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Category: World Trip 2006

An epic 153-day world trip visiting twenty-four countries – South Africa; Swaziland; France; England; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Czech Republic; Austria; Switzerland; Italy; Vatican; Monaco; Spain; Finland; Russia; Belarussia; Lithuania; Latvia; Estonia; Canada; USA; Hong Kong; China I traveled between 29 March 2006 and 28 August 2006.

  • World Trip 2006: Day 115 – Tallinn to Helsinki, Finland

    Friday 21 July 2006 Highlights: Uspenski Orthodox Cathedral, Temppeliaukio Church (built into bedrock) The last full day of the tour started in Estonia with some free time before a ferry across to Helsinki.   I actually like ferries a lot and it reminded me of the 3 day trip I have in China next month.…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 114: Riga to Tallinn, Estonia

    Thursday 20 July 2006 Highlights: Russian Cathedral, Parliament Building, Tallinn town Hall Tallinn is a city with a lot of history especially in the old town.   The USSR didn’t really destroy anything and I found the old town and the surrounding city walls catching my attention.

  • World Trip 2006: Day 113 – Riga, Latvia

    Wednesday 19 July 2006 Highlights: Museum of Occupation, Walking next to the black Baltic Sea We started the day with a tour of Riga.   I found that our local guide actually lost control of the group at one stage asking if people wanted to just get a coffee (not good).   It was interesting…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 112 – Vilnius to Trakai to Riga, Latvia

    Tuesday 18 July 2006 Highlights: Trakai Castle, The moving Hill of Crosses On the way to Latvia in the morning we visited Trakai (Lithuania).   This is the site of a stunning old castle.   The defences of this place are amazing; they had at least 4 different sections they could fall back into.  …

  • World Trip 2006: Day 111 – Minsk to Vilnius, Lithuania

    Monday 17 July 2006 Highlights: Gediminas Square, St Peter & St Paul Church We left the dark and dreary Belarus for the more energetic Lithuania which is the first of the Baltic States and a former republic of the USSR (Belarus is not Baltic and wants to be a republic again).   The first thing…