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Month: August 2018

Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: conclusion

Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: conclusion

Conclusion During this 22-day trip, I went to a total of 7 museums on Soviet history, 9 beaches on the Baltic Sea, and participated in 11 orienteering competitions. In the museums of the two regions, we can see the different feelings of the people of the two regions in the same period of history. Russia regards the Soviet Union as the most glorious period of its country, as a world superpower at that time. Russian museums display many Soviet leaflets…

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Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: the end

Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: the end

August 13th to 14th: the end of the trip The trip finally came to the end. I took number 22 bus from Riga to the airport, then took an Aeroflot Russian Airlines plane back to Moscow. Riga Airport is the largest airport in the Baltic region, but I only see it as a medium-sized airport. I only see narrow-body airliners. The vast majority of the aircraft inside are on domestic lines, and only the two gates in the farthest are…

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Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: last days in Riga

Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: last days in Riga

August 10th to 12th: Last days in Riga After I returned to Riga, there were two Latvia O-Week competitions remaining. On August 10, I went to Mazie Kangari to participate in the middle distance race. On August 12, I went to Turaida near Sigulda to participate in the long distance race. On August 10th, I returned to Riga after the competition and took the Ollex Express to the Hill of Crosses. The crosses originated from the Tsarist period. In order…

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Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: WOC (Sprint), WTOC

Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: WOC (Sprint), WTOC

August 4th to 9th: World Orienteering Championships (sprint), World Trail Orienteering Championships After arriving Riga, I reached at the main part of my journey: orienteering competitions. This year’s World Orienteering Championships and World Trail Orienteering Championships were held together. I am an official representative in TempO only, so I participated in the public events for the rest of the competitions. August 4th was the sprint World Championships, the preliminary was held in the park, and the final was held in…

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Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: Falco Cup

Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: Falco Cup

August 1st to 3rd: Falco Cup The three-day Falco Cup competition was held in Smiltynė. Our Hong Kong team travels daily between Klaipėda and Smiltynė. The first two days of the competition included PreO and TempO, and on the third day there was only PreO, which was a world ranking event. In PreO, I got 13/21 on the first day, 17/23 on the second day, and 18/28 on the third day world ranking event. The TempO competition had 3 stations…

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Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: Klaipėda museum tour

Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: Klaipėda museum tour

July 31th: Klaipėda museum tour On the last day before the arrival of the Hong Kong team, I visited the museums in Klaipeda. I first took a ferry from Smiltynė to Klaipėda. At that time, the ticket office was not open, and no one checked the ticket at the gate. The ferry was therefore free of charge. (Passengers generally buy a round-trip ticket in Klaipėda, because the vast majority of visitors are round-trip). After going ashore, I went to the…

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Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: Curonian Spit (North)

Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: Curonian Spit (North)

July 29-30: Curonian Spit (North) I went to the beach the next day after I arrived in Nida. The beaches there are divided into nude beach, ladies beach, family beach, etc. I went to the southernmost nude beach, went all the way south, and finally saw a sign. To the south is the border closed zone, and the lighthouse is at the national border. There was another tourist there, who gave me a telescope to look at the real border…

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Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: Curonian Spit (South)

Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: Curonian Spit (South)

July 28th: ​​Curonian Spit (South) The Curonian Spit is 98 kilometres long (101 kilometres for the only road above), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a national park. Car entry is subject to double high fees, which costs 20 Euros to enter the North in the summer and 300 rubles to enter the South. In general, cycling is the most cost-effective method. There are 9 settlements on the Curonian Spit. They includes in order: Lesnoy (11 km) Rybachy (33.7 km)…

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Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: coast of Kaliningrad Oblast

Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: coast of Kaliningrad Oblast

July 26-27: coast of Kaliningrad Oblast I first went to the local theme park “Youth Recreation Park”. There are a variety of facilities, including a Ferris wheel, a roller coaster, etc. There is also a learning centre. There is a chess club inside promited. I entered the house and took a few photos: Then take the route 120 suburban bus from the train station to Yantarny. The bus runs every hour and there will be additional buses on sunny days…

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Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: tour in Kaliningrad city

Orienteering trip to the Baltic coast: tour in Kaliningrad city

July 25th: Tour of Kaliningrad City On the next day after the flight, July 25th, I visited museums in the city of Kaliningrad. I first went to the World Ocean Museum, where there were various ships (including research ships, submarines, seaplanes, etc.) and aquariums. I visited the research ship and the submarine, but the explanations were all Russian that I could not understand. It also displays many Soviet-era badges and promotional materials, showing the people their ambitions to conquer the…

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