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#1 · (Edited)
Hi all :)

I would like to introduce you my country and show you some pictures from our MTB rides. For the beginning :)

This was our ride to Lukomir - village where people lives as they was living 200 years before. There is no mobile signal and also TV signal is very weak. Village is impossible to access for 6 months in the year because of snow. This trip was in May.

Rest of the pics can be found here:

Lukomir trip by bike

And here is some video material about the village:

Lukomir - the village above the clouds

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#5 ·
Thank you for your kind words :)
As for the situation with the mines it is not so bad as it seems. Of course, we are a country that was not so long ago emerged from the war and there are still large areas of the country under the mines, however, you will never encounter a problem if you keep your foot on used paths, or if you go on tour with some local riders. I doubt that you will anywhere, no matter which European country, should go immediately to the forests that is not touched by human foot before you.
On many sites you will find mines, but far more places is absolutely safe for mountaineering, mountain biking or any other outdoor sport :)
I hope that I will prove that with my further posts :)
And let's not forget it - all of you are welcome to my country :)
 
#8 ·
Hahahaha :)
I don't know how extreme you are :D
For example this is one of my friends:
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Pictures are taken on January 1, 2009. right after the New Year night :)
He vent alone for a ride on the mountain on the road nobody pass by it in the winter. Everybody says he is crazy :)

Currently I am not allowed to post links, but I will post some links on YouTube about winter rides after I pass 10 posts barrier :)
 
#11 · (Edited)
I haven't been in Croatia so you must post some pics to see is it same like Bosnia or not :)
I believe that every country, every mountain, every trail has soul and feeling for itself. All looks alike, but all has something distinctive.
Today I will represent you my ride last year through the canyon of Misoca river. It's a small river, but nature around it is pretty nice :)

More pics here :)
Canyon of river Misoca

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#12 ·
We should continue with our series :)
This time I will show you a place not many Bosnians know about it. It's a small spring - we call it a Green Well - that is located in the place out of reach to ordinary tourist or Bosnian. Only locals know about it and now we could show it to the world :)

Full pics gallery and nice video material is on the link:

Back to Life: The Green Well

I would like to thank my friends from Giro di Sarajevo on this :)

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#14 ·
Thank you man :)
Do you know in which town he was? Couple days ago I met one of the British soldiers on the internet. He was also in Bosnia at 1993 at mount Igman near Sarajevo and I send him recent photos of the place where he has been :)
He posted pictures right away on his Facebook profile to show it to his mates :)
 
#25 ·
Awesome pics!

Thanks for showing us your lovely country!
Thanks a lot :)

That reminds me to keep uploading :)

Well, this is not a cycling tour but the pics are nice. This is recent hiking trip to the second highest peak in Bosnia and Herzegovina named Volujak. We have a small country so the peaks are not so high. Volujak is 2336 m high.
It was a very sunny but cold day, wind was strong so there was no clouds and the pictures came out good.

More pictures can be found here:

Hiking on the Volujak mountain

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#26 ·
Wow beautiful pictures. I spent a year in Bosnia in 1997. Most of my time was soent in the Tuzla area, and a bit of time was up in Sarajevo as well. I have some pictures from my time there but they are nothing like yours. I have lots of fond memories of my time in Bosnia. My wife and I are hoping o visit again one day. Your pictures just make us want to go back even more.
 
#28 ·
Thank you very much on your kind words. Time is something that I don't have much in these days, but I'll try to keep posting :)

Here is some pictures from Trebevic mountain. Trebevic mountain is a paradise for mountaineers, hikers and bikers simply because it's proximity to the Sarajevo and it's tick evergreen forests. Trebevic is on the edge of Sarajevo city center and you can start with climbing right from the city that is located on approximately 500 meter above sea level. Top of the mountain itself is at 1627 meter.
Rest of the pics can be found on the link:

Trebevic mountain bicycle ride

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#29 ·
I didn't post anything for a long time but as Terminator say: "I'll be back" - and here I am :)

These pictures are taken from our bike tour in May this year. Couple of us gathered in Sarajevo and went for a ride in Misoca river canyon (there is some pictures above about this canyon). Weather was everything but nice - but this was a main reason for good time on the bikes.
Do you feel angry sometimes when couple of mud drops fell on you during the ride and you are not dirty, but also you are not clean? :)
That mixed feeling disappeared during that ride. We were covered with mud from head to toe and in front of us were 20-30 kilometers of mud :)
Great feeling when you don't care about anything and just enjoy your ride :)

Video material and full pictures album can be found here:

Misoca river canyon - mud and rain ride

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#33 ·
Thanks Silviu303 :)

I couldn't post anything since long time ago because I was busy, but here is one great information about Bosnia :)
Bosnia and Herzegovina is proclaimed for best mountain biking (MTB) adventure destination in 2012 by the prominent magazine National Geographic. So if you ask yourself where to go in 2012 - National Geographic is your friend :D

More info on link:

Bosnia - best MTB adventure destination in 2012
 
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