Though it’s beautiful and peaceful, this bit of water is actually carrying quite a bit of water downhill, from Lake Prespa on the south side of Mt Magaro, over to Lake Ohrid on the north side of Mt Magaro, via natural underground springs or rivers which emerge above ground in the place where you see this lovely chapel, first photo in the galler below. The others photos are all of the short (one km?) canal – lake – river that connects from the chapel to Lake Ohrid itself.
Saw this item along the steep trail Steve & I walked precisely three weeks ago to view our first (of many) monastery in Macedonia. Decided I’d see if it can start a new series :-).
What you’re seeing here is a) the source in both its liquid and vapor forms, and b) the village of Trpejca as seen from about 300 meters higher up along the slops of Mt Magaro. We stayed along the little road that cuts down the left side of the steep lower hill that Trpjeca straddles. If the resolution were stronger, I’d identify our rooftop for you b/c it’s certainly visible in the frame :-). Below, more of the area and also some of the source in its solid, snowy state.
In case you’re keeping track, what you’re seeing above is 2200-meter high Mt Magaro, in this case as seen from the northeast on a 1987-meter prominence that I hiked up to early last week. We showed you this mountain in our first post from Macedonia, nearly three weeks ago. Here, we show you more of the lovely mountainous terrain between and around Magaro, Lake Ohrid (top right corner here, with probably a bit of Albania visible in the distance) and Lake Prespa (top left corner here, with probably bits of both Albania and Greece showing up, since all three countries share Prespa), where Steve and I spent a glorious day exploring, last week.
From my December visit to the actual longest beach…but with still enough other photos to keep that series going probably even past my retirement next year, hey, we’ll use them for this series as well :-).
(so much world, so little time....) 