The route was Kirkkonummi – Espoo – Helsinki – Tallinna – Pärnu – Riika – Saldus – Plinkses and about 500 kilometers like this! It was mostly big road and very boring day, the only merrier road was the Old Pärnu Road on the southside of Pärnu. There we also stopped ro take a swim in the Bay of Riga. The water was very warm!
Here is the parking area about 100m away from the sea. The day was HOT (about +30-32 celsius) so swimming was a very good idea!
This is a view from the resting area just outside Saldus -city. It was a Beautiful place.
Here is a picture of our MOST BEAUTIFUL hotel!
Motorcycle Tour
Day 3
We started the day by going to visit the 2 nice castles of Sigulda.
(https://motocaching.net/en/cache/viewb/id6980)
And also the cave down beside the river, this cave has walls of sandstone with many signatures from long time ago. (https://motocaching.net/en/cache/viewb/id6955)
Then we started riding the route for saturday. First we took nice road from Turaida to Saulkrasti. This would be very nice… but the pavement is so bad condition that you have to concentrate to keep the bike in balance and you can’t really enjoy the long sweeping bends. (https://motocaching.net/en/cache/view/id6830). From Saulkrasti you can find a monument of finnish bomber Junkers JK-274 crash in 1943. It is quite interesting to find finnish language in the middle of Latvia! (https://motocaching.net/en/cache/view/id6124)
Then after many kilometers of boring Via Baltica we took the old road of Pärnu. It is more pleasant ride because of the many small villages, old wooden houses and small shops. This 35 kilometer long road gives you some alternative route to Via Baltica. (https://motocaching.net/en/cache/view/id4794)
In Pärnu we took a short lunch-break in Aleksandri Pub (https://motocaching.net/en/cache/view/id6338)
And in the north side of Pärnu we took a short visit in Villa Andropoff, this has quite interesting history but it didn’t give me any shivers. Looked like old Spa or something…
The Beach in this Villa was fantastic! Many kilometers of white sand everywhere.
Finally after a long and quite hot riding-day we arrived to Haapsalu. We visited the Haapsalu Episcopal Castle. Last time I was here (20 years ago?) it was only the ruins of the castle but now there was a museum and many different parts of the castle where you can enter. The bell tower, the hospital, the cathedral, the dungeons… we’re almost running everyhting through and still it took more than 1 hour! The entrance fee to the museum is 5€ and I really recommend to visit there!
(https://motocaching.net/en/cache/view/id6310)
For saturday evening we choose to eat Pizza. There is 1 very nice pizzeria in Haapsalu, Pizza Grande!
Our hotel was the Spa by the ocean so we also enjoyed some jacuzzi and sauna (in Spa Laine)
Sehe’s quite young girl from Melbourne Australia! And for some reason she desided to come to Europe and make a 3 months roadtrip here. And what a wonderful trip it was!!
http://www.bikergirl.me/
Here’s the route she made (or I think this is the plan):
What? Who is Vaune Phan? She is 27 years old blogwriter from Singapore. And she did quite a ride from Singapore to Mt Everest Base Camp (north). It was 7500 km’s through Malaysia, Laos, Thailand and China. And she did this with Suzuki 250ccm!! All I can say is WOW! Find the story and the blog from here: http://vaunephan.blogspot.sg/2015/06/day-1-beyondeverest-its-official-flag.html
First I have to confess that this is my mistake! I didn’t read the conditions about making the change or cancelling the booking! But since I’ve been using booking.com quite many times (more than 50 bookings made!) I didn’t think this would be possible!
This guesthouse has this “special condition” about the cancellation (and possible changes). It says: “Please note, if cancelled or modified, 100 percent of the first night will be charged. Deposit: 100 percent of the first night may be charged anytime after booking.”
I made my booking in the beginning of december and then I cancelled it about 2 weeks later (and 7 months before the actual arrival time!!) So due to the regulations and this special condition I lost the whole amount of money already 7 months before I ever made any trip!!
This is not possible here in Finland! But maybe in Lithuania it is possible to cheat travellers like this! And for us motorcycle riders it is quite impossible anyway to make this in-advance bookings because you don’t know what happens tomorrow…
Here is the guesthouse: http://aismares.lt/
And here is their page in booking.com: https://www.booking.com/hotel/lt/aismares-guest-house.fi.html
If you’re using booking.com to find a place to stay, please always read the notes and conditions about cancellation or making changes to your booking!
I also put very negative feedback to trip advisor and google!
Lyypekki – Puttgarden – Rødby – Kööpenhamina – Malmö – Växjö -533km, josta parikymmentä edettiin lautan kyydissä.
Päivä aloitettiin Lyypekin läpiajolla ja melkein 100km:n autobahn-rypistyksella. Melko tarkkaan tunti lähdöstä oltiin jo satamassa odottamassa lauttaan pääsyä.
Scandlinesin lautan moottoripyörän kiinnityssysteemi oli melko lailla ylivoimaisen helppo, nopea ja toimiva! Liinan sai nopeasti kiinni ja kiristettyä ja vieläpä ilman apua. Siinä olisi muilla laivayhtiöillä oppimista!
Tanskan läpiajo tuntui melko lailla rangaistukselta. Tiet ovat aivan suoria eikä mitään mäkeä tai kukkulaa näy missään. Kööpenhaminaa lähestyessä alkoi jo odottaa Ison Beltin siltaa ja sitä kuinka komeaa on ajella moottoritienopeutta tanskasta Ruotsiin. Vaikka olenkin itse ajnut tuon sillan yli vuonna 1998 niin eipä siitä paljoa muistanut. Moottoripyyörälle hinta on 25€ ja onhan se aika korkea!
Ruotsin puolella käytiin syömässä Burger Kingissä ja jatkettiin isoa tietä vielä jonkun matkaa…
Lähestyessä Växjötä osui reitille melko huikea mutkapätkä (video myöhemmin).
Växjön majoituspaikkana meillä on leirintäalueen matkustajakoti joka ei häikäise tasollaan, mutta paikka uimarannalla on huikea!
Ei siinä kauaa mennytkään kun olin riisunut ajokamat ja saanut uikkarit päälle ja olin järvessä!
Ja vielä yksi kuva joka kertoo siitä millaista vauhtia me ajetaan…
Aamulla satoi. Muutamia suunnitelmia oli että mihin voisi ajaa, mutta vähitellen ne hiipui kun sade ei meinannut loppua. No iltapäivällä yhden aikaan sitten 3 rohkeaa lähti ajamaan…
Koitettiin löytää reitti mahdollisimman ylös rannasta mutta niin että järvi näkyisi.
Tämmöinen reitti sitten valitiin!
Sateen takia sieltä ei kyllä mitään nähnyt mutta esim panoramio.com osoitteesta löytyy muutamia tuolta otettuja kuvia jotka ovat todella hienoja!
Tie sinne ylös oli todella huonokuntoinen asfalttitie joka oli paikoitellen aika haastava ajettava. Ja näköalojen sijaan nähtiin ainoastaan sumua/ pilveä.
Palasimme takaisin alas ja nautimme pizzat. Moikkasimme myös Como-järven eläimistöä.
Myöhemmin iltapäivällä käytiin Impera-supermarketissa. Melko iso kauppa oli se… ei meinannu jaksaa kävellä kauppaa läpi!
Tänään jatketaan itse asiaa eli ajamista Sveitsiin ja Lichtensteiniin.
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