roxy and the gang. leaving Belgrade

Biking the Balkans

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June 6th 2008
Biking the Balkans: summer 2007, 1984 Yamaha xj 550 We have become two wheeled wind cheaters, curling through the heat sodden heat shimmering air that is The Balkans in August: the sea glistens diamond-like on our right, the jagged escarpments that are The Dolomites scrape into the sky on our left. Ahead is the road, the twisting smooth honesty that only two wheels can provide with every bump ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia

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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more