Prlekija is a region of Slovenia that’s not defined by physical borders, but rather by language, the Prlekija dialect; a melodic, dreamy language that reflects all the different landscapes, its rich and tumultuous history, the sun and the wine (and that all the other Slovenes can not understand at all). Prlekija has hills and vineyards, … Read more
In the immediate vicinity of Ljubljana city centre there is a vast park at the foot of Rožnik and Šiška hills, called Tivoli. Tivoli City Park is part of the larger Tivoli, Rožnik, and Šiška Hill Landscape Park, 500 hectares of protected nature right by the city. While most of the landscape park is covered … Read more
KAP Jasa kite club was invited to take part in the 12th Con il naso all’insù international kite festival in Rosà, Italy, that took place from 16th to 17th March this year. An impeccably organized kite fest – mainly due to the efforts of the intrepid Guilherme Linares Palau and the Proloco Rosà team – … Read more
The so-called “urban KAP” is an attractive and rather difficult part of kite aerial photography, for flying a kite among tall buildings and within small parks is not for the faint-hearted. But it can give you the views of the city that were never seen before… So we let the kite fly from Tivoli park, … Read more
In 1842 a rich merchant Fidelis Terpinc – one of the richest men of Ljubljana – bought some land on the banks of Ljubljanica river in Vevce, east of Ljubljana, and built a paper mill there. The dam on Ljubljanica river, supplying the very thirsty paper mill with water. Fidelis was one of the first … Read more
After the turbulent, secluded and still much unknown karstic life the River of Seven Names finally springs into Ljubljana Marshes as Ljubljanica. For 30 kilometers it gently flows over the flat Marshes, and then it majestically enters the capital of Slovenia – Ljubljana. Entrance of Ljubljanica into the city. Here the mostly natural river changes … Read more
The vast Ljubljana Marshes, stretching for miles south and west of Ljubljana (covering 163 square kilometers, almost 1% of the territory of Slovenia!), are beautiful (and flat and open and near, so we often fly our kites there). But they are beautiful in their own, stubborn, unyielding way – they can be inhospitable, even threatening. … Read more
ški morost – Iška Moor – is a true gem in the larger setting of Ljubljana Marshes landscape park. Strictly protected and intricately managed by DOPPS – Birdlife Slovenia it is a remnant of once vast marshy grasslands, shrubs and flood forests that used to cover the Ljubljana Marshes, an immensely important habitat of many … Read more
So, we were doing kite aerial photography for a year, we (“we” being Janez, of course) made some kites, mainly heavy lifters – when some kite flying friends from Zagreb casually said: “Arrange for a vacation in the first half of January. You are going to a kite festival in India!” Yeah, right. But then … Read more
What is this? Or this: These eerie patterns in the sand were captured off the dog-friendly Lido di Fido beach in Grado, Italy. The long sandy beach is quite famous among kitesurfers. Steady and rather strong wind, shallow waters, no obstacles. At low tide the dunes and water conspire to create a strange landscape that … Read more