We arrived into jūrmala a lovely city next to Riga. First thing was to stop of for supply's, bottle of vodka and a load of beers later we were set. Juris came and met us at the market and we followed in convoy to his house. As we approached it seemed there was a lot of wealth from the scale of houses and appartments. Juris informed us that a lot of this was rich Russians (sneaky fucking Russians). Juris showed us around, very nice house indeed. We met his sister liga and then tucked into some beer!!!
After ploughing through the BBQ, beer and juris homemade wine the beer festival was upon us. Firstly we went with liga so she could vote, then caught the train to Riga to get loose. €2 to get in, not bad at all. Great atmosphere inside live bands, loads of good beer and loads of hot chicks. Spot on!!!! All of juris friends were top people as we'll, he introduced us and we all got on! Most of the night after here was a bit of a blur.
Stew had to go meet his girlfriend the next day so he caught the train there. Me and rob got a guided tour of jūrmala by juris. Quality tour at that. We went out on the bikes, he took us through a forest trail that ended at the river mouth. As we walked around the corner it turned out to be a nudist beach. Next stop was a park with a massive observation tower. The views were unbelievable. Juris was keen to take us for a pizza. What a great idea this was, possibly the best pizza I have ever tried. It was on a old London bus. Red bus pizza, if your ever in Latvia get yourself to this place. You won't be disappointed. We spent the rest of the day/night riding around seeing all the sights and meting a couple of his friends Daniel and Eriks. What a top day this turned out to be!!!!!
The next day me and rob woke up and got out on the bikes again. We chated to juris about where he worked the night before and we were keen to have a look. The company was called JMP and they made children's playgrounds. We arrived there he showed us around and we met his bosses. Very tidy process going on, making top notch equipment. Pottential in business when we are back from traveling maybe.
Me and rob set of from here for Kemeru national park. We arrived into the town, it was like a ghost town. Lots of derelict buildings and burnt down houses a bit creepy to be fair!!!! There was still some nice sights here though. A Natural sulphur spring that came out of a lizard and a old water tower which were pretty cool. We noticed a cycle track through the park so decided to investigate. What a treat it was it winded through the forest until we reached a massive series of lakes and marsh land. Here stood a bird watching tower which we went up. This was a result as we managed to see a white tailed eagle and many other rare birds. We cycled the 20+ km back to juris to crash for the night
We settled down outside juris in the van he joined us for a few beers/vodkas. He let us use his shower. Made my day, (we haven't had a warm shower in the van since day 1!!!!). By the end of the night we were both pretty pissed
I would like to thank juris for his hospitality it has been spot on.
Rave safe
Dunny
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