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CHRONICLE 2003

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05-07 12 2003 5th Hitch-hiking Conference in Riga, organized by LV HH Club "E67". Over 20 participants from LV, LT and D.

21 11 - 03 12 2003 Club's members Vladas Sapranavicius and Inga Garnyte - Sapranaviciene hitch-hiked in East Turkey. The route of the trip was Istanbul - Yalova - Bursa - Bergama - Izmir - Efes - Pamukkale - Ankara - Gebze - Istanbul. Totaly 1600 km. After the trip (02/12) they met Czech and Ukrainen hitch-hikers in Prague.

13-17 11 2003 Club's administrator Dainius Kideris and his partner Marija hitch-hiked to Leipzig (Germany).

10-16 11 2004 Club member Marius Sugentaitis and Inga Paukstyte hitch-hiked to Czech Republic. Trip route: Vilnius (LT) - Warsaw (PL) - Krakow - Katowice - Brno (CZ) - Praha - Hradec Kralove - Wroclaw (PL) - Poznan - Konin - Kutno - Plock - Lomza - Vilnius (LT).

24-26 10 2003 Club's administrator Dainius Kideris and his partner Inga, Marius Sugentaitis, Marija&Vita + 2 Latvians hitch-hiked to Saaremaa island (Estonia).

18-19 10 2003 Club's administrator Dainius Kideris hitch-hiked to Riga (Latvia).

04-05 10 2003 The 7th birthday of the club took place in Vilnius district. 23 people took part in this festival. The best male traveller of the year was announced club's member Dainius Kinderis and best female member Jurate Zygelyte.

05-28 09 2003 Member of the Club's Board and Media Representative Andrius Sytas with Aurelija Lapenaite travelled to Turkey&Iraq&Iran. Route was: by plane Vilnius-Moscow-Istanbul-Moscow-Vilnius. Hitch-hiked in Turkey (05-10 09 2003) and Iraq (10-20 09 2003). In Iran they used taxies and buses.

28-31 08 2003 Member of the Club's Board and Media Representative Andrius Sytas with Aurelija Lapenaite travelled to Warsaw (Poland).

18 08 - 14 09 2003 Club's member&chronicler Andrius Jankaitis hitch-hiked to Ukraine. Route was: LT - PL - Lvov (UA) - Kiev - Kharkov - Donetsk - Mariupol (Sea of Azov) - Simferopol: Crimea (Sudak, Alushta, Jalta, Mischor, Alupka, Simeiz, Sevastopol, Bakhchisaray) - Simferopol - Lvov - Uzhgorod (UA) - SK - PL - LT.

27-29 06 2003 First time in a history such an event took place on 27-29 June in camping near Ventspils, Latvia. This was the next big event after International Hitch-hiking Conferences, organized in 1997-2000. Even 42 participants from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Norway took part in this great meeting!

23-29 06 2003 2 club's members: Vilma Nevulytė ir Lina Jokubauskaitė hitch-hiked by this route: Vilnius - Tallinn (EST) - Stockholm (S) - Tallinn (EST) - Ventspils (LV) - Vilnius.

09-10 05 2003 Club's administrator Dainius Kideris and his partner hitch-hiked to Tallinn (Estonia).

26-27 04 2003 Club organized annual public hitch-hiking competition "Baltics 2003". Participants had to check in 2 control points in the North of Poland and return to finish to Vilnius. The lenght of the route was approximately 1000 km. Some participants went to Poland directly from Lithuania and some pairs via Kaliningrad region (Russia). 10 pairs took part in this competition and the winners were Tomas Mockus and Raminta Malinauskaite. They also were the first pair who has registered to participate in this compatition. The second place winners were Lina Banyte and Aivaras Pranculis. The third place went to Alminas Zaldokas and Goda Bulybenko. 4 members of Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club took part in this competition: Egidijus Surma, Giedre Mataciunaite, Dainius Kinderis and Asta Terminskaite. Just 4 pairs have successfully checked in both control points and returned to finish withing given control time. 3 pairs announced their retreat and 3 pairs did not manage to fit into control time. Three winner pairs were awarded with sponsor prizes. One pair was given a lift by former member of Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club Andrej Romanovskij, who curretly lives in Poland.

16 04 2003 General meeting of the club took place. Administrator of the club Vilma Nevulyte and member of the board Lina Jokubauskaite resigned. Club's board now will consist of 5 members (were 3): Dainius Kinderis, Vladas Sapranavicius, Giedre Mataciunaite, Andrius Sytas and Asta Terminskaite. New administrator of the club will be Dainius Kinderis.

13-16 04 2003 Club's member Germante Aleknaviciute and her friend Inga hitch-hiked to Kaliningrad (Russia).

07-09 04 2003 VHHC board's member Andrius Sytas and Estonian hitch-hiker Marika Paaver hitch-hiked to Warsaw (Poland).

01-09 04 2003 VHHC member Augustas Kligys and his friend have visited several European cities. The route of the 2700 km trip was: Aalborg(DK) - Brussels(B) - Paris(F) - Bonn,Köln(D) - Aalborg.

1-26 03 2003 Club's member Dainius Kinderis travelled in W.Europe (mostly in Spain&Portugal). The route was: Vilnius (LT) - Marijampole (LT) - Frydek-Mistek (CZ) - Olomouc (CZ) - Mikulov (CZ) - Wien (A) - Salzburg (A) - Villach (A) - Padova (I) - Verona (I) - Brescia (I) - Piacenza (I) - Genova (I) - Nice (F) - Marseille (F) - Perpignan (F) - L'Escala (E) - Valencia (E) - Almeria (E) - Algeciras (E) - Cadiz (E) - Seville (E) - Huelva (E) - Faro (P) - Lagos (P) - Lisbon (P) - Caceres (E) - Madrid (E) - Segovia (E) - Saragossa (E) - Girona (E) - Figueres (E) - Paris (F) - Liege (B) - Aachen (D) - Koln (D) - Dortmund (D) - Hannover (D) - Berlin (D) - Warszawa (PL) - Suwalki (PL) - Jurbarkas (LT).


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