Peja is on the western side of Kosovo, not far from the Montenegrin and Serbian borders. It is the major town on the way to the scenic Rugova Gorge. Of the many things in the gorge is the beautiful waterfall (pictured below). The source is from inside the mountain and has been partially diverted into an aquaduct (also pictured below).

More pictures in my Peja Flickr Set.

A couple of friends and I were going up to the top of the mountains near Peja for lunch and some photography. The pictures I ended up taking were definitely not the ones I though I would be. As we were driving up (I wasn’t the driver) we got hit by a logging truck. We were on a narrow mountainside road and came around a corner to find a truck half-way into our lane. The driver slammed the breaks and veered away as much as he could, but the truck’s reactions were not as fast. He took out half the front of the car, slammed us into the support wall and pushed us backwards about 6 feet. Everyone got out with only very minor injuries. A few glass pieces stuck in skin, bruises, etc. The passengers (including me) ended up getting out of the car climbing through windows. The driver had to climb through the sunroof.

Turns out that the truck driver was not licensed to be driving the truck (his license was only for passenger vans and smaller). He was insured at least. His truck was basically undamaged except for some green paint left on it.

More photos, and notes on the photos, in the flickr set.