Wir kletterten über die Reling des Arka Barka. Fünf Minuten später stieg Tica die Landungsbrücke hinab, der glorreiche Mitorganisator des abendlichen Konzerts und Sänger und Gitarrist von Manisent i Mentalnost. Er schien unter der Last der Verantwortung zusammenzubrechen und ich bot ihm erstmal ein Bier an. Anstatt jedoch beim Technik reintragen zu helfen fuhr ich lieber mit Nora und Selma Kerzen und Bier kaufen. Hinterm Hotel Jugoslavija links. Als wir zurückkamen war bereits alles aufgebaut. Das Floss hatte mit der Vorderseite an der schmalen Terrasse des Hostels geparkt, was die Bänds dazu zwang sich irgendwie hintereinander aufzustellen auf ca. 2,50 mal 4 meter. Rechts auf unserer Sitzbank hatten wir unsere Grablichtsammlung aufgebaut und entzündet, was wie ich später erfuhr, zu rauchvergiftungsähnlichen Bewusstseinszuständen bei den Bänds führte.

We climbed over the
railing of the Arka Barka. Five minutes later Tica descended down the gangway,
the glorious co-organizer of the evening concert and singer and
guitarist of Manisent i Mentalnost. He seemed to collapse under the
burden of responsibility and I offered him a beer at first. However,
rather than to offer carrying the technical stuff inside, I drove with
Nora and Selma to buy candles and beer. Behind Hotel Jugoslavija, to
the left. When we returned everything was already established. The raft
had parked with the front on the narrow terrace of the hostel, what
forced the bands to place themselves on about 2.50 times 4 meters.
Right on our bench, we had our grave light collection installed and lighted, what had caused states of smoke poisoning in
the bands, how i later found out.

An Obrenovac waren wir glatt vorbeigerauscht, es war einfach zu dunkel. Da eine laute Strasse, das Südufer vergällte, parkten wir an der Baricka Ada, einem grillenreichen, verwilderten Ufer. An Land zu gehen erschien hier unmöglich. einfach zu schlammig, also ankerten wir. Abends zog noch schnell ein Gewitter in einiger Entfernung vorbei, uns Angst einzujagen. Rückwärts nach Obrenovac wollten wir nicht mehr, also liessen wir uns am morgen einfach weitertreiben, an der Insel vorbei. Wir waren bei Km 18 angelangt, nur noch 8 Flusskilometer bis zur Ada Ciganlija, der grossen Save-Insel, die den Anfang von Novi Beograd markiert. Weiter trieben wir nun häufiger an Industrieanlagen und Brücken vorbei, an Heizkraftwerken und Schiffstankstellen. Viele dieser Orte waren 1999 Ziele der Nato-Angriffe gewesen. Gegen Nachmittag waren wir hungrig und am rechten Ufer kamen uns nun häufiger kleine Städte wie Umka und Ostruznica entgegen. In letzterem Ort sahen wir nun ein Restoran, ein früheres Zollhaus an der Grenze zwischen türkischem und austroungarischen Einflussbereich. Dort probierte ich zur Abwechslung mal wieder Fischsuppe und kaltes Bier. Irgendwie hatte das frühe Aufstehen der letzten Tage doch an der Substanz gezehrt und wir zogen uns bald in die Schlafgemächer zurück. Am nächsten morgen wurde schnell die minimalistisch eingerichtete Pekara Ostruznicas aufgesucht, Brot gab es, dann mussten noch die Plakate für das ja bereits heut abend stattfindende Konzert mit Manisent i Mentalnost, Multietnička Atrakcija und Strašni Haremski Čuvari
gemalt werden, war nur noch 15 km bis zum Konzertort, dem ArkaBarka, gegen 18 Uhr wollten wir ankommen.

Obrenovac to Belgrade - last curves
We were rushed smoothly beyond Obrenovac, it was simply too dark. As a
noisy street malfunctioned the southern bank, we parked at the Baricka
Ada, a bank full of cicades and desolation. To go ashore here seemed
impossible. simply too muddy, so we anchored. Evening drew even more
quickly a thunderstorm at some distance past, to make us afraid. To go
back to Obrenovac, we no longer wanted, so we just drifted further on
in the morning, along the island and beyond. We had arrived at Km 18,
only 8 kilometers to Ada Ciganlija, the big island in Sava, which marks
the beginning of Novi Beograd. Next we drove more frequently along factories, power plants, bridges and ship petrol stations. Many of
these places have been  goals of the NATO attacks in 1999. Towards afternoon, we were hungry and on the right bank drifted by more
small towns like Umka and Ostruznica. In the latter city, we
saw now a Restaurant, a former customs house on the border between
Turkish and austro-hungarian sphere of influence. I then tried again
for a change, fish soup and cold beer. Somehow, the early rising in
recent days, had eaten on our substance and we escaped quickly into the
sleeping rooms. The next morning quickly i visited the Pekara of
Ostruznica, minimalist shop that was, they had some bread. Then still
the posters for the concert with Manisent i Mentalnost, Multietnička
Atrakcija and Strašni Haremski Čuvari had to be painted, it was only 15
km left, it should start around 6pm at ArkaBarka, we wanted to arrive.

Skela Visionerski Transport anchors in Belgrade and drifts iNto fiNal pArty

On 29th of july our raft left behind Kukulje (near Banja Luka), wallowed on Vrbas, drifted for 4 weeks down Sava, to hopefully shove on 4th september in Belgrade round its last curve. There will be delivered one last public sava soup. Manisent i Mentalnost, a band notoriously remembered in Berlin, Leipzig or Badel will be playing besides possibly other fine bands and disco and documentation will reach their hand (little stupid playthings, reading)

4. September 2008 (Donnerstag) Start 20.00 Uhr beim ArkaBarka Hostel, Bulevar Nikole Tesla bb / Park "Usce" Schwimmendes Hostel auf der Donau. Am 29.7. liess unser Floss Kukulje (nahe Banja Luka) hinter sich, schlingerte auf der Vrbas, trieb 4 Wochen die Sava runter, um hoffentlich am 4. September in Belgrad um die letzte Kurve zu biegen. Dort wird dann eine letzte oeffentliche Sava Soup geloeffelt, die in Leipzig, Berlin, Badel usw beruechtigten Manisent i Mentalnost treten nebst anderen Bands auf und Disco und Dokumentation geben sich froehlich die Hand (Lesung, Spielzeug)

Polako, polako... (iggy pop recommends: "now i wanna be your splav")

Nach zwei Uebernachtungen im Grenzgebiet zwischen Brcko und Sremska Mitrovica, wo es nicht viele Doerfer am Fluss gab, zumeist Wochenendhaeuser, haben wir jetzt die ueberraschend angenehme Grenzkontrolle nach Serbien hinter uns. Von seiten der Grenzbehoerde in Brcko ist es verboten, zwischen Brcko und Mitrovica an Land zu gehen, aber wir trafen dennoch einige gastfreundliche Menschen, natuerlich ohne jemals das Land auch nur annaehernd zu betreten.

After two nights in the border area between Brcko and Sremska Mitrovica, where there are not many villages close to the river, mostly weekend houses, now we have passed the border control, which was surprisingly friendly. The border authority in Brcko does not allow to land on the river banks in between Brcko and Mitrovica, as it is border area, but we met some great hospitality there, off course without ever set one foot on any embankment.

In der Kapetanija, der Schiffahrtsbehoerde wurde uns Kaffee serviert und die Leute von der Behoerde waren erfreulich unbuerokratisch. Sie zeigten uns Bilder von aehnlichen Reisenden, die ihre Grenze zuvor passiert hatten. Nun liegen wir am Stadtstrand vor Anker.

In the Kapetanija, the shipping authority they served us coffee and the people of the authority were luckily nonbureaucratic. They showed us pictures of other Travellers on rafts, that had passed the border before. Now we are at the town beach, anchoring.

Von dem Stadtstrand von Orasje entfernte sich das Floss mit einem Dreiergespann Schwimmerinnen, die es zogen. Unter der Grenzbruecke hindurch ging es eine tiefe und breite Sava entlang. Nicht viel Besiedlung entlang der Ufer war sichtbar. Wir tuckerten mit Motor wie man einen Rasenmaeher ueber ein sehr endloses Grundstueck schiebt, langgestreckte Kurven. Irgendwann abends winkte uns rechterhand ein einladendes Waldhaeuschen, doch wir konnten uns nicht schnell genug entschliessen. So ging es immer weiter, doch das angestrebte Vucilovac wollte einfach nicht auftauchen. Irgendwann wurde es dunkel und wir entschieden uns, das erste mal im Fluss zu ankern. Es erwies sich als einfacher als wir dachten und wir verbrachten eine schoene ruhige Nacht unter den Sternen, bis wir frueh von einer Motorsaege geweckt wurden, niemals ohne Zivilisation.

Wir trieben weiter und erreichten einige lange Kurven spaeter Brcko, wo ein anderes Hausfloss auf uns zusteuerte. Es handelte sich um einen Freund von Vlado, unseres Helfers aus Banja Luka. Wir vertauten die Floesse aneinander und sprachen ueber Brcko und wurden zu Kaffee und Bier eingeladen. Brcko ist schoen gelegen, eine alte muslimische Stadt mit serbischen, kroatischen, muslimischen und vermutlich auch ethnienlosen Bewohnern, die nach dem Krieg wegen ihrer strategisch wichtigen Lage und ihrer Geschichte als Stadt mit Bewohnern vielerlei Herkunft einen besonderen Status zugesprochen bekam.

zdravo

if you play in a band and live somewhere along Sava or Vrbas or closeby send me a tape or cd of your band and you might be featured in a tape and fanzine release with bands from Germany and the countries surrounding Sava. Mostly I am intested in experimental punk or elektronic sorts of punk, also fish hop and underwater metal but other bands are also welcome. Can send me also one song as mp3 or other format...

Bye

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Bosanski Brod - many houses in the centar of the town seem like shot down. investment ruins are next to ruins from war and victims of floods. The town stretches along the embankment, in comparison with Slavonski Brod on the croatian side it appears quite like a village. The raft stops at a small garden estate. It is to late for buying bread, so we buy 10 small pieces of bakery...

Bosanski Brod. Viele Haeuser im Stadtkern wirken wie erschossen. Investitionsruinen wechseln sich ab mit Kriegsruinen und Ueberschwemmungsopfern ab. Die Stadt zieht sich entlang der Uferpromenade, wirkt im Vergleich zu Slavonski Brod auf kroatischer Seite wie ein langgestrecktes Dorf. Das Floss haelt bei einem huebschen Kleingarten. Es ist zu spaet zum Brotkauf und wir kaufen zehn Gebaeckstuecke, nachdem wir bemerken, dass sie allesamt mit Schinken gefuellt sind nochmal acht mit Kaese, die Baeckerin erfreut sich des unverhofften abendlichen Andrangs auf ihr Gebaeck...

Our last stops after Samac were Domaljevac, Tolisa and now Orasje. When in Domaljevac as well as in Orasje asking for some small parts that we needed for our Johnson motor (new comment from a mecanizer here is: 40 years old, 40 PS - and as they use to say - the money is making the music...). So asking for some parts we received SO many help, good contacts, sympathy of the people who use this river since lifetime.

Samac – a strange place, therefore exiting. City of Harbour,
three new build churches (mosque, serbian-orthodox, catholic), pubs named
Marilyn or Tweety, and in between lots of sport-bet-saloons or play-game-shops.

Liebe Freunde und Freundinnen,

dear friends

Heute, am 14.August sind wir fuer einen Tag in Bosanska Samac (Flusskilometer 307, gezaehlt wird rueckwaerts bis nach Belgrad) und werden morgen nach Domaljevac weiterfahren.Zur Zeit sind wir sieben Leute auf dem Floss. Franziska, Heike, Hilmar, Isabel, Nora, Selma und Stephan. Esben aus Kopenhagen ist vor ein paar Tagen abgereist und Veco aus Zagreb konnte wegen buerokratischen Schwierigkeiten leider nicht zu uns stossen.

today, 14th of august, we make a one day research and internet stop in Bosanski Samac. Still 307 kilometers left to the mouth of the Danube in Belgrade

while the girls were going by raft from bosanski kobaš to dubočac,we stayed in kobaš, because esben was painting a picture on a caffe bar. we sat there, drinking turska kava and watched the progress that the picture, someone cooking sava soup, made...

At 1pm the prayer was held in the mosque next to the caffe bar. I took a look inside and came to talk to one elderly man, who had worked in Frankfurt in Germany. I understood the mosque fell to ruins during the war and was newly built, but the islamic community in kobaš being one of the oldest in the north of bosnia. there is a written history but it is not yet published. the community is some 600 years old. the oldest grave stones have arabic letters, they are formed like steles, called nisans.

They told the story of one of the oldest graves, where a very bad man was said to be buried. There is a tale, that the man left the grave several times after being buried.

At 6pm we left kobaš on the road to dubočac, but eventually lost our way in the darkness and somehow ended up in derwenta... on the way we were invited for beer on a farm by the wayside. it turned out they were on holiday from sweden, where the family had moved to, so they could speak with esben who knows some swedish. The talk turned into a funny explanation of different fish in the Sava and how to catch them...

So for now everything is going smoothly.

But (sadly!) she will leave the Splav at 25th of August. We are not allowed to go on

without sombody who has a boat driver permit.

If you have a boat driver permit please let us know pretty soon and join us !

We are looking forward to read meet and go with you !

We felt the effects of Sava being a border shortly after splaving round the corner from Vrbas into Sava. We stopped for 3 hours at the riverbank of Davor, at a local border crossing point in Croatia. We met Veco, a friend from Zagreb who wanted to join our trip. While some kids used the Splav as the new pool equipment and enjoyed it as spring board, two of us talked closemouthed to the border police (another boundary is the language barrier). Unfortunately we were neither allowed to stay nor picking Veco up!

Yesterday, on tuesday 29th, our raft has finally started for the first part of the trip down the Vrbas river, from Kukulje Skela to Srbac. We were accompanied by Rastko, one of the ferry men of Kukulje ferry house. He guided us through the difficult (the water level was quite low) first miles of the river, driving the raft through obstacles like broken trees and low waters like the captain Ahab in the Hollywood version of Moby Dick, who is always spotting the mysterious whale. Some trees had to be driven over, as we were a bit unused to the steering of the raft. At one time I lost balance and fell into the river, but, as mentioned before, the water level was very low. Rastko left us in Razboj, after the most difficult part of the river. There we were welcomed by Danka from the tourist office of Srbac, who came with her sister and children and pleased us with many presents... The final part of the trip was more easy to navigate and finally we arrived at 8 pm in Srbac where we landed at some beach at the end of Vrbaska Ulica.

Infos fuer Besucher

Hier findet sich ein kurzer Ueberblick wann ungefaehr wir wo sind.

Bis jetzt haben wir nur die Erlaubnis auf der bosnischen Seite der Sava anzulegen. Doch wir versuchen weiterhin ebenfalls die Erlaubnis fuer Kroatien zu bekommen.

Das bedeutet, dass wir bisher die Grenze zu Kroatien nur zu Fuss passieren duerfen und dies nur an den offiziellen Grenzuebergaengen in den Orten

BROSANSKI BROD / SAMAC / ORASJE / BRCKO / RACA

informations for visitors

Here is a short timetable, where you can find us at estimated dates but always try to call before to make sure we´re there for sure!

For now we dont have the permission for landig at the croatian side of Sava - only for Bosnia - but we still try to get the permission for both sides.

That means we re only allowed to cross border to Croatia by feet at the official border crossing in

BROSANSKI BROD / SAMAC / ORASJE / BRCKO / RACA

Erste Nacht auf dem Floss am Faehrhaus vor Anker

Gestern wurde unser nun in seiner Grundkonstruktion fertiges Floss zu Wasser gelassen. Dabei halfen circa 30 Maenner, die die versprengten Reste einer jaehrlichen Regatta {nur zum Spass} von Laktasi nach Kukulje, und besagtes Wochenende: von Kukulje nach Srbac (an der Grenze) darstellten. Am Rande jener Regata-Feierlichkeiten wurde zahlreiche Schweine, Laemmer und Biere verzehrt.

Yesterday our raft was set to the water, its basic construction being finished. The remains of a yearly regata from Laktasi to Kukulje and on that weekend: from Kukulje to Srbac (at the border), which consisted of nearly 30 men helped us carrying. During that regata party several pigs, lambs and beers were being eaten.

Am Abend waren wir erschoepft genug, um mal frueh zu Bette zu gehen. Einige schliefen sogar schon auf dem nun in der Vrbas unter einem Baum liegenden Floss. Die Wellen rauschten ziemlich in den Ohren, aber irgenwann schlief man doch ein.

On that evening everyone was sufficiently exhausted to go to bed early. Some of us were even sleeping on the raft, which is lying now on the Vrbas under a tree. The waves were rushing quite noisily in our ears, but some time later everyone was fallen asleep.

Nachrichten aus einem Nirgendwo in der Naehe Kukuljes

Der alte Mann, der neben mir auf dem Skelett des Flosses sitzt, das wir bauen, hat bis ungefaehr 1972 auf Baustellen in Deutschland gearbeitet und zog dann wieder nach Jugoslawien. Er zieht ruhig an seiner Zigarette und gibt ein paar Ratschlaege bezueglich der Holzverbindungen des Flosses. Es ist so heiss, dass wir fuenfmal am Tag im Fluss schwimmen gehen muessen. Der Fluss ist die Vrbas, deren Quelle irgendwo in den bosnischen Bergen liegt und die in Srbac, einer Grenzstadt zu Kroatien in die Save fliesst.

The old man sitting beside me on the skeleton of the wooden raft that we are building was working on construction sites in Germany until about 1972 when he moved back to Yugoslavia. He gives some advice about the connection of the wooden beams and silently smokes his cigarette. The temperature is so hot, that we have to go swimming five times a day. The river is the Vrbas, its source somewhere in the bosnian mountains, joining the Sava river near Srbac, a border town to croatia.

Die anderen aelteren Maenner, die sich oefter in der Naehe unseres Bauorts aufhalten (einem alten Faehrplatz mit einer Holzfaehre nahe Kukulje) helfen uns oft. Da ist der Faehrmann, der uns den Strom aus dem Faehrhaus liefert, der Mann, der in der Dorfkirche die Glocke laeutet und weitere Passanten.

The other old men which are often around our construction site (an old ferry point with a wooden ferry near Kukulje) are also helping us frequently. There is the ferryman, who delivers us the electricity from his ferry house, then the man, who rings the bell at the local church and other passing locals.

If you wanna visit us: from BANJA LUKA you have to go to LAKTASI - in LAKTASI go right after the first traffic light to SRBAC; the building place is CLOSE TO KUKULJE at the SKELA (FAIRY)

by bus: (daily until 19 o´clock) the bus starts behind the post and at the bus station in Banja Luka; take that one to SRBAC; close to KUKULJE get of at the SKELA; then follow the signs see U!

again here -hardrockcafe-because of wirelesslan-me and my bad english-news are: Espen, a guy from denmark arrived and is now a member of our group-his birthday today-----we bought the wood for the raft - we bought the barrels today - tomorrow we can start to construct -- must buy nails, screws, some tools and stuff, hope hilmar and stephan will bring tents so we can sleep on the river. cook on the river. work on/with the river. the sketch will become reality--------
at the end of our tour we will produce a publication, yesterday we spoke with the chief og petar kocic foundation, he would edit a bilangual version of our book-----you can read about us on http://www.banjalukaonline.com/vijest_p_218432.html -----hugs and kisses, yours: n.

WER WO WIE WANN WAS WARUM

WHO WHERE HOW WHEN WHAT WHY

Five girls in Banja Luka, together again, yesterday Isa, me /Nora/ and my daughter Selma arrived, Heike last Friday. We saw a nice green place where we can build our raft, near Laktasi, 25 kilometers in the north of Banja Luka / we have a liitle red car borrowed from Mikki, who lives here, that makes some things easier, e.g. our visitings on the river, to find a part of the Vrbas without so many stones, deep enough for the raft. Isobel, born in Banja Luka, lives in U.S.A, will join us in august and help us with the language! as soon as possible we will change our place: from the little flat downtown to the river to start start start. before we have to organize the wood, barrels, tools, but we are close closer closest. On Friday Hilmar and Stephan will arrive. We are in a rush, only 15days left. see you. more news fots news the next days. // greetings from here /

http://www.nezavisne.com/banjaluka/vijesti/25723/Splavom-od-Banjaluke-do-Beograda.html

and i loaned dejans old bike and i can start going along the vrbas to check out a place where to build the raft and to start the trip. i think i`m going on sunday because during the week, even if its mostly just one date per day, or maybe like one offical and one more private everything takes always more time..sometimes i call first and than they say, call me again in two hours,or "oh he extended his holidays for a few days.. " and than when i call again: okay lets met in three hours.. even if we settled a date for ten in the morning.. but of course its just an example in general the people are always before me on our meeting points.maybe they think germans are always in time- well i`m mostly five minutes late...

from the left: i forgot the name of him because i`m so so bad in names..(big excuse!), than its zelimir and jadranko and me with my new haircut at mister X cafe in Banja Luka

yesterday i met jadranko, he studies fine arts in belgrade and i think he`s really connected in Banja Luka, even if he`s not living here anymore, and zelimir, he´s going to be an architect and is doing a weekly radio show at BIG radio and it was great. because it was just so very normal to talk to them, not constructed at all and they gave me some helpfull advices as well. and one of Jadrankos favourite movies is You and me and everyone we know, which i like lot, too. miranda july, the director and main actress is running the learning to love you more website....i can really recommend this!

2008-07-01

so, i`m back from belgrade, i met aleksandar there from manisent i mentalnost maybe they wan`t to help us in organisation of our final party in belgrade..and i talked to kristian from arkabarka
so we could land our raft there and this could be definitly the right
location for the mini festival, he`s also willing to invite some
musicans and help with equipment! and in banja luka i met boris from buk the second time, he knows some people how can help us out with the boat engine. he mentioned one called TOMOS
they are not producing them anymore but we can buy them used, he told
me they are like unbreakable and really easy tu use and to repair. he
told me about an old military camp close to banja luka where we can
possibly buy a lot of the stuff we need there!Franziska

I try to learn the
behaviour of the locals: close the jalousie and the curtains in the
early morning (you`ll not stand the heat during the day otherwise) and
open the windows wide in the night. And I try to structure my day in
an, for me, unusual way: getting up really early, work a little till
the midday heat is knocking me out, rest a little in an air-conditioned
café or in my shaded flat and than continue round 4 or 5. its not easy
to get used to it..So the hardrock café, where they have wireless, is
closing now. I`ll continue tomorrow! Franziska

participate in the construction and traveling with a
wooden raft (splav) starting near Banja Luka
(Laktasi) in Bosnia
with the final destination of Beograd
we are planning a raft trip starting with construction work on

july 14th 2008 starting
our trip (hopefully) around

august 1st 2008 5 weeks
trip to Beograd on rivers Vrbas
and Sava passing
through towns like
Laktaši-Razboj-Srbac-Kobaš-Brod-Šamac-Brçko-Šabac-Beograd
we are a group of so
far 7 indiviuals
(Franziska, Isabel,
Heike, Hilmar, Nora, Stefan, Vedran) our interest could be that of a writer, of an artist, of an ecologist, basically an interest in
documenting what is there to be found
and of communication and networking with ecologically, artistically,
literarily or otherwise interested human beings alongside
the embankments If
you‘re living close to our planned route or want to help us with
construction of
the wooden raft or if you like to travel
with us
(also visit us or join us on shorter distances)
look at our
blog www.visionerskitransport.ycp.de
send us an email visionerskitransport@gmx.net
or
get in contact with Franziska Wicke currently in Banja Luka - C/O
Ivanovic Pavla Ul. Stepe Stepanovica 47 78.000 Banja Luka
Bosnia-Herzegovina bosnian mobile +387.63571470 serbian mobile
+38.164.0897435

telefon bosnia i herzegowina: +387.63571470

telefon serbia:+38.164.0897435

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3431481,00.html Kultura | 23.06.2008

Splavom povezati ljude

Mada su rijeke kojima namjeravaju ploviti mladi Nijemci mirne, sasvim bez opasnosti put do Beograda nije

Petoro Nijemaca namjerava izgraditi splav u Banjaluci i u avgustu
otisnuti se na putovanje rijekama Vrbas i Sava do Beograda. Žele
sretati ljude, pisati o njima, fotografirati. I pritom povezivati
ljude.

Dejan Šajinović

VISIONERE IN BANJA LUKA +++ NEWS FROM BANJA LUKA+++A DETAILED RECORD OF OUR TIME IN BANJA LUKA+++EVERY DAY NEAR THE RIVER VRBAS

its berengere, hilmar, a girl i don`t know and heike on the starting point of Green Tour Bike Ride, on June 14 in Banja Luka. Berengere hosted us at her flat! thanks a lot! the foto took Miodrag Dakic

Zdravo! Here we are! Franziska, Hilmar, Isabel, Selma and Nora. (Heike leaved already – back to Vienna). Today is our 5th day and sadly the last. But Franziska will stay in Banja Luka for the days she will need to prepare our project.
There are really a lot of things to do and every day it seems to become more and more.
We have to observe all the bureaucratic regulations about the construction and equipment of our wooden raft, about crossing the borders with that sort of vehicle. (with the help of the Kapitana, who isn't available...) Attention! Every little mistake could be the end of our trip!
We have to manage the (second hand-)materials, an engine (6 PS), tools, a place with electricity to build the wooden raft. And cheap, please! We are looking for other cultural projects, NGOs, institutions in Banja Luka and along the Sava to connect. To realize our plans we need a little more money, therefore we get some hints. We will examine all recycling bins around town!

From now on there will be news on this site for everyone who's interested in creating a wooden raft or who can help us out! And some people from the countries surrounding the rivers sava and vrbas have to join us!

The first days we spent a lot of time in and around the "Dom Omladine", where the shortfilmfestival "kratkofil" took place (look at the report) A good point to start for us, a chance to dive in the cultural scene of the city. A small city: everybody knows each other. It is not so difficult for us to spread our plans. We've talked a lot about Visionerski Transport the last days. We've learned some new serbian words (jagoda...jabuka...malina) but not enough to communicate. Various locals still help us out with translations.

Everyday we get in touch with a diversity of individuals: People, who organize projects and actions in Banja Luka, also reporters from local radio stations, newspaper and television, members of rafting clubs, students (institute for german language/history/literature) and their professor, institutions (Mine Action Center, German embassy, navigation office)

Its a good time in Banja Luka, the capital of Srpska Republica. We have the possibility to sleep in the flat of a nice girl, Berengere. She lives for four years now in Banja Luka and everybody knows her, because she organizes a lot of events, actions, projects.
We like the small city, where the most places are within reach by foot. We get nice and pleasent reactions.
Next month we will come back: On the 14th of july we will begin to build the raft. The REAL tour will start at the 1th of august. Four weeks on the water. We will finish our trip with a big party and exhibition of documentary of the trip in Belgrade. On 5th of september 2008!!!!! You are invited! Videmo se. Priatno. The Crew.

Mai Treffen in Berlin. - May meeting in Berlin.

WUNSCHLISTE / WISHLIST


- 16 Fässer a 200 Liter / 16 used drums of 200 liter

- 30 Balken 3500x150x100 mm / 30 wooden bean 3500x150x100 mm

- 32 Spanngurte / 32 tension belts

- Styropor / styrophoam

- Kleintransporter / van or pick up

- Zelte / tent

- Kocher / camping stove

- Bootsmotor, Automotor / outboard motor, motor

- Solarplatten / solar panels

- Batterie / battery, akku

- Kanu / canoe

- Schwimmwesten / life jacket

- Anker / anchor

- Ankerlicht / anchor light

::: KONTAKT ::: visionerskitransport@gmx.net :::

Dear friend,
We are currently planning a research expedition to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia for August 2008.
The plan is to travel on a wooden raft on the River Sava. The River Sava is a border river to the above states. The expedition will last for about 6 weeks with Belgrade as the final destination. It will be our second raft trip together. Each of us works usually in literarily, artistically or ecologically coherences.

Your time has come to shine.
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine.
If you need a friend
Im sailing right behind...

NENAD (boatbuilder,beemaster,Rakija burner, welder,tractor and- coachmen, carpenter, all-rounder srbac) for being around from the beginning on. When we started to build the Splav in KUKULJE and especially his full activity for the house construction and metal stearing in SRBAC where he lives. thanks for the rides on his traktor and also on his beautifull black horse. as well for hospitality of his wife SORA and family. we spend a lot of time together. hvala puno

SHOP ASSISTENT of kukulje for a lot of water from the tab

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HACK.Fem.EAST

Frauen, Technologie und Netzwerke in Osteuropa

Women, Technology and Networks in Eastern Europe

Exhibition, performances, meetings

10 May - 22 June 2008

Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien Berlin, Germany

Opening: 9 May, from 19.00

A project of Tatiana Bazzichelli and Gaia Novati sponsored by

Hauptstadtkulturfonds and with the support of Institutes für

Auslandsbeziehungen.

The exhibition project HACK.Fem.EAST seeks to present experimental and

artistic practices of artists and activists working in digital networks

http://www.muellerpohle.net/projects/riverproject.html

13th international youth theatre festival

June – August 2008

presents

festival of applied theatre

21 – 26 June

Pula Forum 2008

2 Projekte von Manu Chao Malquíades/Cargo '92 und Un tren de hielo y de fuego / Ein Zug aus Eis und Feuer
Franze

http://www.pp-lonjsko-polje.hr/

http://www.euronatur.org/Save.save.0.html