The Birthplace Of Marco Polo Welcomes The Welcome Team, Who Reach Korcula With A Mixture Of Canoe And Bike To End The ‘M ‘ In Welcome
The purpose of the project is to focus on Croatia’s natural beauty, rich cultural heritage and wide ranging tourism offer by travelling the length of the country using various journey sports systems of transport along a winding route which spells out the word “Welcome.” The route will be visible from Google Earth, permitting Croatian tourism to claim the title of the world’s largest welcome.
Leaving the protected bay at Loviste, the team headed to the island of Korcula by kayak, coming up against windy conditions in the open sea and, while they had to continue with caution at certain times it didn’t stop them from socialising with numerous sea turtles whom they encountered on the route.
After a short swim, the team paddled to the town of Babina on the northern coast, where a decision was made to modify the intended route after neighbors informed them about ways to a giant wooded canyon.
Switching to bikes, the Welcome team made their way to the little known Kocje nature park, a natural phenomenon not encountered anywhere else on the trip. Kocje is a formidable collection of limestone rock, as high as 20m in parts, hidden by dense vegetation. The effect is a natural warren of tunnels, cracks and caves with a lot of the rock covered in green moss.
Kojce has been declared a specially protected reserve of forest vegetation, and some archaeologists believe it was inhabited by prehistoric man. A rather more engaging concept has been put forward by an Italian professor of mathematics and physics which places Kojce as the sole entry point on the planet for positive lines for magnetic force from Space.
Taking to the main road, the Welcome team continued their journey, eventually arriving in the surprising traditional walled town of Korcula, one of the finest preserved stone towns on the coast. One of the main traveller attractions in that town is it is allegedly the birthplace of the great explorer Marco Polo, who would no doubt have advised the initiative of the Welcome Project.
Cycling through the town’s streets, the team then heading for their last destination for the day, the small town of Lumbarda, where they completed the route for the letter “M” in the “Welcome” message. Due to some diversions from the planned route, especially on the island of Hvar, the letter “M” isn’t as clear as the rest, but still awfully legible.
With just the letter “E” to go, the project is entering its last stages, with arrival in Dubrovnik booked for June 3. The final stages include travelling along the Peljesac Peninsula to Ston, before backtracking through the Bosnian Riviera (the one time the project leaves Croatia) to the border city of Metkovic, and then back to Peljesac and on to the island of Mljet before a last kayak effort to Dubrovnik, as reported tagza.com.
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Horsing around with Polo