A little bit of history
The project started over 20 years ago and has always evolved around Borislav Jankovic or Boro, its main owner and founder. His father owned an ancient water-mill in the middle of the forest and Boro wanted to turn it in into a painting studio. Called insane by his entourage, he decided to spend more time in nature and gradually started living in Zelenkovac. The water-mill was turned into a bar-gallery, and attracted more and more people coming from all places. Then, the war came and Boro decided to stay in his place, giving its peculiar name to the gallery “Why didn’t Boro leave?”.
The country changed drastically after the conflict. From the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia it became a capital-based economy under the name of Bosnia and Herzegovina, split-up between: the Federacija (where Bosnian-Muslims and Bosnian-Croats live) and the Republika Srpska (where Bosnian-Serbs live). Yet, even though the political and economical situation affected a lot the people of this region, Zelenkovac managed to gain popularity as a green oasis and was tolerated, then appreciated as an “eco-zone”.
Today, like-minded individuals have created the Ecological Movement Zelenkovac which strives towards preserving Nature. In its website it is stated to be the “only organization of that kind” in the area.
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View years ago, I visit BIH and I swore that I will visit this beautiful country again. Thanks to the spontaneously T, we visited this eco village on our weekend trip. Due to the late arrival in the first night we stayed in the car. In the morning hours, when sunlight touches the valley, we were surprised from the loveliness of this place. The kindliness of the people there was amazing, so that we stayed over night in a comfortable hut, after your BIHobserving tour under the day. Due to this wonderful experience I'm sure that I will visit this place again (maybe to the Jazz Festival from which is around 3rd week in July this year(2014)).
The Cache:
This small container can be found easily next to an entrance.
Bring your own pen.
Happy hunting
Team Sackbau #23 M
(ILT T for this wonderful, amazing BIH journey, and Adriano for the save journey)
THANKS TO: sebaseba1 and VolkD for their repair work