This post isn’t about all goot things to visit in Croatia. Our experience this time borders with small, one week round that started and ended in same place – Rijeka. It was drive through wonderful Krk, Cres, Losinj islands and Istria peninsula with Kamenjak horn and fantastic cities of Pula and Rovinja. To move … Continue reading Islands and peninsulas of Croatia
Good morning! Even though there`s nothing good about this morning. We arrived at Rygge with Ryanair yesterday at around ten in the evening and decided not to waste time in any hotel or campsite. It was nearly 600km to the first hiking trail. We managed to drive some 200km, including crossing the river with a … Continue reading Norway’s 5 best hiking routes
In April 2010 Amata – wildest brown water river in Baltic, was reaching its highest level in 25 years. See movie about our rafting experience. The biggest danger for rafters in Amata is trees. They fall in river during flood and its impossible to pass them. Some sandstone rocks also are dangerous – in case … Continue reading Amata rafting – highest water level in 25 years – MOVIE
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This time to float through most dangerous rapids in Baltic we decided to use NASA costumes:) In fact those we bought from ocean ships when they became out of date. Lustuzis is place where Amata makes complete U-turn. In high water boats sometimes are overturned and pushed by stream towards the rock. Today is do … Continue reading Amata: rafting without boat through the wildest rapid – MOVIE
Lubāns lake has unique ecosystem – its largest by area lake in Latvia still being only few meters deep. Lot of birds are nesting in this area. For trekking or biking the biggest challenge and also danger is hogweeds. Hogweed fields are do impressive, covering almost all territory around the lake. If you touch them … Continue reading 100 km biking around Lubans lake through giant hogweed – MOVIE
Egypt, Sharm-el-Sheikh. Little bargaining with captain of the boat and we are in Red Sea. Our target is Tiran islands – one of best snorkeling and diving destinations..
Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen, Germany. We could not believe Africa and its wild animals will come so close to us in middle of Germany. Automatic gate was closing, sharp spikes crossed the road and we appeared in trap – four of us against hundreds and hundreds of wild safari animals. Our only protection was thin sides of … Continue reading When Planets wildest animals walk around your car.. in Germany
This is the airport of Simferopol where our seven-day adventure in post-Soviet Crimea began. The old – good buildings of sanatoriums were waiting of us. Certainly we could not afford to live in Hotel Yalta, but spending the night under the bridge was something we also did not want (text ” we rent an appartment” … Continue reading 6 hiking routes in Crimea mountains
What do you need to conquer the highest peak in the UK? You need to wait the next offer of cheap tickets to Glasgow from Ryanair. You need to find clothes suitable to the season in Scotland: 3. You need to book over the internet fuel-efficient car, preferably with a manual gear, to enjoy not only … Continue reading Scottish Highlands and hiking UK’s highest peak Ben Nevis
Some informed people told us that a real and authentic primitiveness in Southeast Asia can be still found only in the north uplands of Laos. Arriving at Bangkok, we immediately looked for options to go further north. So we bought tickets to the first local flight, that would lead us north – to the provincial … Continue reading Searching for savage in North jungle of Laos
Route 13 lead our bus for hours through steep, jungly mountain ridges. From Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng were only 231km, but the continuous road serpentines took almost 8 hours to get there. Out of boredom we decided to study the guidebook . “In a February 2003 attack on Route 13, twelve people, including two … Continue reading Vang Vieng, Laos: karst mountains, caves, underground rivers and much more…
Kalimantāna, agrāk saukta par Borneo, izrādās ir otra lielākā sala pasaulē. Tā slavena ar pirmatnējiem lietus mežiem, zelta raktuvēm un Indonēzijas galvenās eksporta preces – eļļas palmu plantācijām. Salu pārsvarā apdzīvo islāma ticīgie, tādēļ nevienā no pilsētiņām, ko apmeklējam pa ceļam, nav iespējams nopirkt alu. Bet mums taču pēc pāris dienām Līgo vakars!!! … Continue reading Kalimantan rain forest and orang utans
Džakarta mūs sagaida ar briesmīgu troksni un ziliem dūmiem, kas ceļas no visdažādākā veida divu, trīs un četru riteņu braucamrīkiem, ar kuriem te tik pilnas ielas, ka nav pat kur kāju spert. Ienirstam ielas ēstuvju labirintos. Visur cep satē – mazus iesmiņus ar mazītiņiem gaļas gabaliņiem, kurus pēcāk nolaista ar zemesriekstu mērci. Jāsāk … Continue reading Jakarta: metropolis of Indonesia
Merapi ir viens no aktīvākajiem pasaules vulkāniem. Mēs kāpām laikā, kad bija jau izsludināta priekšpēdējā bīstamības pakāpe pirms visa novada evakuācijas. Un novads te ir teju 1 miljons iedzīvotāju! Mēs izgājām 1:00 naktī Nākamajā rītā devāmies cauri džungļiem uz aktīvo vulkāna nogāzi. Te pēdējā izvirduma laikā lavas upe nonesa ciematu ar 10 000 … Continue reading Hiking active Merapi volcano – MOVIE
There was spring in the Berlin, when we arrived. Some interesting people went into the Easy Jet plane – three youth and a girl, all with traveling haversacks. In the next morning, when I took a seat in the plane to the Olbia, mystically again emerged that interesting foursome. Almost like in the Matrix movie. … Continue reading Sardinia: adventures of Adventurist team during Adventure Camp Sardegna – MOVIE
Kopš mūsu iepriekšējās vulkānu pieredzes – seškilometrīgā El Misti vulkāna Peru, bija pagājuši jau veseli seši mēneši. Sāka jau pietrūkt tuksnešaino un pēc sēra smirdošo kalnu .. tomēr, kad virs mākoņiem iznira Teides perfekti piramidālā smaile, jutāmies atkal savā elementā. Tenerifes sala, ko virs okeāna izcēlis Teides vulkāns, no putna lidojuma izskatījās pelēka … Continue reading Canary Islands: Volcano Teide and La Gomera
Tiem, kam kaut ko izsaka zīmīte gribētu piedāvāt izaicinošu uzdevumu – pamēģiniet atrast Bekannte Stiegen 1- 5 Saksijas Šveicē! Stāvējām uz Koningstein pils mūriem augstu virs Elbas, vērāmies apkārt un centāmies saskatīt teiksmainos akmens stabus, kas bija aprakstīti leģendā. Pagaidām varēja saskatīt tikai vienu cepurei līdzīgu kalnu upes pretējā krastā. Pils gan iespaidīga, ir … Continue reading Sachsische Schweiz: forest of rocks and searching for geocaches
Pēc pāris aklimatizācijas dienām Pekinā, nu bijām nonākuši Ķīnas dienvidu provincēs. Guilinā kāpām kuģī, lai turpmākos 50 km veiktu pa Lī upi. Baudījām neparasto ainavu, ko bija izveidojuši karsta procesi. Kādreiz zemes līmenis bija līdz ar šo kalnu virsotnēm, bet pamazām nenoturīgie ieži izskalojās un zemes virskārta iebruka par vairākiem simtiem metru. Apkārt … Continue reading Li river basin in China – most impressive karst caves in the World
