Today i walked nearly 10 km in the burning sun toward Očkara, here it is really hot and walking is difficult , which is a big set back from my project.

i went to Ovčara where there is a memorial museum: in 1991 this was these site of a horrible massacre, as 261 croatian. civilians were taken from Vukovar Hospital to this isolated farm, tortured and then shot and thrown in a mass grave nearby. The memorial preserves the farmhouse doors and roof as they were, and inside it is always dark, with i ages of the victims on lightboxes that switch on and off. Te lace is kept dark to remember that they were killed in the night.

the museum people give an explanation with a very sad voice, it was really touchingy. The area is very isolated, peaceful but strangely scary.

i meet 3 australians, the lady was born nearby and emigrated to australia as a child. Tey offer me a lift and with them i visited the mass grave and also an archological site near the danube, which was flooded.

they were good  company and i am glad i met them otherwise i am not sure i would have managed to continue walking i the burning sun. The lady has an interesting and sad story: her mother died last year and she has come here to bring her mother’s ashes. her father has also come. To go to hospital: he has a cancer and not much time left to live, and he wants to die in his land. she says in a peaceful voice, her father has come back where he belongs.

later today i walked along the Danube/ borders, taking some landscape photos andportraits.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2988304.stm