Sunday, October 13, 2013

Adventure to the River Spring [Part 1/2]

This little adventure dates back some time, but I never released the whole set of images that accompany it. The river Sanica is a small mountain river that flows in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It springs underneath the mountain Prenj, which you can see in the first image.

From our weekend-house that is located in these mountains, you can take a hike deep into the nature, into uncharted territory so to speak in order to get to the spring of the river. In this first part I'll show you the images that lead along the existent road, while part two will cover most of the deep-nature photography.

This is only a part of a two-part travel series:
Adventure to the River Spring - Part 1
Adventure to the River Spring - Part 2

click on the images for a bigger view


Along the way, the river flows by your side, and is the main source of direction to the spring.

On the other side of the road, you can see the mountains, enclosing the valley.

 The journey was taken by me, my good friend and her dog Boa. While we had to take care of, where we walked, she had no problems stepping into the ice cold river and refreshing herself.

On some parts of the way, the fresh mountain river comes out of the mountain walls, creating drinkable fountains.


As we moved up the river, it became wilder and faster.


As I said, there is some part of this way that is covered with actual road, maybe 2 miles. The rest of the good, 3 miles trip, is in bare deep woods territory. More on that in part two.


As we move further to the spring, nature becomes more strange and big. In some parts you can really feel that this is no place were you should be trapped in at night.



Part Two will cover the rest of the journey to the river spring. You will see much more deep nature, as we start to uncover just how unpredictable this adventure is going to be...

End of Part One
To be continued...

30 comments:

  1. Very nice nature pictures Mersad..... it's again a lovely post.

    Greetings from Holland, Joop

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  2. These photos are beautiful and nicely show off some of the lovely scenery of your country. It makes me look forward to the next post.

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    1. Thanks Linda. I hope you'll like Part Two.

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  3. Superb, beautiful captures of an incredible place, Mersad! A wonderful post for the day and I am looking forward to the next one!! Thanks for sharing the beauty and the adventure!!

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    1. You're welcome. So glad you enjoyed it.

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  4. oh so beautiful trail to walk. it brings back fond memories of my life from age 10 to 15 when we lived in Kentucky. these photos could be the place we lived, almost exactly. that amazes me to see that half a world away it looks the same... the creek was my favorite place to play. and at that time we could drink out of the spring. the photos were time travel for me and also traveling to your country from my chair

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    1. That's very interesting to read. So glad I could these could awake fond memories. Hope you'll like Part Two.

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  5. It is wonderful to think that our world has so many beautiful mountains, trees and streams.

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    1. I know, I'm amazed by it, every time too.

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  6. A beautiful place to explore, I look forward to Part 2 of your adventure.

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    1. Hope you'll like it. Thanks for visiting.

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  7. These photographs make me really want to visit your country....The mountains, the greenery, and the stream are so lush and beautiful....I can't wait for part 2...You have really peaked our interest.....

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    1. Glad I have. I'm preparing Part Two now, will be up later in the day.

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  8. Fantastic photographs, Mersad! I seems that you got in some very wild places and too a very special pictures of them. So green and so fresh!

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    1. And it will only get wilder in Part Two.

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  9. Magnificent scenery that you've shared with us. Looking forward to part 2.

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  10. Your photos are fantastic, great scenery and images. I feel as though I went on this walk myself.

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  11. An excellent place to explore.

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  12. Beautiful lush woods, captured in all their glory! I love the adventurous atmosphere, and - I admit - that sweet, sweet dog:)

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    1. Aww thanks. She is such a cute dog.

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  13. Moin Mersand...

    wirklich wieder wundervolle Landschaftsaufnahmen...sehr gelungen !

    Schönen Start in die Woche...

    Ganz liebe Grüße

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    1. Danke Timur. Das wünsche ich dir auch.

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  14. Beautiful images, Mersad. They really tell a story.
    Looking forward to part two!

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  15. I long to visit your part of the world again, it is so beautiful. I imagine as a younger person I would have enjoyed joining Boa in the water. She is a beautiful animal.

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    1. She really is. Thank you for visiting.

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  16. Wonderful shots! It must have been a wonderful day.

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