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PHOTOS - YEAR 1999


The 3rd International Hitch-hiking Conference, Vilnius (IHHC web-page)
6-7 March
 
Informal communication in Old Town coffe Foreign guest were accommodated at cosy University's dormitory
Kazakh hitcher abylai at Kaziukas Market in Vilnius Rest in the dormitory after the strained day at the conference
Abylai in Asmena (BY) Participants of the conference after it's closing
All group Excursion for conference's guest at Uzupis district
VHHC's hitch-hikers at the conference Moments of IHHC
Bernd in rain The party in "Zemaiciu uzeiga" after finishing the conference
On Bernds' hands. The party goes on! Inga, Bernd and Vladas in "Zemaiciai"
Give us beer as quickly as possible - how long can we swing? Kazimieras shows the overalls of "ULTRA Autostop" team
The hatshaped cake - Kazimieras name-day feast he international hitch-hikers' party in "Zemaiciai"
Latercomers didn't find places... Albertas, Inga, Aiste, Darsh, Anya

Hitch-hikers meeting in Finland
11-13 March
 
Cosy cottage party in snowy Finland Lina came to our party alone
Finish sauna was not better than Lithuanian, but any way, it was cool! Under the palms - Turku

Vilnius' NGO presentation for city's inhabitants
8 May
 
Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club invited inhabitents of Vilnius to travel hitch-hiking VHHC's propaganda team
Aiste's interview

Travel to Latvia
28-30 May
 
Participants of the trip to Latvia with local hitchers Lithuanian and Latvian hitch-hikers at Turaida castle
Witches still live in Latvia (ragana (Lithuanian) - witch) Looking at the Cat in Horse street
View from Sigulda to Gauja river valley Fountain at the Riga's centre

Augustas' travel to Slovenia and Paris (France)
12-28 June
 
Spectacular view - Predjama cave has a castle outside It happend so, that while I was hitching on the exit of Ljublijana, Bil Clinton passed me
Me next to the Eifel ;-) Paris

Expedition to Iran and Pakistan was made by Vladas and Inga
3-31 July
 
Most women wear black in Iran Resort town Chinarchik on Marmara sea coast
Inga in the ancient city of Bam At the best restaurant in the city of Shiraz
Drivers in Pakistan like to decorate their buses Donkeys near Bam's doors
An antique city Persepolis near Shiraz Iranian women smoke tobacco waterpipe - it is popular in the Southern part of the country
Shaking minarets - one of the places of interest in Isfahan Vladas on Meditearian Sea coast
Amphiteatre of Aspendos near to Antalya Women of Istanbul near aquaduct
Inga on the Meditearen Sea coast Women of Istanbul near aquaduct
"Pole Khajoo" or Khajoo bridge. This bridge was established by king Shah Abbas Safavi (one of Turkish king of Iran 500 years ago Mosque in Isfahan, Imam Square

Andrius Jankaitis and Ruta travel to Turkey
3 July - 7 August
 
Red street, Amsterdam (NL). Monument for first president of Turkey - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Marmara Sea, Cinarcik (TR). Cinarcik view.
In Marmara Sea, resort Cinarcik (TR). The bridge over Bosporus channel in Istanbul.
Mosque in Istanbul. Mosque at the Turkey border.
At the Turkey border. In the beach, North Sea, Zandvoort (NL)
View of Erdek (TR). Evening was coming on Erdek beach.
With Turkish girl Saval. Marmara Island (TR).
Kavalla view (GR). Kavalla view (GR).
On the road in Greece. Carpathian mountains in Romania.

Travel to Rainbow Gathering and Eclipse in Hungary
7-15 August
 
On the way to Hungary my legs were tired ;-) At meeting near the bridge in Budapest came 13 lithuanians and 2 latvians
Eclipse I Eclipse II
The last look at Eclipse People during the Eclipse I (photo: Ana Merkulova)
People during the Eclipse II (photo: Ana Merkulova) People during the Eclipse III (photo: Ana Merkulova)
"Welcome home" says the sign at the first Rainbow camps "Food-circle" - daily event
Every night Rainbow people had a meeting near the big fire

The 2nd NGO presentation at the Vilnius
25 September
 
VHHC's workers: Aiste, Kastytis and Vladas United VHHC and donors team

Travel to Krynica Morska in Poland
26-28 November
 
We slept on the stairs in a dwelling-house Hitch-hikers from Vilnius and Siauliai in Lenins square in Kaliningrad
Few hours break in a small town of Poland - Frombork On the way to the Polish seaside: Frombork
In Krynica Morska we all stayed in a 3-person room in pensionat "Friends". One girl thought that the road-signs are probably her friens
Only for "Christmas-tree" entrence is allowed