TravelBlog: Exploring The World, The Nomad Way

We set off a few years ago on a trip over to South America and beyond. Read about our experiences in our blog below and check out some more photos from this trip in Nomad Prints...

Where are we now? 

Australia

Travel Blog: Latvia - Riga

03.10.2014 - 06.10.2014  18 °C

A 5 hour bus from Talinn to Riga...I wasn't expecting anything that great, but it really was! If you book with Lux Express, you get leather seats, a personal screen packed with movies, internet and Wi-Fi, all for less than 15 euro - nice!

There are quite a few similarities between Latvia and Estonia in terms of the people and landscape. It's a small country of 2 million people and most reside in the capital, Riga, a city renowned for it's night life. I stayed at the Naughty Squirrel Hostel, a fantastic hostel in the heart of the old town. For my last night I Couchsurfed with Laura and her family south of the city centre. 

Riga Latvia


There is plenty to see and do in Riga, the old town is beautiful, you could easily spend a few hours just wandering around, checking out St Peters Church, Riga Dome Church, Doma Laukums and the green park by the city canal. I enjoyed do a few nights out with some pals I met including a great traditional meal at Folk Club Ala, a few drinks at the local Aussie bar and the popular nightclub - Rokkafejnica.

The open air museum, just out of town is a huge open space set in the forest and is full of historic buildings, well worth a visit! The Central market is one of the worlds largest, full of all types of food and is even Unesco listed. A slighly odd experience was when I visited and Russian market, full of old war memorabilia. I was checking out old coins and gas masks when I noticed behind me a guy practicing knife throwing into and old board...he was not the friendliest looking guy when he glanced across at me, so I quietly slid away.

Riga Latvia 1