HU Travellers Meeting Montenegro 2015

Sjaak Lucassen (Netherlands) R1 World Tour - "Wandering around the World with a R1 motorcycle for 5 Years."

Europe, Africa, South-Central-North America, Asia, Middle East, Europe

An unbelievable experience about an 250.000km long adventure through 75 countries, performed with a great sense of humour, enlivened with videos and photos.

Topics - Passage on a cocaine boat • Blasting dynamite in Bolivia • Crossing the Sahara • A motorcycle as hand luggage in a Russian plane • Speed record on the world's largest salt lake • Stalin's Road of Bones • River crossing in a dugout • In love with a Venezuelan beauty

Ivan Drobnjak Unknown Paths in Montenegro - a Photo Story

My Photo Story will be representation of wild mountains and lakes in Montenegro. You will have a chance to see some unknown paths and trail from our mountains. Also interesting geographical data will be included.

During the working hours I run operations and finances for one department in super yacht marina Porto Montenegro, but in every second of free time I'm trying to explore unknown off road mountain trails and paths...

Since enduro rides became my passion, I have founded motorbike guided agency in Montenegro, with friend of mine.

Like all of us, my first ride was on brothers Tomos automatic, and that was an awesome feeling. Many years after I bought my first motorbike. It was an Aprilia rs 125 sport bike, not long after that, the same brother came up with two cross motorbikes on the trail… and from that moment the way I look at two wheels is completely changed... Do I have to mention that despite faults of the first bike (no brakes, no power, no el starter, air filter...) it was love at the first ride. That 81 honda xl250 is still in my garage.

Ron Collier (USA) We Support Dreams (Our Family Motto) - 4 month motorcycle trip from California to a project in Tirana, Albania

This is primarily a slide show but the photos serve as a backdrop to the stories and insights that come from 30,000 Kilometers of solo travel across the US from California to Portland, ME to Iceland via container ship and on to Scandinavia and through Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece to Albania.

As a passionate traveler and overlander, I've had a love affair with vagabonding for as long as I can remember. Highlights include Boston to Alaska via a '77 Bronco right out of college - a year-long around the world trip with my wife and two boys in '07/'08, and my four month trip last fall from my home in California to Iceland via container ship and on through Scandinavia, the Baltic countries, eastern Europe and Ukraine into Turkey, Greece, and finally to Albania. I feel very lucky to be able to travel as much as I do but I've learned when something is so important to you, you find every way possible to make it happen.

Marko Calasan (Montenegro) Utrecht - New York - Our 3 month trip - covering the travel, the route, equipment, and all the groovy people we met

In late 2012, my wife and I decided to make a long trip with two motorcycles. We (1) did not have any motorcycles for this trip and (2) my wife did not know how to drive one.

The presentation details our preparation for the trip, choosing of the route, careful planning that goes into this type of a trip - and the beautiful opposite reality of the execution of the trip itself.

Born and raised in Montenegro, I got the "adventure" travel bug some 6 years ago. In that time, I drove my bike through most of Western and Central Europe, and in 2013, I completed a 3 month trip through Asia and the US.

Djordje Markovic (Montenegro) Central and Western Europe

Life is made out of moments, lots of them are lost through time but some of them end up sticking with you. I try to make mine count. I try to make 'em stick and that's where motorcycle comes in. So many of my memorable memories are one way or the other linked with motorcycles. From young age stealing another lap on little Honda, through my teenage years trying to impress girls on the scooter, until now, exploring different places and meeting amazing people on my tourer. Not all memories are pleasant ones, but the great ones outweigh not so great ones by far and that makes me coming back.

Most of my tours were through Central and Western Europe. I did own a bike while I lived in US, but did not get to explore with it nearly as much as I would like I did. The good thing is that with every trip I keep extending my boundaries and I intend keep doing it as much as I can.

Zeljan Rakela (Croatia) New overland adventures from Montenegro to Iran

After 5 continents, 300.000 km, over 100 states on my BMW GSA1200 my life was not the same anymore. Adventure is the way how I want to live in the future.Traveling on two wheels have lot of advantages, but cold winters, rainy days, winds, heats make me realize that I want to do it little bit different.

I started one project Y61 GSA. I bought Nissan Patrol and rebuild it so I can reach every place on the earth (increase fuel tank, winch that can carry 9 tons, air compressor, inverter, dual battery system, iroman lift kit, special tires, led lights,…).

Four member crew traveled for 10 months and ride 12.000 km thru 12 countries (farthest point was Ihafan in Iran).

Zeljan is an adventure rider from Split, Croatia. From 2006 he has been continuously traveling on his BMW GSA. He has done over 305.000 kilometres, thru 5 continents and over 100 states.

Marija Zivkovic (Montenegro) Ireland and Scotland

I don't ride a bike and I even don't want to try that. I am totally satisfied as passenger on a bike.

I will try to share with you my impressions of one-month Ireland and Scotland trip.

Jan Krasny (Czech Republic) Guyana

As a member of US Embassy, Jan's job is to travel all the time. He spent two years in Guyana and he participated in lot of safaris. Now he will share that experience with us.

Ivan Lipicnik (Slovenia) Central Asia - Motorcycle ride through the Pamir

I bought my first bike 35year ago, it was Jawa CZ350. With this bike I made my first trip to Dubrovnik and I loved it. I realized that I want to travel.

With Kawasaki KX250 I traveled all over Yugoslavia. In 1981 I bought my first BMW and with this bike I traveled thru north Africa. For the past 25 years my closest friend is BMW 80GS. With this bike I traveled to Nordkapp, Middle East, Russia Baykal lake, Russia Vladivostok, lot of riding thru Europe.

In 2014 I rode thru Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.