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Got enough of these all-inclusive summerholiday trips to the beach ? 
Then you'll be happy to learn about the do-it-yourself *Bread & Water 
Tour* aka Ecotopia Biketour 2004! 

We will keep far way from any beaches, blue water, entertainers or 
cocktail-nights at the hotel bar, but go for the pure basic form of 
travelling: sleeping on the ground, eating food prepared on camp fires 
and meeting people, who are not paid a lot to be friendly to you. Moving 
all our stuff by sheer muscle power, we will create an eco-mobile 
community to connect 4 amazing events with a 6-week celebration of 
sustainable transport. We will start on the 1st July in Vienna, visit 
Prague, the Towards Car-Free Cities Conference 
- http://worldcarfree.net/conference/ - in Berlin and the Wendland 
Summercamp - www.sommercamp-im-wendland.de/ - in Gedelitz (D) as 
well as supporting numerous ecological groups along the way by visiting 
them and joining them for actions. Our final destination is the Ecotopia 
Camp - http://www.eyfa.org/ecotopia2004intro - in Gornichem (NL), where
we will arrive in mid-August. One branch heading for the European
Cycling Messenger Championchips - http://ecmc2004.org/ - in Warsaw will
leave the biketour in Berlin. The biketour is a self-sustaining
community, with all participants expected to take a share of tasks and
to participate in the non hierarchical, concensus-based decision-making
process. Camping is the usual accommodation and sometimes we sleep in
schools and private houses. For more details see www.thebiketour.net. 

There are usually between 25-50 participants from all over Europe, and 
occasionally some from further afield. Participants may come for all or 
part of the route. Anyone who fits the following guidelines is welcome: 

· You can cycle 50-80 km per day 
· You are interested in environmental issues and willing to take part
in 
some actions 
· You are willing to take part in concensus decision-making and 
· You are willing to take part in the daily tasks such as preparing 
meals, carrying trailers, washing up or tidying the sleeping places. 
· Watch out: Sexist, racist, homophobic and other discriminatory 
behaviour will not be tolerated on the tour. 

How to take part? Firstly, each person fills in the application form 
which can be found at www.thebiketour.net. Those who need visas for the
countries concerned will receive as much help as possible from the
Biketour organisers. Each person pays a participation fee of about 15
eco - www.eyfa.org/ecorates.htm - per day. That's around 7 euro for
westerners and considerably less for easterners. The fee covers
everything and cannot be reduced eg. for people who don't eat breakfast.
The actual fee hasn't been decided on yet, so keep an eye on 
www.thebiketour.net. Also we might be able to refund your travel costs -
if you travel the cheapest, most ecological way. But this still in the
hands of funders -contact us as soon as possible, if your participation
depends on this. 

At the beginning of each day there is a meeting where the 
route is told and we get a map for the day, the task distribution is
decided upon and any others problems are discussed. Each person cycles
at their own pace and we carry everything ourselves, with the large
items in trailers. Also we usually cook ourselves. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, MAIL: biketour (at) riseup.net 
Please spread the word and put our banners pointing to
www.thebiketour.net on your website! 

find the small banner @
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and the big banner @ 
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