One of the famous sayings of John Muir which makes my heart beat faster every time I read it is " No synonym for God is so perfect as beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into stars, or planning the movements of water, or gardening - still all is beauty! As for mountains always calmed my soul and mind. Just like the village of Brod I never get tired visiting it, and hiking up through those wonderful trails.
This time we returned back to the beautiful village of Brod and headed towards Hotel Arxhena which is located in the foot of the mountain. Brod is part of the Sharr Mountains range and has remarkable views. Brod is part of the municipality of Dragash and is positioned in the most southern part of Kosova.
In such a manner, we headed with 16th of June of 2019 to Brod to hike up through the peak of Zllipotok and eventually to visit the stunning lake of Shutman. Many hikers packed their backpacks and prepared for a fantastic adventure, everyone was so enthusiastic and full of positive energy. The weather was very hot, the sun kept shining and sometimes you could feel a fresh breeze through your face. In the beginning we used the Ski lift in order to skip a steep part of the mountain due to the heat that would have been harder for us to hike, however some hikers wished to hike it up and so we let them go together with a guide.
Thus, everyone arrived at the checkpoint were we started the hike, we made a group photography and kicked off. There were beautiful flower fields that covered the mountain, it looked marvelous, notwithstanding there were a couple of horses that were running across the hills and down to the meadows the scene was so heart warming and it felt so peaceful to watch them and in the same time so powerful.
During the hike, ascending up the hill, I forgot that I was hiking due to the beautiful mountains that kept surrounding us, we could see far in the distance Mount. Korab and Tito Vrv and many other beautiful mountain peaks. For the time being, I collected flowers, beautiful flowers which bloomed on the mountain, we could see the miracle that God created for us. Thereafter, we arrived on the summit and from there we could see the lake all there alone, ringed from the peaks of sharr and emitting that unique beauty of which John Muir talked about.
The beautiful lake of Shutman was wonderful, people kept changing their clothes and swam in the lake, the depth of the lake was somewhat between 1 meter deep. The water was cold and refreshing, and the hikers were happy after all. On the other hand as we know in the mountains the weather can change in an instant, so it did, suddenly it became cloudy and we knew that we had to return back at the Hotel through the gorge of Zllipotok ( Bad Stream), during the way down it started to rain but it didn't last for long.
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