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Latvia, Road Signs

Latvia Road Signs

Posted on 30 August 2010

Nice collection of road signs and other amusing signs encountered while traveling through the Latvia. For those of you that are confused, Latvia is South of Estonia and North Lithuania. Is your 9th grade geography coming back to you? Thought I would only do one post for the entire Baltic region but the signs vary [...] Continue Reading

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Riley, Party of 1 (Baltics)

Posted on 27 August 2010

There are hundreds of benefits to traveling solo: paying more for accommodation, getting lost, eating alone, having to suffer soley through the gaps in language and communication. But my most favorite is of course, taking the ubiquitios picture of myself in some town. Here is my Latvia/Lithuania travel photo essay of the modern single traveler. [...] Continue Reading

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Lithuania

Hill of Crossess (Siauliu)

Posted on 23 August 2010

A little off the beaten trail is a a little hill, that has more than a little amount of religious significance for Lithuanians. It started in 1831 when large wooden crosses began appearing, each year those crosses multiplied until the 1950′s there were over a couple hundred. Well the Soviets idea of religion was kissing [...] Continue Reading

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Latvia

Random Latvia

Posted on 20 August 2010

There are some cardinal rules in Latvia. 1. Beautiful people are everywhere. 6 foot giant Amazon women in skin tight jeans roam Riga. 2. High heels are obligatory wherever you go whatever you do. 3. Magenta is the hair color of choice for women over 50. 4. The new new hairstyle is a cross between [...] Continue Reading

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Latvia

Jelgava: City of Color

Posted on 17 August 2010

Jelgava (pr: yel gava) sits in Southern Latvia about 50 kilometers from the Lithuaninan border. While spending more than 1 night here is unnecessary, the city itself is small and especially colorful, housing some very well maintained churches and palaces. Day trips from Jelgave include Rundale Palace, the most magnificent palace in all of the [...] Continue Reading

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Latvia

Karsota Military Prison

Posted on 14 August 2010

Karsota Prison sits in the North end of Liepaja, Latvia. When the Hammer & Sickle flag flew over Latvia, Karsota was a military compound housing over 40,000 military personnel. The prison it’s self was once a hospital. Today it sits in the middle of the empty compound surrounded by overgrown brush and scores of abandoned [...] Continue Reading

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