Latvia Photo Gallery - Weeks 9~10
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1 -
Crossing the border from
Lithuania into Latvia
2 -
Šaltibarščiai (cold beetroot soup)
for lunch at Ergļi Camping
3
- Deserted Baltic shore-line at
westernmost point of West Latvia
4 -
Gilded dome Orthodox Cathedral
among the
panelaky
of Karosta
5
- Gilded onion-domes and mosaic
façade of Karosta Orthodox Cathedral
6
- Iconostasis in St Nicholas
Orthodox Cathedral at Karosta
7
- Prefabricated concrete panel
apartments (
panelaky
) at Karosta
8
- Kalpaka swing-bridge over
Karosta dockyard canal
9
- Old water mill at
Kuldīga
10
- Rain clouds over Ventna Falls
a
t Kuldīga
11
- Ventspils waterfront with docks
on far side of Ventna river-estuary
12
- Crane unloading coal from
railway wagons at Ventspils dockland
13
- Cargo boat moored at Ventspils
waterfront opposite dockland
14
- Ranks of dockyard cranes
standing idle at Ventspils port
15
- Ventspils dockyards
Oil and Baltic Coal Terminals
16
- Static cranes and dockyard
installations at Ventspils industrial port
17
- Icon-decked interior of
Ventspils Russian Orthodox Church
18
- Gift from a generous stall-
holder at Ventspils market
19
- Sand-cliffs of West Latvian
Baltic coast at Zaķi Camping
20
- Waiting expectantly for Jurkalne
cliff-top Midsummer fiery celebrations
21
- Traditional Latvian bagpipe band
at Jurkalne Midsummer celebrations
22
- Former Soviet military
radio-telescope at Irbene
23
- Former Liv fishing village of
Jaunciems cleared by Soviets
24
- Boat Graveyard at Mazirbe after
Soviet restricted access to sea
25
- Baltic shoreline at
Pitrags beach
26
- Breakfast at Pie Andra Pitraga
Camping, Pitrags
27
- Tree debris from winter storms
littering wild beach at Cape Kolka
28
- Cape Kolka sand-spit forming
northernmost tip of Latvian coastline
29
- Opposing tides from Baltic and
Bay of Rīga meeting at Cape Kolka
30
- Deserted wild Baltic beach
running length of Kolka peninsula
31
- Dark Red Helleborine orchid
(Epipactis atrorubens)
32
- Plaukati Camping camp-fire
33
- Crowded stork's nest with
adult bird and 3 growing young
34
- Marsh Helleborine Orchid
(
Epipactis palustris
)
35
- Fly Orchid
(
Ophrys insectifera
)
36
- Lesser Butterfly Orchid
(
Platanthera bifolia
)
37
- Insectivorous Round-leaved
Sundew (
Drosera rotundifolia
)
38
- Great Sundew in flower
(
Drosera longifolia
)
39
- Bog Rosemary
(
Andromeda polifolia
)
40
- Ķemeri National Park Great Bog
with board-walk and marshland pools
41
- Cloudberry ripening fruit
(
Rubus chamaemorus
)
42
- View of Rīga Castle and Old
Town from Daugava River bridge
43
- Neo-Renaissance building of
the Latvian Parliament, the Saeima
44
- Plenary chamber of the
Saiema Latvian Parliament
45
- Elizabetes iela 33 Rīga,
designed by Mikhail Eisenstein
46
- Eisenstein's ornately designed
apartment block at Elizabetes iela 10b
47
- Rīga's Freedom Monument
with the figure of 'Milda'
48
- Changing the guards at
Rīga Castle Presidential Palace
49
- Rīga Cathedral above the
street-cafés of Doma laukums
50
- Rīga Bourse built mid-19th century
in form of a venetian palazzo
51
- Rīga Old Town from St Peter's
with Cathedral Square and Daugava
52
- Rīga's eastern suburbs with
Central Markets and Daugava River
53
- Trams passing in front of the 5
market-halls of Rīga Central Markets
54
- Stalls laden with every kind of
fish at Rīga Central Markets
55
- Shoppers waiting at the tram
stops by Rīga Central Markets
56
- Latvian National Opera House
fronted by formally laid out gardens
57
- Līvu laukums filled with street
cafés and backed by Russian Theatre
58
- House of Blackheads at Rīga's
Rāts laukums (Town Hall Square)
59
- Rīga Castle and Old Town's skyline
of church spires from Daugava bridge
60
- Vanšu cable-stay bridge over
Daugava River lit by afternoon sun
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