Geoff Brock & Bruce Gamble
         
     

Riga:
Art Nouveau, folk dancing children and some late, warm sunshine

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
   Programme (1) for 12th July 2011  
Programme (2) for 12th July 2011   
 

I'm quite sure that we didn't cross land during the
night. It appears that live tracking failed, though!

During breakfast we entered the Daugava River, at its mouth with
 
the Gulf of Riga, for the 9 mile voyage to the centre of Riga.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  A diver (highlighted) was in the water where we were about to dock!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Above: The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia 1940-1991

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As the gangplank was being taken up (five minutes before our departure at 3.00pm) the last two fellow passengers made it aboard.
They were always the last to board at each port, but always made it in the nick of time looking flustered!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Afternoon tea on deck included the highlight of "Bananas Foster", which was delicious!
Late that night (around 11.00 pm) Bruce made a solitary visit onto the deck to see the ship going through a narrow (and very shallow) channel - highlighted in red on the map. An hour earlier, a small boat had brought a local pilot to board our ship to guide us (video below)
 
 
 
Although it was rather chilly and increasingly difficult to see much, it was a good experience, rewarded by a beautiful sunset.
 
 
©Geoff Brock and Bruce Gamble