Hiiumaa

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Itinerary Day1 Helsinki Day2 to Tallinn (ferry) - Haapsalu (bus) Day3 to Rohukula - Hiiumaa (ferry) - Kuivastu - Kardra Day4 to Kaina Day5 to Orjaku - Saaremaa(ferry) - Trigi - Kuressare Day 6 to Tallinn (ferry & bus) - Kuusalu (bus) - Kasmu Day 7 ...

We will cycle the coast-line of the Baltic States starting in Estonia's capital Talinn. The islands Hiiumaa and Saarema are our way out of Estonia, moving to Ventspils in Latvia. There we discover more of the Latvian coast to cross the border to Lituania ...

Day 3: 72 km, Haapsalu to Sõru, Hiiumaa Island Start time: 12noon End time: 9 PM Overnight: Sõru Jahimeeste Puhkeküla, cute all-wood en-suite huts with own porch and coffee maker, a stone's throw from the ferry dock "Highlights": - visit to the ...

leaving ...

We'll be very short about Hiiumaa: it was raining cats and dogs the whole day and we decided to use this day to travel on to Saaremaa. By evening we arrived at an out-of-this-world beach with orchids and underneath a thick pack of clouds... a sunset. ...

Eigentlich ist die Idee sehr abgefahren und niemand würde das machen. Doch da ich das Fliegen so sehr gerne habe bot sich die Gelegenheit einen kurzen Hüpfer von Tallinn nach Kardla und zurück zu machen. Die Flugzeit beträgt pro Strecke nur 30 ...

... of a local economy, beyond tourism. We learned that in addition to timber (logical for such a heavily forested place), Hiiumaa nurtures an unexpected, but growing industry: plastics manufacturing. We learned that many islanders, like Kalle (guest house ...

... people. There is one big street, some shops, some restaurants, one museum and a nice church. For more information : www.hiiumaa.ee We wanted to take breakfast, but the restaurants were closed. Still, one of the waitresses at Nordtooder Guesthouse told ...

... überschüttet, die Deppen. XXXXX The special daytrip was reduced to only to the island Saaremaa as the ferry to Hiiumaa drove 4 times only per day. Therefor continue to ensure that I can see the footballgame from the worldcup 2006 Switzerland vs. ...

Destination 22:   km42'985 Endlich fertig Nordpolwetter und es wird warm! Nach Aufbruch zum Sonderausflug zu Saaremaa und Hiiumaa Campstop in Liiva. Vorfall in Riga hat mich ganz ordentlich eingeschüchtert und in ein Tief gerissen. Zu alldem noch ...

... choir were quite drunk and very entertaining. We never actually got any further in our exploration of the town. On the way to Hiiumaa next morning I meet up with two German cyclists, Ralf and Jents just before the port. We were all heading the same ...

... just dropped us off in front of the harbour where we had to wait a couple of hours for the next ferry to the island of Hiiumaa. While we were waiting another bus stopped, so there seemed to be a bus stop at the harbour after all . We played a game of ...

... log, please send me information about other nice things to see and do around Tallinn. And if you have info about Saaremaa and Hiiumaa you can also contact me, because I will go there with my girlfriend Claudia in September! You can see a collage of ...