DAY 83

18.3.2017, Knezevo - Vitovlje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, partly Republica Srpska. One of the most difficult days in the story of the march. Car traffic on the main road in the valley was too busy and too dangerous for a marching group, so the orga team decided to check some alternatives up in the hills. Unfortunately their car stucked in the mud at night and they were forced to overnight in the forrest. But they discovered that there there is a possibility to march up, along the ridge, but the group will have to go down at some point to the valley for the launch break. I volunteered to scout the route from the valley to the ridge. While I was waiting for the group (over 6 hours) they lost the way a couple of times. It was nothing but an easy route - hundreds of meters ups and downs, 3 wild mountain creeks to cross, many kilometers of marching. When the group reached me, they were exhausted, with no water and food left. We marched to the nearest village and called our cars to take us to the accomodation spot. It was an extremely long and exhausting day.

Ismahan just before waking up.
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Accommodation place - gym in Knezevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Lisa getting ready. Knezevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Getting ready. Puppies will stay in the car.
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Getting ready, Ismahan washing dishes. Knezevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Slowly forming a morning circle. Knezevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Morning circle. Knezevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Krystian (Poland) watching the circle from a distance.
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Morning circle. Knezevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Morning circle. Knezevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Ryszard (Poland) slowly forming a morning circle. Knezevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Pablo covering the puppies - Baja and Luka. Knezevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Clara collecting the money for food shopping.
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Clara (Austria) and Ahmad (Syria). Knezevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Morning circle. Knezevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Forming a morning circle. Knezevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Checking the route. It was very hard to navigate in this part of Bosnia - maps were very general, without important details and the GPS system was faulty for most of the time.
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Krystian, journalist Pawel, writer Ziemowit (Poland) and their friend from Croatia planning the day.
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Ziemowit (Poland).
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Logistics team checking the route.
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Logistics team checking the route.
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I started my scouting route from there. After 10km and 600m up I reached the village of Imliani, already in the Republica Srpska.
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It was already after the sunset when the marchers came near the place I waited for them.
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Marchers entering Imljani.
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Marchers entering Imljani.
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Marchers entering Imljani.
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Marchers refreshing with sweets from the local grocery store. Everyone was extremely exhausted.
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Going to accommodation spot with Habibi and Habibti. The road was steep, narrow and in many places very hard to cross. On one side there was a rock, on the other unsecured slope.
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Vanessa (USA) in Habibti.
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Ryszard (Poland) in Habibti.
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Lisa (Switzerland) resting in Habibti, on the way to accommodation place.
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Pablo (Austria) having late dinner in Vitovlje.
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Ismahan (France) in Vitovlje.
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Late orga meeting in accommodation spot in Vitovlje.
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Late orga meeting in accommodation spot in Vitovlje.
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Clara (Austria), during late orga meeting in accommodation spot in Vitovlje.
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Late orga meeting in Vitovlje sport gym. Denis (Germany) and Ismahan (France).
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Alex, Anna and Clara.
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Krystian (Poland) in Vitovlje. At this time Krystian was spending most of the time out of the group but came to overnight with the march.
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Kaja (Germany), a professional hairdresser was very busy in the evenings. Jan (Poland), co-founder of the CMFA is having a new haircut. Vitovlj, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Kaja (Germany), a professional hairdresser was very busy in the evenings. Jan (Poland), co-founder of the CMFA is having a new haircut. Vitovlj, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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