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1 - Crossing the
Latvian border, our 2nd host-country |
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Soviet-era apartment blocks at Karosta |
3 -
Karosta Russian Orthodox Cathedral amid decaying apartments blocks |
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Watermill at Kuldīga on River Ventna |
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Waterfalls spanning the River Ventna at Kuldīga |
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Freighter
moored along the waterfront at Ventspils docks |
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Cranes lining the
dockyards at Ventspils harbour |
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Former Soviet military radio
telescope at Irbene |
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Clambering aloft on the
radio telescope support structure |
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Control panel of the Irbene
former Soviet military radio
telescope |
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Former Liv fishing village of Jaunciems cleared by Soviets in 1950s and
planted with pines |
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Semi-derelict wooden buildings at Liv farming and fishing village of Sīkrags |
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Sparkling sea along Baltic coastline at Kolka Peninsula |
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Boat graveyard at Mazirbe from 1960s Soviet coastal restricted access |
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Evening campfire at the hospitable Purzviedi Camping |
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Cape Kolka, the northernmost tip of the
Latvian coastline |
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Traditional Latvian dancing at Sabile Wine Festival |
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The world's most northerly
Vines on SabileWine Hill |
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The Latvian Parliament building (The Saeima) in Rīga |
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The
Plenary Chamber of the Latvian Parliament |
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Art
Nouveau façade by Mikhail Eisenstein on Elizabetes iela |
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Rīga's Freedom Monument with the figure of 'Milda' |
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Rīga Castle (Presidential Palace) and spires of Old Town from River Daugava bridge |
24 -
Changing the guards at
Rīga's Presidential Palace |
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Rīga's Cathedral
Square (Doma laukums) |
26 -
House of the Blackheads
and St Peter's Church |
27 -
Rīga's Central Markets,
ex WW1 Zeppelin hangars |
28 -
Rooftops of Rīga's Old
Town from St Peter's Church |
