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On Wednesday May 16, I went with IWA to visit Matka Canyon. What I thought was to be a boat ride followed
by a possible hike turned into a three hour difficult hike! Might not have gone
had I known that! We all met up at the ABC café to drive out to Matka. Matka is
really near to Skopje, think 10-15 minute drive, but is SUPER difficult to get
to if you do not have a car. I had been meaning to go before the weather got horrible
but had no one to go with me and was still nervous about trekking out by myself
to some strange place. Then the weather got horrible. Then it never got nice!
So this was a great opportunity!
As soon as we got there, we started up this foothill. We
just crisscrossed our way around until we reached the top of this little hill
overlooking the end of the canyon. One regret I have is that I never saw the actual
canyon! We ate a little bit there and relaxed before heading back down a
different way. This was our key mistake. It took a long time to get down because
there was no path at all. Well, it was totally overgrown. It was fun to forge
our own way a bit, but it was difficult going. I twisted my ankle a few times
and it still hurts now (May 28th) if I try to do too much with it!
We ended up right by the cars where we parked in the morning.
We then headed over and grabbed a coffee before heading home
to Skopje! I did get some awesome pictures of Matka and one good video!
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