Riding around Riga and Estonian border | Season 20 | Episode 6

Well, to find a place like this in Latvia, it's a very very difficult job. Interesting old wooden houses. We're gonna walk on the track, so we'll be like a bobsleigh. We'll be a bobsleigh, right? So you booked this wonderful restaurant for me, yeah? This is the best place, this is perfect. Best place to eat. This year the water was approximately one and a half meters. One meter high, all right. This is a perfect spot for camping. As you can see by yourself, this road is a much better option than the one that's going straight to the border. Yes, this will go a little bit north and then east and then south, but what, at least you have these wonderful views. All right. Estonian border took me one hour and 30 minutes. There is some kind of very strange system. First you need to go over there to register your motorcycle or car and then wait a lot of people. This trip around the old town was fantastic. I'm very grateful to Rob that he did it for me. So now we're gonna move to the place that we are going to sleep, eat and do everything. A big passenger ship arrived today. Many many tourists in the town. And now we are going on the island on the other side and beautiful orthodox church over there on the left. Here goes the church. We're gonna burn some candles for good luck for my trip. This was very nice. Now I feel protected. I am sure that everything is going to be all right. Let's see what we're gonna get today. And of course the maneuvers that not everyone likes, but in big cities they are necessary. Beautiful old house. Well, to find a place like this in Latvia, it's a very very difficult job, because the highest elevation point in Latvia is 300 meters and here now at the moment we've got probably around 100. Fantastic spot and without the help of locals I wouldn't know about it. So thank you very much for Rob for showing me this place. The name of the whole area is Sigulda. Sigulda. They call it like Latvian Switzerland. See the river and there is a palace that need to be repainted. But this is fantastic spot and all of these cables everywhere and small trucks to go around. So I really enjoy this place. I didn't know that in Latvia they've got places like that. So once again special thanks to Rob for showing me everything around, for hosting me and organize all of this for me. Every place around the world deserve attention and every place got its hidden treasures. You just need to find it. Cable car so you can go down there and then many trucks like this to walk around. This is beautiful. Yeah this is beautiful. Ah this is the bobsleigh or the rolling cars that they have. This now is the top of the bobsleigh sliding and this is the real bullet that they have and this is the beginning where the start starts. See there's a counter over there and from here it goes all the way down. It's going like this through the forest and then over there is the finish point. Unfortunately does not work now. Maybe only in the weekends. We don't know yet but from here we have this view over the whole valley. You can see everything. So now we'll go in this area see all the beautiful things then we'll go to this palace then we'll ride even more further this area. Yeah it's a really nice place to see. Definitely deserves more attention definitely. This is the actual start from here all the way and then going like this very fast make all the turns and finish it down there. We're gonna walk on the track so we'll be like a bobsleigh. You will be a bobsleigh right? So nice to be on the bike to have the wind because how many degrees is today? Almost 30. And the cable car starts from here to down there. Palace on the top. This now is Sigulda fortress and this one here is Sigulda parliament or the local parliament and these buildings and everything around used to be a sanatorium for people to have to heal some problems with the health. Now belong to the parliament. Interesting points of view don't you think? And this is the front part of the palace Sigulda palace. Nice. I also like this old wooden house. It's another interesting spot. The elevation here is 50 meters. 50 meters above the sea level. So I'm still one of the highest points in Latvia. Earlier in Legotno which is located right over there they've got a huge paper factory. This is Legotno river. These are interesting water cascades. This is the sluice. Okay keep the level of the water. Interesting old wooden houses. Rob told me about a beautiful place here. Unfortunately it is 450 meters away from the parking and I don't want to leave the motorcycle on the parking. And I decided to go with a motorcycle even though I understand that it might be a problem but I just don't want to leave the motorcycle without seeing it for more than an hour. And I understand that in Latvia everything is fine, everything is quiet and no problem whatsoever but if something happens I will be left without anything. So this is perfect spot for camping. I would like one day to come here and overnight here on this spot. It will be just fantastic. So we're gonna have a lunch here with Rob. He prepared some sandwiches. So you booked this wonderful restaurant for me yeah? This is best place. This is perfect. Best place to eat. This year water was approximately one and a half meters high. One meter high. All right. Very nice. This river is Amata. Amata. Varvan, Schluss. The level of the river here and the level over there. Back in Riga, back into the traffic. I'm gonna fill the tank now to be ready for tomorrow and we'll drop the bike. No more riding for today. Good morning from Riga, Latvia. I'm leaving today on my way to Russian border. I hope, I really hope that everything is going to be all right and they will let me go in. This guy Rob is just amazing person. I'm so glad that I met him and I've got the chance to to talk with him, to ride with him, to see his life, his place, everything. And yeah, it was just great experience. Rob, thank you very much. Okay, good luck. Thank you very much for everything. See you again in September. All right, now focus on the ride. It was raining almost all night. Luckily now it's clean and I do not expect any rain for today. It is 20 to 8. Traffic is all right, but today is Saturday. No rain for now. All good. I'll be able to leave the city fast. As you can see, it's completely different than the situation during the week, during the days. Three hours later, around 230 kilometers and a lot of rain. I'm already in Estonia. I should reach the border after around 20-30 kilometers and we'll see what will be. Speed limit here need to be strict because police is not really forgivable. The road to Peskov is straight on, but I would like to go through another one border which is located on the north. It is smaller and I think that it's going to be easier over there. I hope that it will be easier, but we'll see. It's around 19 degrees at the moment. It was 16 on the way to here. A bit better now, but still chilly. As you can see by yourself, this road is much better option than the one that's going straight to the border. Yes, this will go a little bit north and then east and then south, but at least you'll have these wonderful views down there. Just straight road and eventually a lot of traffic on the border. I don't think so now because of the current situation, but still believe that will be more than this border. A lot of speed limits here and I've been informed to obey all the rules. So here was 40. All right, this is the border. Let's see what is going to be here. All right, Estonian border took me one hour and 30 minutes. There is some kind of very strange system. First you need to go over there to register your motorcycle or car and then wait a lot of people. I don't know, one lady behind the desk over there just said okay, I'm gonna make you a favor, go first to the border, they will let you go. So it took me like one hour and 30 minutes and now I'm waiting on the Russian border. We'll see how here will go.