The Great Balkan Tour

noreply@blogger.com (Sac Bee) — Tue, 9 Nov 2021 12:36:00 -0800

Here's a sneak preview of The Great Balkan Tour, as I like to call it. It started off from and ended at Belgrade and it roughly followed this route:

In Roman:

Belgrade -> Manastir Žiča -> Studenića -> Uvac -> Canyon Tara -> Manastir Ostrog -> Skadar Lake National Park -> Cetinje -> Sveti Stefan -> Budva -> Kotor -> Porto Montenegro -> Perast -> Mostar -> Sarajevo -> Novi Sad -> Subotića -> Golubać Fortress -> Lepinksi Vir -> Gamzigrad -> Niš -> Pirot -> Leskovać -> Manastir Manasija -> Resavska Cave -> Smederevo Fortress -> Zemun -> Belgrade!

In Serbian:

Београд -> Манастир Жича -> Студентица -> Увац ->кањон таре -> Манастир Острог -> Национални парк Скадарско језеро -> Цетиње -> Свети Стефан -> Будва -> Котор -> Порто Монтенегро -> Пераст -> Мостар -> Сарајево -> Нови Сад -> Суботица -> Тврђава Голубац -> Лепинкси Вир -> Гамзиград -> Ниш -> Пирот -> Лесковац -> Манастир Манасија -> Ресавска пећина -> Смедеревска тврђава -> Земун -> Београд!

Number of countries visited: 3

Distance driven: 3981Km

Number of days: 21

Useful information:

Pronunciation key:

ć: ts Studenitsa, Leskovats, Subotitsa

č: ch Zhicha

ž: zh Zhicha

š: sh Nish

j: y Manasiya, Sarayevo

Currency:

Serbia: Serbian Dinars (DIN). 1 USD ≈ 100 DIN

Montenegro: Euro (EUR). 1USD ≈ 0.85 EUR

Bosnia i Herzegovina: Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark (KM). 1USD ≈ 1.66 KM

Here's a preview of the trip:

Belgrade/Београд :

Manastir Žiča/Манастир Жича:

Studentića/Студентица:

Uvac/Увац:

Canyon Tara/кањон таре:

Manastir Ostrog/Манастир Острог:

Skadar Lake National Park/Национални парк Скадарско језеро:

Centinje/Цетиње:

Budva/Будва:

Kotor/Котор:

Porto Montenegro/Порто Монтенегро:

Perast/Пераст:

Mostar/Мостар:

Sarajevo/Сарајево:

Novi Sad/Нови Сад:

Subotića/Суботица:

Golubać Fortress/Тврђава Голубац:

Lepinksi Vir/Лепинкси Вир:

Gamzigrad/Гамзиград:

Niš/Ниш:

Pirot/Пирот:

Leskovać/Лесковац:

Manastir Manasija/Манастир Манасија:

Resavska Cave/Ресавска пећина:

Smederevo Fortress/Смедеревска тврђава:

Zemun/Земун:

Street Art of Kyiv

noreply@blogger.com (Sac Bee) — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:24:00 -0800

Strolling around the streets of Kyiv, you can't help noticing and appreciating a repertoire of graffitis, murals, sculptures and other forms of street art in almost every corner. Here, I've tried to capture some of them that I came across during my numerous trips to Kyiv, there's a lot more to be explored as well.

There's also a great collection of Kyiv murals here: Muralu Kyiva

Redwood National and State Parks, CA

noreply@blogger.com (Sac Bee) — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:53:00 -0800

Redwood National (& State Parks) is one of the highly underrated national parks in the California. I spent 3 days exploring this national park and I must say, I was super thrilled by the lush green flora and variety of fauna, beautiful trails leading to rugged Pacific Northwest coastline and fern grotto. Spent 2 nights at 2 different cabins since it was a bit too cold & wet for camping - one in Jedediah Smith Redwoods SP and another in Prairie Creek Redwoods SP. Did a bunch of hikes, off-road driving, spotted elks and varieties of birds, witnessed very beautiful sunsets and divine rays of sunlight through the trees, clicked varieties of mushrooms and gigantic waves in the Pacific.

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