This below is probably my photo I like the most from that weekend, the Sun touching the ridge of Stara Planina mountain and spreading beautifully its rays over the Rose Valley. But let's put my story right!
In the late May, together with few friends, all photography lovers, we went to a photo-weekend dedicated to flying over and photographing one beautiful part of Central Bulgaria, called Rose Valley, known after its perfect climate for growing a special type of Damascus Roses used for production of rose oil.
It was a three-days adventure, however I'm going to focus on the second day, Saturday, since this was a day full with scenery views and amazing experiences. Of course, the Friday night, when we arrived at the hotel we were about to spend two nights, there was a nice dinner, with local foods, good drinks and what's best than time, spent with people, resonating at the very same artistic frequency as yours?
We woke up very early and went to the nearby famous mountain peak, Buzludzha. There we welcomed the birth of the new day:
My trustful old four-wheel drive car friend managed without glitches to get us almost to the top of the mountain so it deserved to be included in the frame along two of my photo-friends ;)
Indeed, the day started very beautifully!
The ridge of the Stara Planina mountain is covered with wind turbines and here is a perspective of mine, machine next to a girl. One could really feel the deep and powerful vibrations when standing next to these powerful things. You could rather feel than hear the low frequency noise they make. I've heard when I was a student that sometimes people who live next to them go crazy under the influence of such waves! Thankfully, this area isn't populated at all.
Have you ever heard about the abandoned communist monument built on top of the Buzludzha peak? It had been used for the congresses of the Bulgarian Communist Party before the democratic events in 1989. Since then this huge building, resembling a flying saucer has been left to decay and recently security details have been arranged because it became too dangerous to enter in it. Nevertheless, there is an international group called "Buzludzha Explorers" who try everything possible to get inside and make photos.
Still in the morning, we've been surrounded by a herd of horses left in the wilderness of the mountain. They were afraid and suspicious of us at the beginning but in few minutes they curiosity prevailed and they came closer to us. Few of them were quite playful!
The afternoon came too quickly, we enjoyed the beauty of the Nature and waited our turns to hop on the motor-para-glider and take photographs from high above...
Finally it was my turn, as a gentleman I was the last "passenger" for the evening. We took off I looked below me and captured this stunning field of blossoming lavender:
Few minutes later I took the sunset photo from the beginning of my story, just so you know.
Flying over the Russian architectural style church in the small town of Shipka:
Check out my brave sneakers, LOL:
While paragliding you can feel your heart... in all your organs, and then... you see it below:
Wait now! Is that a screenshot from an economy strategy computer game? Nope, that's how barley harvesting looks from above. Colorful, right?
Civilization painting. I'm not sure what this is, but it doesn't look quite nature-friendly to me...
And few other photos from above:
Now you have the challenging task to guess whether my knees were shaking when we landed! LOL
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