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A travel blog entry by jameslawler

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... people just hanging out on street corners and people staring out of their windows as I rode by. This area is also home to a Soviet prison camp (which I couldn't find) and many run down forts along the beaches.



I went out one night with some people from the hostel to see a movie - Super 8 - created by Steven Spielberg and the guy that made Lost. I liked the movie, especially since it was the first movie I had seen ...

A short hop up the coast

A travel blog entry by derek_roberts10

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... it. Slightly less conspicuous, is what I believe is, a watch tower dating back to the pre- perestroika times of the USSR (not sure if that is how it’s spelt but most people would recognise the word).




There is not much in Pāvilosta. Just a few houses and a shop and restaurant, all of them on the opposite bank to the ‘marina’, which was just a pontoon and with facilities in ...

A Great Meal in Liepaja

A travel blog entry by derek_roberts10

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... a tad calorific!) and finally deserts, (Julie: chocolate muffin with cherry sauce and me: a sort of halva with pineapple with a kiwi fruit sauce) – and coffee! Lovely food, lovely friendly waitress and a nice ambience in the converted granary that constitutes the main body of the Hotel Promenade. One final recollection, we didn’t have a singer this time but we did have the benefit of some excellent piano playing throughout dinner, it really made the ...

Another Day, another country

A travel blog entry by derek_roberts10

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... the land was such that it became tighter and tighter to sail, so we had to take advantage of every little wind shift to maintain progress. It made for interesting sailing and we managed it until the last couple of hours, when the encroaching land and warnings of uncharted wrecks forced the decision to start the engine and head out to sea a little for deeper water.

Of note as we were sailing along was a ...

Out West

A travel blog entry by samuel.rachael

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... in Liepāja we got involved with the Salvation Army there: joining in their home-groups, sharing at the service on Sunday, teaching English twice during the week to a group of children - enjoying the warmth of their friendship and once again blown away by the depths of their gratefulness.

We had the amazing experience of exploring the ghost town of what used to be the main military base, Karosta, a fully self-sustaining secret Soviet military town. It was another ...

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