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Day 19. 144km. Riga – Kuivizi

Posted: June 26, 2013 in Cycling, Latvia
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What started as a slow, relaxing beach day, turned into a mad dash through a torrential downpour to an uncertain destination along sand roads. I totally misjudged, but landed on my feet.

Day 19. 144km. Riga – Kuivizi. Map and gpx.

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Day 18. 164km. Kuldiga – Riga

Posted: June 26, 2013 in Cycling, Latvia
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Onward to beautiful Riga, arriving in a torrential downpour. A very refreshing one.

Day 18. 164km. Kuldiga – Riga. Map and gpx.

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Day 17. 0 km. Kuldiga

Posted: June 24, 2013 in Cycling, Latvia
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After 16 days of cycling onward, always onward, today I stopped. I ate. I slept. I did some internet, and I lay on the banks of the river.
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Day 16. 189km. Sventoji – Kuldiga

Posted: June 23, 2013 in Cycling, Latvia, Lithuania
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The first feelings of endless forests. Wide roads, and a jump in the distances. Everything is further apart, which I experienced in the bright, hot sun of the Latvian midsummer. Midsummer night is a latvian night of celebration with bonfires, drinking and frivolities.

Day 16. 189km. Sventoji – Kuldiga. Map and gpx

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