Like a yellow water-lily (June, Belgrade)

[albicilla]

"And it [a canoe] floated on the river,
Like a yellow leaf in Autumn,
Like a yellow water-lily."
Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha

Photos by (c) 2009 Milan Obradovic:

[David Perry]

It doesn't look like many people use that bit of water!

[TGB]

Excellent photos there.

TGB

[albicilla]

It doesn't look like many people use that bit of water!

it is a rare sight meeting another canoeist on the water here... to me, it happens a few times per year (i'm talking open canadian, flat water racers are common)

it is even rarer these years, after the belgrade city has flattened down an old and derelict marina, in order to build a new, fancy and ultra-expensive one. in the process, a canoeing scout squad barrack was flattened, my kayak club barrack too - and it happened seven years ago. nothing has been built since. nowadays, both organisations exist on paper only. crushed under the wheels of progress...

[MagiKelly]

That looks like a great backwater to paddle. I could happily spend time there having a gentle paddle about watching the world go by.