Vesiroos Parnu

... carriageway. The town has a nice pedestrianised centre and pastel coloured shops and restaurants lining the way. Nick wanted to go to the beach and I needed to take Saskia's toe to be looked at. The last couple of times I'd changed the bandage, some pus had oozed out of one of the holes made by the stitches.

I picked up a tourist map, and identified the little red cross symbol for a doctors, and went looking for the clinic with Saskia. Nick wandered off in ...

... shall we say. Put it this way, Mel pointed out that he could clearly see the hole for the mini-golf because there was a weed growing in the middle of it. To be honest, I'd thought the concrete overgrown area was the remains of a building's foundations, rather than mini-golf.

The climbing wall was not much better. There was one tall tower, that needed a harness and sported a slightly frayed rope. There was also a traversing wall, with the holds fixed ...

... first pictures in front of Kersti's house, bought some water cause all the signs showed it was going to be a hot day, and started walking towards the suburbs. First car driver, heard that we didn't take a tent for this big adventure, was kind enough to offer his tent to us. It also turned out that his mother had been given Kersti some lectures about social sciences in university. A few ...

... road number E67 / 4), which is famous for the large amount of trucks and high speeds. The road wasn't actually that bad. There were some trucks, but road shoulders were in good shape so we had no trouble cycling as they passed us by. I was more afraid while cycling near Turku in Finland on roads than on Via Tallinn. Of course, the scenery at Via Tallinn wasn't very interesting, but if the goal is to move quickly and relatively safely along the shoreline of Estonia, it's a good ...

... is a resort can only be a stretch, but Pärnu has that kind of reputation in its own country. And I would be willing to see a concert even at North Pole if necessary. So why not one of those open-air ones in Pärnu summer? Well, it wasn't to be. At least not this time around. In fact, it was all just a matter of perspective. To someone from Croatia calling a town like Pärnu a summer capital may be a contradiction ...

This blog is now finished. I will stay in Estonia for a couple of days, celebrate the weekend in Riga, and fly to Singapore on Monday. I will be living & working in Singapore for about 1-1,5 years (well, that's at least the plan), traveling around the neighboring countries. If and when I manage to create a blog about my trips around there, it will most probably reside in blogspot.com. Life goes on. Enjoy every moment.

... Dubai GMT+5) - 4 airlines (Estonian Air, Air Baltic, Emirates) - 5 different aircrafts (Boeing 737-500, Airbus A330-200, B 777-200LR, B 777-300ER, B 737-300) - 12 flights (8 with Emirates) ...and the South African special edition: - about 15 hours of practising driving on the wrong side of the road - many red lights skipped (for security ...

... us to the veue to appreciate the idea that 100,000 people had turned up, 10 percent of the whole population of the country!! We then drove to the Old Town. We have been pretty unlucky with the weather. As we arrived at the walls of the city a storm and torrential downpour occurred. We saw the Presidential palace and the beautiful Russian Orthodox church opposite. The town was packed wth tour groups. There were several Cruise ships in port for the day so we had to ...

... There are some great forest trails with an abundance of wildlife and flora; it's a real nature lover's paradise. If your not into nature then perhaps you will be interested by the islands other claim to fame, beer. Through the years the islands inhabitants have always been great beer brewers and drinkers and the tradition lives on with a number of home produced beers. Tehumardi is a strong beer but one id recommend. I sank a few while sitting out around the grounds of the castle bathing ...

... in a site predominated by Finnish camper-vans but a quiet night in makes a nice change from the busy Tallinn dorms. Since Bournemouth doesn't have a campsite in the town (3-1 Parnu). A lonely tent at Konse campsite Summary Parnu is much more backpacker friendly than my home beach resort of Bournemouth. But 2 days ...