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Aleksandar Palace Skopje

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Day 2

A travel blog entry by raistlin22384

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Day 2: Today was better. Albert and I spent most of the day working with the camera, but at a really lazy pace. The follow focus is terrible, and doesnt really work in conjunction with the matte box. It should be an interesting shoot. Thank goodness its HD i guess (albert would be mad if i called it HD, so maybe i should just call it 4k, or, …

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Rough diamonds in Skopje

A travel blog entry by rootsandroutes

“Hey, hey English! Taxi? Thessaloniki? Hey!”

Several men continued to pursue us as we exited the station in Skopje and politely declined in our best Macedonian.

“Where you go, my friend?”

“You have hotel? I know a very good hotel!”

“Come, I take you wherever you go. You go to Greece? Macedonia?”

We looked conspicuously touristic and infinitely approachable to the hordes of ...

FYROM

A travel blog entry by aborder

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... and bought another one. But that just isn't me. I like to think I don't give in easily, not everything is a lost cause. Well, it was cheaper recovering the jacket than replacing it.

So that was Tetovo. I am now a familiar face at their bus station!

Skopje, Macedonia -

The city of Skopje is dissected by the river Vardar. I enter the city at dusk and cross a lion guarded bridge to ...

The other side of the coin

A travel blog entry by mary.k.b.

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... that 'centar' will get you to the center can make life a lot easier for you. Many people know English here, especially younger people, but it's a good idea not to rely on that.

Another couple things - older people here believe that 'promaya' or drafts (ie wind coming in the window or strong breezes) can make them sick, and so don't like to have multiple windows open. It's a somewhat-charming-shake-your-head-in-co ndescension old wives tale that ...

Sun and cement in Skopje

A travel blog entry by lostalready

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... one inhabited by gypsys... The openness with which people talk about their prejudices never ceases to surprise me, although I guess a history of rivalry spanning millenia is hard to overcome.

Lake Matka itself is beautiful, located in a canyon which is one of the passes / gates into Skopje. We got there about 9:30 in the morning and it was almost completely deserted. We hiked along the canyon for a couple of hours in the peace and quiet until the ...

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