Boaking in Latvia: Way back in 2007
Oh Riga, you really don’t inspire any love affairs do you? Back in 2007 I first visited Riga, the Latvian capital city during the same year that I started this blog. I didn’t write much…
World Borders: How to Get From Latvia to Estonia (Riga to Tallinn by bus)
My Baltic overland journey continued north of Riga, as I headed to Estonia for the first time. I decided to get a direct bus from Riga all the way to Tallinn and base myself in…
World Borders: How to Get from Lithuania to Latvia (Bus from Siauliai to Riga)
Believe it or not, this journey was my first ever land border crossing in the Baltics. I had crossed other ex-Soviet nations by land of course (Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh, Georgia and Azerbaijan) but having explored…
Staying at the Boutique Hotel Man Tess in Old Town Riga, Latvia
My return to Latvia demanded a decent hotel. You might have read that first time around I didn’t warm to the Latvian capital city of Riga. That time I also stayed a wee bit outside…
Backpacking in Riga, Latvia: It’s literally Baltic…
I had met three Latvians (Mark, Janis and Monta) in 2004 while working on Bournemouth beach. To be honest I had never had any desire to go there for some reason. This changed for a…