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The "Iron Gate" locks
Entering the Iron Gate locks.These are the second last and the biggest locks in the Danube. We entered with two commercial boats (both double wide) Once in the lock the gate, which came up from the bottom, is closed. …
The "Iron Gate"
Approaching the “Iron Gate” we came through a very picturesque section of the Danube.Narrow passages and steep cliffs.The almost strait walls obviously continued to go straight down as the depth finder showed over 200 feet of water under the boat at ti…
Docked in Donji Milanovac
Once we reached Donji Milanovac we are lucky and can tie up to the barge that serves as the town dock. often the cruise boats use this and we would not be able to tie up here but we were informed that there would be no cruise boats stopping today.Once …
On our way to Doji Milanovac
We lifted anchor in “Veliko Gradište” and wanted to get to “Donji Milanovac”. The terrain we passed through is again very different from the previous day. Very rugged and narrow passages at times. When the lock and dam were build down river it filled …
Serbia and Romania
About 5 hours after we left Belgrade we came to where Romania’s boarder was on our port side. Serbia was still on our starboard side and will be for one more day. The picture above is one of the first Romanian villages and is close to Banatska …
A week in Belgrade
We watched these fisherman go by our boat every morning and evening.They are using a “Gill” net about 5 to 6 feet square and jig it up and down in about 45 feet of water in the hopes that a fish will swim into the net.By the looks of the fellow i…
Docked in Belgrade
Anyone traveling the Danube and passing through Belgrade MUST stop at VODENICA.Vodenica is a restaurant on the Save river just off the Danube. They are known for their fish specialties. The restaurant is run by George and his Father and is …
On rout to Belgrade
I thought this was an interesting picture. There must be a lot of vegetables growing in this area as we saw people with a tumbler full of carrots backing into the Danube and tumbling them to wash the dirt off the carrots. Just some pretty a…
The "Blue Danube"
There is a song about the “beautiful Blue Danube” Well we experienced the Danube to be more “Brown” than “Blue” I am sure with all the rain we had in the last week it added to the water being more brown with all the run off.However I think this p…
