrow we cycle by the smelter. # Oops… the translation for the website works again – thanks Matthew! – and we can send sms again! # Mooi, vertaling van de website werkt weer (thanks Matthew!) en we kunnen weer sms’en! # Just had talk and film screening of „Veles Kaputt“ with Greenpower in Veles. Were staying at Veles lake, 10 km North of Veles. # twitter doesn’t seem to work from our macedonian phone, so swiching back to bosnian #
Biketour update for 2009-07-07
hope that our twitter updates work from our macedonian number…. # Made a small biketour through Skopje….preparing to get on the road to Katlanovo…. got the last emergancy biketgear… #