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Donja Lokosnica, Serbia’s paprika village

February 10, 2022 By travellingoven 4 Comments

Where is Donja Lokosnica village and why do I write a blog post about it?

Most probably you never heard about the small village of Donja Lokošnica located in the municipality of Leskovac, Serbia. It’s about 45-minute drive from Niš, the third largest city in Serbia. What makes this small village with the population of less than 1000 people so special you may wonder?

Well, in the peppers harvest season the whole village turns red and you can see people in their yards preparing peppers for drying. Peppers are being put out to dry on almost every available wall and surface in the village. It really is a wonderful experience and an interesting thing to see!

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North Macedonia, people and places

January 13, 2022 By travellingoven 2 Comments

MY IMPRESSIONS AND IMAGES OF THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE…

Few months ago I travelled to North Macedonia with a small group of photographers and spent a week doing what I like the best. Travelling, photographing, eating the most delicious food and drinking fantastic wine, all in the company of amazing people who share the same interests. To say that I had a great time would be an understatement!

I already posted one blog post from this trip to Macedonia, more specifically about our visit to Pelister National Park so if you missed it and want to see some images of beautiful nature, forests and incredible horses in the fog, you can check it out here: http://www.travellingoven.com/2021/10/pelister-national-park-macedonia/. In that post I also highly recommend the photography tours agency that I used for several of my trips already. So if that is something you are interested, make sure to check out their website: https://www.esenkoworkshops.com and to find out why I recommend them, see my previous blog post linked above. 😀

DOJRAN LAKE

Before saying a few words about Macedonia and about what impressed me the most on this trip, let’s start with these photos of lake Dojran. We visited it on our first morning and it was just such a beautiful sunny day, walking around lake and taking photos was a true pleasure! Dojran Lake is situated in the southeastern part of Macedonia, the summers there are hot and dry and the winters are mild and wet. The mud from Dojran Lake has healing properties and there is abundance of endemic algae species that live in the lake. Lake is known for its traditional way of fishing with the help of birds in reed fences, the so-called mandras. This is one of the few places in the world where fish are hunted with birds.

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Pelister National Park, Macedonia

October 7, 2021 By travellingoven 4 Comments

If you like nature, forests, morning mist and horses, then this is the blog post for you…

Last month I went on a one-week photography tour to Macedonia with a small group of photographers, each one from a different part of the world but all with the same passion for travelling and photography. To say that I had a great time would be a major understatement. If there wouldn’t be certain life realities (hello money!), I’m sure I would do at least a few of those tours each year. If you’re into photography, love travelling and want to share the experience with people who have same interests, than this is just a perfect way to travel and discover some little corners of the world that most probably you wouldn’t if you would travel on your own. Or with people who just don’t have the patience to wait until you take those gazillion images along the way lol! 😀

If you want to find out more about the photography tours agency I used, have a look at their website: https://www.esenkoworkshops.com. They’re based in Slovenia and their tours are very friendly, relaxed, small groups and basically I couldn’t recommend them more! I made some nice friendships this way and I hope I’ll be able to join again on one of their future tours.

Anyway, let’s go to the images as I can’t wait to share my impressions of that very cold, misty and beautiful morning/day we spent in Pelister National Park and on the way to its highest peak at 2,600 meters above sea level. It took us about 3-hours (very slow) drive on a gravel road and lots of stopping in between for taking photos of course!

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Lonjsko polje, Croatia

July 21, 2021 By travellingoven 4 Comments

What can you find in this blog post: lots of photos and my impressions of this beautiful part of Croatia

When I visited Lonjsko Polje I didn’t really know what to expect as I’ve never been in that part of Croatia. So I went without any expectations, equipped with my camera and excitement I always feel when I’m discovering some new place, specially if involves nature! I will write more in details about my impressions but for start let me just say that I loved it.

It was so many of the things that I love to photograph and experience, beautiful nature, adorable animals, peace and quiet, friendly people and so much more. There were also things that brought some heaviness into my heart but more on that later…