DAY 94

29.03.2017 Ustiprača - Mededa, Republika Srpska. CMFA marchers took a route along the beautiful Drina river to Mededa. Accommodation place was offered by a very friendly owner of a cafe. 15 marchers. Route length: 17km, GPS Tracking: https://www.endomondo.com/users/13828223/workouts/896900230

Olga, supporting the march from its very beginning came for a couple of days to march. Enjoying morning coffee while watching the Drina river.
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Denis, Malika and Ismahan in the accommodation spot - a private family house. "Acomodation! Acomodation!"; as we called sleeping place in the march dialect.
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Denis (Germany) and Malika (France).
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CMFA circle before marching.
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Last sip of coffee before the morning circle. Suzanne, Clara, ismahan, Alex and Jan.
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March master - Antoine (France) presenting the rules of security and details of the route.
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Szuanne (Germany).
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Alexander (France). When we met him, he was in the middle of his "World Chiropractic Bike Tour" project. World Chiropractic Bike Tour that started on the 8th of April 2017.
His plan was to help people on his way with chiropractic care (he was pulling a chiropractic table on a trailer).
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Bear "Zosia" on the way with Malika. Teddybear thats attached to Malika's backpack was a present from children from Lodz (Poland) for children in Aleppo.
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Alexander; Jan and Anna.
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CMFA circle.
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World Chiropractic Bike Tour vehicle.
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Group photo before start.
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Marching from Ustripaca to Mededa, Republika Srpska. Secured by the police.
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Drina valley.
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We met Rik (Netherlands) by occasion, on the way. He is a cool crazy guy who invented mobile showers for refugees. Later on he took a group of marchers to Beograd, Sid and Subotica.
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Another tunnel. Inside of one of many tunnels we crossed in Bosnia. Always wear a headlamp in those,and beware of the 75cm holes in the ground. Checked on my own skin.
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A gun shell. Still a lot of war leftover on backside roads and distant areas.
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Frank looking at the beautiful rocks falling to Drina river.
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Drina river.
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Olga (Poland).
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Beautiful monument on the way.
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Robin (Germany).
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CMFA crossing Drina.
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CMFA crossing Drina.
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Malika and Zosia bear.
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Balkan landscape.
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CMFA crossing Drina.
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Entering Mededa.
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Drina river.
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Police was securing us to the very end.
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Warm welcome by our host - owner of the local cafe in Mededa
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Mosque in Mededa.
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Jannis (Germany).
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Jacopo (Italy).
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Frank (Netherlands).
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Clara (Austria).
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Anka (Poland).
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Lisa and our host. He helped her to relief some pain in the knee.
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Olga (Poland).
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Jan and Clara.
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Rik told us about the situation of refugees on the Hungarian border in winter 2016. According his testimony they were pushed back, beaten, tortured, their money and cell phones stolen. Many times they were made to leave their clothes (harsh winter!) and they had to run many kilometers. How cruel and unpunished can be border police? Couple of months later some first trials of the border policeman started in the court.
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CMFA marchers listening to Rik's stories about the refugee's situation in Serbia.
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We went swimming in the afternoon but the water coming from mountains was only 14 degrees cold.
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Ismahan (France) - a beautiful soul and a good writer.
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