Category Archives: Montenegro
Hanging Out in Podgorica
Only a few minutes from the center of Podgorica, I discovered the perfect place to relax. While you are within Montenegro’s capital, you feel like being in a national park. Thanks to Bane, Petar and Sasa for allowing me to take a photo of them.
How do you write ‘System’?
– “How do you write ‘system’, boss?” – “The way you pronounce it.” (Photographed in Kotor, Montenegro.)
Video Blog: Why Mountaineering?
Some people don’t understand why other people climb up mountains. During my ascent of Savin Kuk (2,322 m = 7,618 ft) in the Durmitor mountains in Montenegro, I have tried to explain the motivation that drives people like me out … Continue reading
Basketball in the Mountains
(Photographed in the Durmitor mountains in Montenegro.)
How do you write ‘Drugstore’?
– “Boss, how do you write ‘drugstore’?” – “The way you pronounce it.” (Photographed in Podgorica, Montenegro.)
Mountains in the Clouds
My last glimpse of the mountains of Montenegro, after departing from Tivat.
Video Blog: Climbing the Fortress of Kotor
In Kotor, the most beautiful coastal town in Montenegro, there was an easy (yet still exhausting) way to get to the fortress. And there was a hard way. Guess which one I picked. (Hier gibt es das Video auf Deutsch.)
Into the Highlands of Montenegro (with videos)
Silence has fallen over the minibus. The last conversations and the radio have died down while the driver concentrates on the winding road cutting through the mountains. The passengers’ gaze falls into deep canyons, on the fall-colored forests and on the mountains in … Continue reading
Cows can do Modern Art as well
(Photographed in the village of Bosača in Montenegro.)
Video: Tara Canyon in Montenegro
One of my daredevil hikes in the Durmitor mountains in Montenegro led me to the summit of Mount Ćurevac (1,625 m = 5,331 ft), from where you can look down into Tara Canyon, the deepest canyon in Europe. Or rather could, if the clouds hadn’t gotten in … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 