tsiklonaut
Pack Dog
Since you guys make me jelous with yer hot riding season, I've decided to "cool" you off a bit from the northern part of hemisphere where the winter resides now.
Couple of pics around Tallinn and nearby areas. Just came to work here from the other side of the country, so I chilled around and took some pics...
In some ways it's a nice city. Surrounded with the sea, lot of ports, very nice (UNESCO specced) medieval town.
Walking around in the different ports you can find these things.
A sub from the pre- and WW2 era, made in the U.K. btw.
Regular view from the gettho side of the town to the various ports. (infra-red picture)
Some sunken stuff. You can see Tallinn panorama in the background.
For a better panorama from the city I visited the TV-tower. It's 314 metres high.
From one side.
Closer, some bigger more isolated port.
Another view, here mostly live the wealthier people, including the president somewhere there near to the sea.
Tanker rallye?
The view from other side to the main city.
Closer view. The 500,000+ citizen city looks small and flat from this height and distance, but it's actually not.
The view from the ground from the other side of the city over the sea. Looks even flatter from here.
There are some very nice shores and beaches nearby. Around 8-15 miles ride outside the city.
And strange abondoned USSR buildings at the seaside
High cliffs.
And loads of nice scenery GSing roads I scouted out.
Snow came down at some time few weeks back, but it's now melted away. Very strange winter we have this year.
The meld.
Probably because of those things around the world
The big one from USSR times.
Closer, the construction details.
A ghetto house in the city periphery.
New year's celebration
The people's favourite is the champagne of course if you crop the pic in.
Party people
Closer. Is she welding worldbeater panniers for the GS?
Frozen midnight city park.
Typical medieval city streets.
Some sketches...
And worn off ones. City centre in the background.
The Sea before it froze.
Loads of birds in the Lahemaa National park, some 60 miles from Tallinn.
Big piece of kit.
Cold breeze.
Sunset.
Job car, a Boomer 318 diesel, really nice cager actually I've now discovered. Returns amazing mileage, some 4.5L per 100kms on highway, 6L in the city and easily starts up in the -20C weather.
A cager, wish they gave me a snow-mobile, would be much more fun 8)
Strange creations.
Paldiski bank coast and the mad sea.
Don't fell off tho, it's a long way down... The crack is already going as seen on the pic.
City centre.
Crop in the same pic and you see a pattern of some sort.
Tallinn...
Linnahall, a very strange architecture.
Tallinn city lights reaching the two penninsulas.
Spotted a stunning sunset on one evening - it's actually snowing at the same time! Very mystic colour show it was, much better it was to see with own eyes.
Different angle - Tallinn silhouette in the background.
The sea was nice and come.
... and then everything started to freeze...
The beach. Change clothes there and take a nice icy swim in the -15C weather, very healthy. :thumb2
Sandy-snowy landscape.
It's good I got these pics coz me camera just died on that freezing weather, I put the brand new battery into the camera, but then the mechanics started to fail. Some pics came out OK.
Salt lake in Bolivia or Estonia? A hint: -20C! On some winters you can walk over the sea to Sweden, or to Finland, just start going if you know the direction.
Some twisted landscapes before that.
Wierd terrain to walk on, not exacly a sand...
And feet get bloody cold...
Pattern.
More views...
Can you see me boots?
The cold Sun. Fox traces in the snow, they hunt sleeping seabirds in the nighttime on that peninsula, Lahemaa National Park.
The Sea fought back...
... and created this phenomena. Birds were saved, they got something to eat at least.
So what's happening on that pic? Can you see me on it?
Cheers! don tsiklonaut
Couple of pics around Tallinn and nearby areas. Just came to work here from the other side of the country, so I chilled around and took some pics...
In some ways it's a nice city. Surrounded with the sea, lot of ports, very nice (UNESCO specced) medieval town.
Walking around in the different ports you can find these things.
A sub from the pre- and WW2 era, made in the U.K. btw.
Regular view from the gettho side of the town to the various ports. (infra-red picture)
Some sunken stuff. You can see Tallinn panorama in the background.
For a better panorama from the city I visited the TV-tower. It's 314 metres high.
From one side.
Closer, some bigger more isolated port.
Another view, here mostly live the wealthier people, including the president somewhere there near to the sea.
Tanker rallye?
The view from other side to the main city.
Closer view. The 500,000+ citizen city looks small and flat from this height and distance, but it's actually not.
The view from the ground from the other side of the city over the sea. Looks even flatter from here.
There are some very nice shores and beaches nearby. Around 8-15 miles ride outside the city.
And strange abondoned USSR buildings at the seaside
High cliffs.
And loads of nice scenery GSing roads I scouted out.
Snow came down at some time few weeks back, but it's now melted away. Very strange winter we have this year.
The meld.
Probably because of those things around the world
The big one from USSR times.
Closer, the construction details.
A ghetto house in the city periphery.
New year's celebration
The people's favourite is the champagne of course if you crop the pic in.
Party people
Closer. Is she welding worldbeater panniers for the GS?
Frozen midnight city park.
Typical medieval city streets.
Some sketches...
And worn off ones. City centre in the background.
The Sea before it froze.
Loads of birds in the Lahemaa National park, some 60 miles from Tallinn.
Big piece of kit.
Cold breeze.
Sunset.
Job car, a Boomer 318 diesel, really nice cager actually I've now discovered. Returns amazing mileage, some 4.5L per 100kms on highway, 6L in the city and easily starts up in the -20C weather.
A cager, wish they gave me a snow-mobile, would be much more fun 8)
Strange creations.
Paldiski bank coast and the mad sea.
Don't fell off tho, it's a long way down... The crack is already going as seen on the pic.
City centre.
Crop in the same pic and you see a pattern of some sort.
Tallinn...
Linnahall, a very strange architecture.
Tallinn city lights reaching the two penninsulas.
Spotted a stunning sunset on one evening - it's actually snowing at the same time! Very mystic colour show it was, much better it was to see with own eyes.
Different angle - Tallinn silhouette in the background.
The sea was nice and come.
... and then everything started to freeze...
The beach. Change clothes there and take a nice icy swim in the -15C weather, very healthy. :thumb2
Sandy-snowy landscape.
It's good I got these pics coz me camera just died on that freezing weather, I put the brand new battery into the camera, but then the mechanics started to fail. Some pics came out OK.
Salt lake in Bolivia or Estonia? A hint: -20C! On some winters you can walk over the sea to Sweden, or to Finland, just start going if you know the direction.
Some twisted landscapes before that.
Wierd terrain to walk on, not exacly a sand...
And feet get bloody cold...
Pattern.
More views...
Can you see me boots?
The cold Sun. Fox traces in the snow, they hunt sleeping seabirds in the nighttime on that peninsula, Lahemaa National Park.
The Sea fought back...
... and created this phenomena. Birds were saved, they got something to eat at least.
So what's happening on that pic? Can you see me on it?
Cheers! don tsiklonaut