Tuši's blog: May 2024

Bosnia and Herzegovina / Croatia / Slovenia: MTB trip with AO Tržič - Over Devećani to Travnik

Our local Mountaineering Club AO Tržič organizes a mountain biking trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2015 and this year's destination was the Vlašić mountain. It was our last day and some were already tired. Weather wasn't perfect either, so only some of us decided to do another ride. We took the shortest path to Planinarski dom Jusuf Pečenkovič mountain hut and from there we descended to Travnik like yesterday, just that we used another trail for that - Garmin Connect. Our adventure ended with the local cuisine in the city and then we headed back home. See you next year on our 10th anniversary.

Previous days of this years trip: Day 3 - 16445, Day 2 - 16444, Day 1 - 16443.

Previous MTB Trips with AO Tržič: 1. 2015 (13161, 13162, 13163), 2. 2016 (13518), 3. 2017 (13889, 13890, 13891), 4. 2018 (14253, 14254, 14255), 6. 2020 (14997), 7. 2021 (15353, 15354), 8. 2022 (15715, 15716, 15717), 9. 2023 (16079, 16080, 16081, 16082).

Breakfast, some clouds and bad forecast. Well, the last thing didn't stop us.

No photos from riding today, so we took one next to Plava Voda, a large spring, which creates approximately 350 metres long eponymous river.

Cheers to another great adventure.

Meri drinking Bosnian coffee.

Meri likes Bosnian cuisine.

Ivo Andrić was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961 "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country." He was born in Travnik.

Driving back home.

Geocache found:

- Rodna kuća Ive Andrića ... Ivo Andrić birth house, GC7KTZM, that received a visit by trackable items "Spartan Medal", TB9K7R9 and "Second Angel of peace", TBA8B55)

#MTB #Vlašić #Geocaching

Bosnia and Herzegovina: MTB trip with AO Tržič - Ljuta Greda, Devećani and Pasji trail to Travnik on Vlašić

Our local Mountaineering Society AO Tržič organizes a mountain biking trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2015 and this year's destination was the Vlašić mountain. Our today's trip took us along the Ugar river towards its source and then we continued below Paljenik to Planinarski dom Jusuf Pečenkovič mountain hut. When it started to rain, we continued on bikes. While the majority took the normal route to Travnik, Janez and me struggled on Pasji trail. All wet we arrived to Travnik, where Nina left our van and then we simply drove back to our "home", Planinska kuća Vlašić, kod Seje - Garmin Connect.

Previous days of this years trip: Day 2 - 16444, Day 1 - 16443.

Morning gathering.

We immediately left the asphalt roads.

Road and us.

Pushing the bike is part of the MTB game.

Vlašić mountain.

Regrouping.

Green nature spoiled with mountain bikers.

Sometimes up, sometimes down.

Looks like a great place to stop.

Airplane with water.

Real estate.

We stopped at one of the local huts and they gave us coffee and local Vlašić cheese.

Vlašić cheese is a white cheese that matures in brine. It is originally made from fresh sheep milk, but of recently also cow milk is used, or a mix of both varieties, and then left to ripen for two to three months.

Soon we moved on.

The "General Mehmed Alagić - Ljiljan" monument on Ljuta Greda s shaped like a ljiljan (lily), which is a symbol deeply associated with Bosnian identity and heritage.

Best friends.

Never-ending paths.

In the far back we spotted Paljenik, where we cycled yesterday.

Following our noses.

Vlašić is part of the Dinaric Alps and is located in the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the town of Travnik.

We were already a bit tired.

We skipped this "katun", a traditional, seasonal mountain pasture settlement.

During the Bosnian War, the Vlašić was held by the Bosnian Serb army (VRS). It was tactically important, overlooking Travnik which was held by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH). The 7th Muslim Brigade attacked the mountain in May 1994. It was taken over by the ARBiH sometime before the Dayton Agreement, and subsequently incorporated into the Federation of B&H.