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Latvia (Sigulda, Cesis)

Egils welcomes me to Latvia
The train to Sigulda
The local wild mushroom pickers union
The catch of the day
Would you eat these things?
'Ah you shoulda seen the big one that got away...'
Welcome to Sigulda (some castle ruins)
The biggest cave in the Baltics
Where people have been leaving their mark since the 18th century
Looking down from the new 'old' castle tower
More castle ruins in the rain
We camped next to the biggest bobsled track in Europe
1k of twisty hairpin turns
looking down on turn #1
Revisiting the castles on a nice day



An old church behind the trees
The missed train to Cesis
Welcome to Cesis
A much better town with an castle of its own...
alot of old and wasted buildings
and an impressive church
The church tower
Looking up on the church bell tower
Inside the bell tower
It provided some really great views of the surrounding countryside
Looking down on Cesis
Looking out across the country
A nice park
Once again, the tower
Some old doors
Old door
Ducks in the park
Flowers in the park
Closer
Same shot more or less
Paul and I rented bikes...
and rode like the wind
Me riding like the wind (my ass was killing me)
Ok, so maybe the scene looked more like this
'I don't think he understands you Paul'
Through the Latvian evergreens
Latvian evergreens
To secluded sights like this
and this
careful not to trample wild forest flowers like this
and be scared by scarecrows like this
They looked pretty real
Scarecrow (closer)
Scarecrow (even closer)
Koko's rock
The long ride home