Tag Archives: Macedonia

White peacocks

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We went on a day trip to the St. Naum monastery. It was a lovely 30 km drive around Lake Ohrid. We were waiting at the bus stop with a woman from China and a taxi driver offered to take us for the same price as the bus. He was a great guy, a font of information and obviously loved talking to foriegners about their homes to get an understanding of the world at large. He met us when we were finished and brought us back too.IMG_20160331_121206it was a lovely setting with lots of peacocks both regular IMG_20160331_122714and white wandering around. A couple of days ago a guy told me they were mating when he was there, but that seemed to be over, sadly.IMG_20160331_122346
There was an old churchIMG_20160331_130340
Nice inside tooIMG_20160331_125806

Skopje and environs

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I took a really pleasant day trip today to Matka Canyon. It was at the end of a city bus line (#60) and cost $1 each way to get there. Then it was a short walk past a power damIMG_20160329_114259
Just after the dam, you can get on a boatIMG_20160329_124724
This putts up the river through the canyonIMG_20160329_130503
Where you visit a caveIMG_20160329_125659
Apparently the cave is popular with divers. When I got back, Charles and I went for supper in the old quarter and wandered round a bit.IMG_20160329_181235
On the way home we passed along the new/old waterfront buildings. One was still under constructionIMG_20160329_185840
It is this really bizarre development project with huge buildings meant to look like old ones. A German we were talking to likened it to Disneyland.