Originally from New York (USA), Tim Clancy (viadinarica.com) was brought to the Balkans by a simple twist of fate in late 1992, when he hitched a ride from Germany to Croatia to join the grass-roots relief agency Suncokret ('Sunflower'), which was involved in aid work in a refugee camp in western Herzegovina. His three-week stint turned into a multi-decade commitment, and he now calls Bosnia home. In 2000 he and some friends formed Green Visions, the first ecotourism and environment protection group in the country. Since then he has been dedicated to environmental activism and ecologically responsible development of Bosnia & Herzegovina's cultural, historical and natural heritage. This includes co-founding Terra Dinarica, an NGO dedicated to the sustainable development of the Via Dinarica mega-trail that stretches from Albania to Slovenia. Clancy is the author of Bradt's Bosnia & Herzegovina guidebook, now in its seventh edition.