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Ex-Jugoslavien
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by Arrival in Serbia it was cloudy

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the road leads me down in the Valley

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where i follow a River...

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and reach the Garbage in front of the Border

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a new Country after just one Day!

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The Crew from the Gasstation where i put my tent for the Night

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on the Road in Kosovo

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a (inofficial) Branch of AMAG of Switzerland

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Payday and a jam infront of the Bank...

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rarely side by side of the religions

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they are big fans of everything thats german... even if they have to create it on their own...

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View back with omnipresent rubbish in the front

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Oldtown of Prizren in the South of the Country

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Oldtownlane with Cable tangle

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the old structures are marode but have charme

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Fields of Paprika

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and the crop on its way to the Market

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it was impossible for me to find the sense behind the signs but i think its connected to KFOR

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Oldtown of Gjakove with it´s Basar

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Traffic stucks from time to time

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On my way to Pece the Mountains grow higher

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My Hosts, the Team of a Supermarket, where i slept in the first floor... Thanks!

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muslimic Cemetary near Pece

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City-Center of Pece infront of the majestetic Mountains

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Kids by the Road

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you find them everywhere... Cemetaries and Memorials of the War. Here a whole Family is buried

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On my way to Mitrovice...

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...where i arrived in the Evening

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The Main-Mosque of the City

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and the Serbian Side of the Bridge. Blocked!

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serbian Cemetary in the Hills over the City

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Along the Ibar through the serbian Part to the North

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new constructed orthodox Church

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View Back to Leposavice

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short before the Serbian Border

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View to the Borderbuildings in the Background

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serbian Kids that hold me back almost an Hour

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Farming in Serbia... (i don´t know for what the Plastic...)

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Monastery of Studenica

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beautiful Ensemble

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Dorad a serbia Biker who rode almost 80.000km in the last 35 Years with his Bike!

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following River Ibar passing Monumets from Wartime...

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Castle Maglic upon the Rivervalley

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Arrival in Kragujevac

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Visiting the Workshop in the Evening... They adjusted my Backwheel and greased my Backhub

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a Factory converted into a Skatepark

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Graffiti inside the Factory

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Evening with Barbecue...

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Nina is preparing local food for me. Simple but very tasty

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In the City-Park

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Alley in Kragujevac

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Kragujevac

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in Cacak one City on i was awaited from friends...

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...who accompanied me the next day for a distance

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Nice Road to the West

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Cemetary of Uzice

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View back to the City

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The Evening Sky short before the Border to Bosnia

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Fall is coming...

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Steamengine of a touristic Railway near the Border

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Road leading through the Mountains towards Bosnia

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Watchtower o the Hills

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Behind the Border they welcome you to Serbian Republic... confusing

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The Road is leading through beautiful Gorges

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A Pleasure to ride...

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the medieval Bridge of Visegrad

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there was a folklore-event, a feast for the eyes...

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...but not for the Ears. Not my taste of Music at all!

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wild rubbish pile all over

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The Flood in May brought all this to the Rivers

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The road follows the RIver through Gorges

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that needs a Tunnel from Time to Time

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Landscape is beautiful

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in the Evening i am using an old railway track through a gorge with much tunnels

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Absolutly Dark also with 2 Lights on...

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Campsite at the End of the Gorge

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Sheepherd in the Morning

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Mines! The war left marks...

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heading towards the Capital

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who is embedded in and build upon rocks

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Sarajevo! beautiful view

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The Oldtwn a georgeous place

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Streetview of the Oldtown

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Geoff a Biker-Veteran i met on the Camping in Sarajevo with his handbuilded WesterRoss Bike

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Shisha-Bar with Kemal and Matthieu

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Nightlife in Sarajevo

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The Restaurant of the local Brewery

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Latin-Bridgee where they shot Franz-Ferdinand which leads to WW1

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Some of the Buildings are illuminated in the NIght

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Matthieu in the Irish Pub...

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Panorama down from the Hills

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Cemetaries everywhere

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Oldtownlane

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The Basar in the Citiy

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former muslimic Library of the City

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The old CityHall, destroyed in the last War

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totally renovated in the Last Years

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a real Pearl!

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next to it there is a lot of work to do...

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On my way out i enjoy some views over the City

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you can find marks of the War everywhere

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i had to cross the Mountains on the Way to Mostar

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along idyllic little Towns...

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...lakes...

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...Mountains...

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...and through Gorges

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down to Mostar

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The Famous Bridge in the Night

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The Main Mosque

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Beautiful but slippery, the Stones on the Bridge

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Stalls in the Oldtown...

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you can buy kitsch and Handycraft stuff everywhere

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The UNESCO protected Ensemble of the Oldtown

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Streetlight in a Oldtownlane

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naturaly greened House

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engraved Love that lasts through the War...

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the Boulevard, main Frontline in the War still has some Ruins...

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Carwash that also treats Carpets...

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View over the Oldtown

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The Bridge in Rush-Hour

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Pocitelj a small village on the Road to the Coast

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along River Neretva towards adriatic Sea

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Got it! Fishervillage after the Sunset

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three belgian Guys with their recumbent Bikes i met on the Campsite

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along the Adria i headed south

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the weather wasn´t so fine but the views where nice

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but it was hard work against the Headwind

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Harbour of Dubrovnik

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Oldtown a touristic Hotspot

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Nice Houses all around the Town

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In the Eveninglight even nicer

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and by rain almost abandonded

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narrow lanes up the Hills

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View back to the Oldtown

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on the Way into Kotor-Fjord, a Shipyard

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inside the Fjord it is more calm

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nice atmosphere...

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the small island in the middle get great light

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Fishingvillage in the Fjord

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Kotor by Night

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The view into the Fjord

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with every vertical meter the view gets better

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Fog is playing with the Ships

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A break in a Hairpin, Emelie and Jeremie

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Meeting the Bikers, a belgian couple added

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Nice view down onto the Hairpins

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Enjoying the View with another break

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On the way to Skadarsko Jezero

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And then we get this view!

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a new view after every bend

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Church at the lakeside

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The colors are almost artificial

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The road leads us through the Hills

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into the Mountains

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where we cycled through chestnut forrests

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to the Viewpoint where we can take a last view over the Lake and...

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...also down to Albania

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Albania! New Country