Latvia (post lash) and Estonia

Once we'd got out of the city, relieved to be in the clear, we headed for national parks. Found a cracking spot at the bottom of some of the first decent hills we'd seen so far, right near some caves where people had engraved their names going back to the 1700's. A great spot for our next where's willy. 

A morning hike took us to castles, great views, streams, rivers and the least safe cable car we've ever seen! Crumbling down, literally looked derilict and was cordoned off. Nope you could bungee jump from it over the 100m+ drop! Banging! Unfortunately only open on Thursday and Saturday... Obviously.

Over the next couple of days we got out on the bikes a lot, tearing around tracks and routes that were in construction. A bit dodgey but great crack, sometimes the tracks just stopped though and there would be a drop and half a bridge, there was one sign though so they where covered/not bothered. We swam a river that flowed a lot faster on the far side, getting back was hard work! Broke into a castle by accident, climbed the back wall and got involved with all the stuff on offer: view towers over the valley, walked the parapet, got dressed in all old clothes, used swords and spears, filled up the bottles and made a swift exit out the back again. We got to ring a massive church bell, not sure if we where meant to or not, really loud by our heads. 

After the national park we headed for Tallinn. Picked up a hitchhiker and she was on her way to a concert to the east of Tallinn. We gave her a lift to her home town where we were able to print all our stuff for Russia, train in a car park, then pick her and her mate up and head to the concert. They were working there and got us in cheap. None of us has been to a concert in such a quality place! Set in the national park with the backdrop of the sea where saw seals whilst the concert was on. No idea what the music was about, Estonian country music, nice though. After the concert we headed off to Tallinn, and went straight out. Harley Davidson convention in town and loads of weirdos! Got chatting to a crazy Finnish bloke who I think loved dunny, he just kept shouting the names of English football players.

In the morning we heard scraping on the van, some little shits where trying to rob the bikes. They ran off before we could get out the van and luckily they didn't get anything. Time to increase security before Russia. We spent the next two days on the beach training, chilling, having fires and securing the van. We had one night out in Tallinn where we managed to get onto a free VIP buffet and champagne, dunno how it happened! Then a look round Tallinn, postcard town! Then we headed to another national park by the sea and from there to Russia!

Stewie