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[2/2] Our hike beside the Amata continued slowly and deliberately as we sought out wildlife on the twists and turns of the river (📷1); our stealth paid off. Nyctereutes procyonoides | the 🦝🐕 is neither racoon nor dog; it’s a closer relative of foxes, but is so-named for its facial pattern (📷2). This invasive species is native to East Asia; it was introduced to Latvia in 1948 for the fur trade/ hunting. We saw lots of fungi, but one stood out: native Sarcodon imbricatus is known as the scaly hedgehog. Noting the brown scales on top, all became clear when we peaked underneath the cap (📷3). After about 4km we came to a sandstone bluff named Dzilnas iezis (📷4); 2km later we left the river and looped back to pitch. A 10km/ 4h hike.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

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Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 07:10 UTC

[2/2] Our hike beside the Amata continued slowly and deliberately as we sought out wildlife on the twists and turns of the river (📷1); our stealth paid off. Nyctereutes procyonoides | the 🦝🐕 is neither racoon nor dog; it’s a closer relative of foxes, but is so-named for its facial pattern (📷2). This invasive species is native to East Asia; it was introduced to Latvia in 1948 for the fur trade/ hunting. We saw lots of fungi, but one stood out: native Sarcodon imbricatus is known as the scaly hedgehog. Noting the brown scales on top, all became clear when we peaked underneath the cap (📷3). After about 4km we came to a sandstone bluff named Dzilnas iezis (📷4); 2km later we left the river and looped back to pitch. A 10km/ 4h hike.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

#europe #baltics #latvia #latvija #travel #campervan

Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 07:10 UTC

[2/2] Our hike beside the Amata continued slowly and deliberately as we sought out wildlife on the twists and turns of the river (📷1); our stealth paid off. Nyctereutes procyonoides | the 🦝🐕 is neither racoon nor dog; it’s a closer relative of foxes, but is so-named for its facial pattern (📷2). This invasive species is native to East Asia; it was introduced to Latvia in 1948 for the fur trade/ hunting. We saw lots of fungi, but one stood out: native Sarcodon imbricatus is known as the scaly hedgehog. Noting the brown scales on top, all became clear when we peaked underneath the cap (📷3). After about 4km we came to a sandstone bluff named Dzilnas iezis (📷4); 2km later we left the river and looped back to pitch. A 10km/ 4h hike.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

#europe #baltics #latvia #latvija #travel #campervan

Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 07:10 UTC

[2/2] Our hike beside the Amata continued slowly and deliberately as we sought out wildlife on the twists and turns of the river (📷1); our stealth paid off. Nyctereutes procyonoides | the 🦝🐕 is neither racoon nor dog; it’s a closer relative of foxes, but is so-named for its facial pattern (📷2). This invasive species is native to East Asia; it was introduced to Latvia in 1948 for the fur trade/ hunting. We saw lots of fungi, but one stood out: native Sarcodon imbricatus is known as the scaly hedgehog. Noting the brown scales on top, all became clear when we peaked underneath the cap (📷3). After about 4km we came to a sandstone bluff named Dzilnas iezis (📷4); 2km later we left the river and looped back to pitch. A 10km/ 4h hike.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

#nationalpark #nature #hiking #vanlife #roadtrip #nomad

Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 07:10 UTC

[2/2] Our hike beside the Amata continued slowly and deliberately as we sought out wildlife on the twists and turns of the river (📷1); our stealth paid off. Nyctereutes procyonoides | the 🦝🐕 is neither racoon nor dog; it’s a closer relative of foxes, but is so-named for its facial pattern (📷2). This invasive species is native to East Asia; it was introduced to Latvia in 1948 for the fur trade/ hunting. We saw lots of fungi, but one stood out: native Sarcodon imbricatus is known as the scaly hedgehog. Noting the brown scales on top, all became clear when we peaked underneath the cap (📷3). After about 4km we came to a sandstone bluff named Dzilnas iezis (📷4); 2km later we left the river and looped back to pitch. A 10km/ 4h hike.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

#europe #baltics #latvia #latvija #travel #campervan

Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 07:02 UTC

[1/2] From Siguldā we drove deeper into Gauja National Park to the “paper mill village” of Līgatne. Although the mill is closed its legacy endures: the wooden row houses still serve as residences, the former maternity hospital is a restaurant, while the old pharmacy dispenses wines fermented from local fruit and berries. Behind the latter are rows of cellars carved into the sandstone bluff (📷1); several hundred were dug here between c. 1770 and 1973, as a constant 6–8 °C and optimal humidity suited food storage over winter. On to Zvārtes iezis | Zvartes Rock, another sandstone outcrop, this time on the Amata River (📷2). For our second hike in the park we started from pitch on a small campsite close to the rock and followed the Amata upstream, hoping to see 🦦 otters. We did see plenty of beaver-sign (📷3), but no 🦫 beavers. We managed to get fairly close to a group of 🦆 Mergus merganser | goosander ducks; the rusty brown heads, white throats and grey bodies indicate females or immature males (📷4). Other #birds spotted riverside were Dendrocopos major | the great spotted woodpecker, kingfisher and heron.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

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Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 07:02 UTC

[1/2] From Siguldā we drove deeper into Gauja National Park to the “paper mill village” of Līgatne. Although the mill is closed its legacy endures: the wooden row houses still serve as residences, the former maternity hospital is a restaurant, while the old pharmacy dispenses wines fermented from local fruit and berries. Behind the latter are rows of cellars carved into the sandstone bluff (📷1); several hundred were dug here between c. 1770 and 1973, as a constant 6–8 °C and optimal humidity suited food storage over winter. On to Zvārtes iezis | Zvartes Rock, another sandstone outcrop, this time on the Amata River (📷2). For our second hike in the park we started from pitch on a small campsite close to the rock and followed the Amata upstream, hoping to see 🦦 otters. We did see plenty of beaver-sign (📷3), but no 🦫 beavers. We managed to get fairly close to a group of 🦆 Mergus merganser | goosander ducks; the rusty brown heads, white throats and grey bodies indicate females or immature males (📷4). Other #birds spotted riverside were Dendrocopos major | the great spotted woodpecker, kingfisher and heron.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

#birds #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija #travel

Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 07:02 UTC

[1/2] From Siguldā we drove deeper into Gauja National Park to the “paper mill village” of Līgatne. Although the mill is closed its legacy endures: the wooden row houses still serve as residences, the former maternity hospital is a restaurant, while the old pharmacy dispenses wines fermented from local fruit and berries. Behind the latter are rows of cellars carved into the sandstone bluff (📷1); several hundred were dug here between c. 1770 and 1973, as a constant 6–8 °C and optimal humidity suited food storage over winter. On to Zvārtes iezis | Zvartes Rock, another sandstone outcrop, this time on the Amata River (📷2). For our second hike in the park we started from pitch on a small campsite close to the rock and followed the Amata upstream, hoping to see 🦦 otters. We did see plenty of beaver-sign (📷3), but no 🦫 beavers. We managed to get fairly close to a group of 🦆 Mergus merganser | goosander ducks; the rusty brown heads, white throats and grey bodies indicate females or immature males (📷4). Other #birds spotted riverside were Dendrocopos major | the great spotted woodpecker, kingfisher and heron.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

#birds #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija #travel

Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 07:02 UTC

[1/2] From Siguldā we drove deeper into Gauja National Park to the “paper mill village” of Līgatne. Although the mill is closed its legacy endures: the wooden row houses still serve as residences, the former maternity hospital is a restaurant, while the old pharmacy dispenses wines fermented from local fruit and berries. Behind the latter are rows of cellars carved into the sandstone bluff (📷1); several hundred were dug here between c. 1770 and 1973, as a constant 6–8 °C and optimal humidity suited food storage over winter. On to Zvārtes iezis | Zvartes Rock, another sandstone outcrop, this time on the Amata River (📷2). For our second hike in the park we started from pitch on a small campsite close to the rock and followed the Amata upstream, hoping to see 🦦 otters. We did see plenty of beaver-sign (📷3), but no 🦫 beavers. We managed to get fairly close to a group of 🦆 Mergus merganser | goosander ducks; the rusty brown heads, white throats and grey bodies indicate females or immature males (📷4). Other #birds spotted riverside were Dendrocopos major | the great spotted woodpecker, kingfisher and heron.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

#nationalpark #nature #hiking #vanlife #roadtrip #nomad

Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 07:02 UTC

[1/2] From Siguldā we drove deeper into Gauja National Park to the “paper mill village” of Līgatne. Although the mill is closed its legacy endures: the wooden row houses still serve as residences, the former maternity hospital is a restaurant, while the old pharmacy dispenses wines fermented from local fruit and berries. Behind the latter are rows of cellars carved into the sandstone bluff (📷1); several hundred were dug here between c. 1770 and 1973, as a constant 6–8 °C and optimal humidity suited food storage over winter. On to Zvārtes iezis | Zvartes Rock, another sandstone outcrop, this time on the Amata River (📷2). For our second hike in the park we started from pitch on a small campsite close to the rock and followed the Amata upstream, hoping to see 🦦 otters. We did see plenty of beaver-sign (📷3), but no 🦫 beavers. We managed to get fairly close to a group of 🦆 Mergus merganser | goosander ducks; the rusty brown heads, white throats and grey bodies indicate females or immature males (📷4). Other #birds spotted riverside were Dendrocopos major | the great spotted woodpecker, kingfisher and heron.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

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Latvija @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 05:57 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/lv/295707/ FIB novērsis Krievijas plānu nogalināt prominentu krievu disidentu #Aktualitātes #Arvalstīm #ASV #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FIB #Headlines #Krievija #KrievijasIebrukumsUkrainā #LatestNews #LatestNews #Latvia #Latvian #Latviešu #LatviešuValoda #LatviešuValoda #Latvija #LV #News #PopulārākāsZiņas #PopulārākāsZiņas #TopStories #TopStories #Ukraina #World #WorldNews #WorldNews #Ziņas #ZiņasNoārvalstīm

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Latvija @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 03:54 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/lv/295619/ Zināms, kādas naudas summas par sasniegumiem saņems Bota, Aparjods, Krūzbergs un citi sportisti #Latvia #Latvian #Latviešu #LatviešuValoda #LatviešuValoda #Latvija #LV #prēmijas #Sports

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Latvija @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 01:27 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/lv/295555/ "Auda" futbolisti virslīgas mačā pārspēj Ogri – jauns.lv #Aktualitātes #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #LatestNews #LatestNews #Latvia #Latvian #Latviešu #LatviešuValoda #LatviešuValoda #Latvija #LV #News #PopulārākāsZiņas #PopulārākāsZiņas #TopStories #TopStories #Ziņas

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Latvija @[email protected] · 2026-09-17 · 01:13 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/lv/295551/ VIDEO: policija meklē aculieciniekus pēc jaunieša piekaušanas Vecrīgā – jauns.lv #Aktualitātes #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #LatestNews #LatestNews #Latvia #Latvian #Latviešu #LatviešuValoda #LatviešuValoda #Latvija #LV #News #PopulārākāsZiņas #PopulārākāsZiņas #TopStories #TopStories #Ziņas

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Latvija @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 22:18 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/lv/295513/ Pēc atbrīvošanas no Baltkrievijas Lietuvā nogādāti 25 politieslodzītie – DELFI #Aktualitātes #AleksandrsLukašenko #Arvalstīm #ASV #Baltkrievija #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #DonaldsTramps #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #LatestNews #LatestNews #Latvia #Latvian #Latviešu #LatviešuValoda #LatviešuValoda #Latvija #Lietuva #LV #News #PopulārākāsZiņas #PopulārākāsZiņas #TopStories #TopStories #World #WorldNews #WorldNews #Ziņas #ZiņasNoārvalstīm

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Latvija @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 21:12 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/lv/295485/ ASV Federālā rezervju sistēma paaugstina bāzes procentu likmi #Aktualitātes #Arvalstīm #ASV #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #LatestNews #LatestNews #Latvia #Latvian #Latviešu #LatviešuValoda #LatviešuValoda #Latvija #LV #News #PopulārākāsZiņas #PopulārākāsZiņas #ProcentuLikmes #TopStories #TopStories #World #WorldNews #WorldNews #Ziņas #ZiņasNoārvalstīm

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Latvija @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 19:08 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/lv/295429/ “Spried ar Delfi”, vai pasažieru pārvadātāju prasības pēc protesta tiks sadzirdētas #Aktualitātes #AutotransportaDirekcija #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #LatestNews #LatestNews #Latvia #Latvian #Latviešu #LatviešuValoda #LatviešuValoda #Latvija #LV #News #PasažieruPārvadājumi #PopulārākāsZiņas #PopulārākāsZiņas #SabiedriskaisTransports #SatiksmesMinistrija #SpriedArDelfi #TopStories #TopStories #Ziņas

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Latvija @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 18:48 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/lv/295421/ Lietuvā ieradušies 25 atbrīvotie Baltkrievijas politieslodzītie #Aktualitātes #Arvalstīm #ASV #Baltkrievija #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #LatestNews #LatestNews #Latvia #Latvian #Latviešu #LatviešuValoda #LatviešuValoda #Latvija #Lietuva #LV #News #PopulārākāsZiņas #PopulārākāsZiņas #TopStories #TopStories #World #WorldNews #WorldNews #Ziņas #ZiņasNoārvalstīm

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Latvija @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 17:47 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/lv/295381/ ATD apstiprināts 17 miljonu eiro avansa maksājums bateriju elektrovilcienu ražotājam “Škoda Group” #ATD #AutotransportaDirekcija #Bizness #Business #cfla #Elektrovilcieni #Latvia #Latvian #Latviešu #LatviešuValoda #LatviešuValoda #Latvija #LV

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Latvija @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 15:55 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/lv/295325/ Tieslietu ministrs lūdz izvērtēt Stepaņenko deklarēto gandrīz 420 tūkstošu eiro dāvinājumu izcelsmi #Aktualitātes #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Finanses #Headlines #JūlijaStepaņenko #KNAB #LatestNews #LatestNews #Latvia #Latvian #Latviešu #LatviešuValoda #LatviešuValoda #Latvija #LV #News #PartijuFinanses #PopulārākāsZiņas #PopulārākāsZiņas #SatversmesAizsardzībasBirojs #SuverēnāVara #TieslietuMinistrs #TopStories #TopStories #Ziņas

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Latvija @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 12:06 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/lv/295149/ Kulbergs: “Rail Baltica” realizēšanā Baltijas valstis katra atsevišķi ir vājas #Aktualitātes #AndrisKulbergs #Arvalstīm #BaltijasValstis #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Dzelzceļš #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #LatestNews #LatestNews #Latvia #Latvian #Latviešu #LatviešuValoda #LatviešuValoda #Latvija #LV #News #PopulārākāsZiņas #PopulārākāsZiņas #RailBaltica #TopStories #TopStories #World #WorldNews #WorldNews #Ziņas #ZiņasNoārvalstīm

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Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 10:57 UTC

[2/2] Gauja National Park cont. Significant numbers of native caterpillars of Abraxas sylvata | the clouded magpie moth hung from silken threads in our path and appeared to abseil rapidly to the ground when the camera came too close (📷1). Also very abundant was native Equisetum hyemale | the rough horsetail, a rush-like perennial herb we hadn’t consciously seen before. We saw deer in the distance and had a close but brief encounter with Natrix natrix | the grass snake, greyish with a distinctive yellow collar behind its head. In the air were the green-winged Gonepteryx rhamni | the brimstone butterfly (📷2) and the transparent-winged Aeshna cyanea | southern hawker dragonfly (📷3). We identified several new-to-us fungi, including the white Syzygites megalocarpus and Thelephora penicillata, but the bright orange of Pholiota aurivella stood out (📷4); there’s debate as to whether it’s edible.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

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Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 10:57 UTC

[2/2] Gauja National Park cont. Significant numbers of native caterpillars of Abraxas sylvata | the clouded magpie moth hung from silken threads in our path and appeared to abseil rapidly to the ground when the camera came too close (📷1). Also very abundant was native Equisetum hyemale | the rough horsetail, a rush-like perennial herb we hadn’t consciously seen before. We saw deer in the distance and had a close but brief encounter with Natrix natrix | the grass snake, greyish with a distinctive yellow collar behind its head. In the air were the green-winged Gonepteryx rhamni | the brimstone butterfly (📷2) and the transparent-winged Aeshna cyanea | southern hawker dragonfly (📷3). We identified several new-to-us fungi, including the white Syzygites megalocarpus and Thelephora penicillata, but the bright orange of Pholiota aurivella stood out (📷4); there’s debate as to whether it’s edible.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

#europe #baltics #latvia #latvija #travel #campervan

Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 10:57 UTC

[2/2] Gauja National Park cont. Significant numbers of native caterpillars of Abraxas sylvata | the clouded magpie moth hung from silken threads in our path and appeared to abseil rapidly to the ground when the camera came too close (📷1). Also very abundant was native Equisetum hyemale | the rough horsetail, a rush-like perennial herb we hadn’t consciously seen before. We saw deer in the distance and had a close but brief encounter with Natrix natrix | the grass snake, greyish with a distinctive yellow collar behind its head. In the air were the green-winged Gonepteryx rhamni | the brimstone butterfly (📷2) and the transparent-winged Aeshna cyanea | southern hawker dragonfly (📷3). We identified several new-to-us fungi, including the white Syzygites megalocarpus and Thelephora penicillata, but the bright orange of Pholiota aurivella stood out (📷4); there’s debate as to whether it’s edible.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

#europe #baltics #latvia #latvija #travel #campervan

Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 10:57 UTC

[2/2] Gauja National Park cont. Significant numbers of native caterpillars of Abraxas sylvata | the clouded magpie moth hung from silken threads in our path and appeared to abseil rapidly to the ground when the camera came too close (📷1). Also very abundant was native Equisetum hyemale | the rough horsetail, a rush-like perennial herb we hadn’t consciously seen before. We saw deer in the distance and had a close but brief encounter with Natrix natrix | the grass snake, greyish with a distinctive yellow collar behind its head. In the air were the green-winged Gonepteryx rhamni | the brimstone butterfly (📷2) and the transparent-winged Aeshna cyanea | southern hawker dragonfly (📷3). We identified several new-to-us fungi, including the white Syzygites megalocarpus and Thelephora penicillata, but the bright orange of Pholiota aurivella stood out (📷4); there’s debate as to whether it’s edible.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

#nationalpark #nature #hiking #vanlife #roadtrip #nomad

Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 10:57 UTC

[2/2] Gauja National Park cont. Significant numbers of native caterpillars of Abraxas sylvata | the clouded magpie moth hung from silken threads in our path and appeared to abseil rapidly to the ground when the camera came too close (📷1). Also very abundant was native Equisetum hyemale | the rough horsetail, a rush-like perennial herb we hadn’t consciously seen before. We saw deer in the distance and had a close but brief encounter with Natrix natrix | the grass snake, greyish with a distinctive yellow collar behind its head. In the air were the green-winged Gonepteryx rhamni | the brimstone butterfly (📷2) and the transparent-winged Aeshna cyanea | southern hawker dragonfly (📷3). We identified several new-to-us fungi, including the white Syzygites megalocarpus and Thelephora penicillata, but the bright orange of Pholiota aurivella stood out (📷4); there’s debate as to whether it’s edible.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

#europe #baltics #latvia #latvija #travel #campervan

Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 10:56 UTC

[1/2] At Siguldā we entered Gaujas nacionālais parks | Gauja National Park, Latvia’s largest and oldest, established around the glacier-formed Gauja River valley. From free all-day 🅿️ near the cableway we began walking downstream of the Turaidas iela bridge, soon arriving at a river beach (📷1). After 5km we came to a footbridge (Kājnieku tilts); just before this are the 15m high Velnalas klintis | Devil’s Cliffs (📷2). This short section of late Devonian sandstone is one of the reddish outcrops the park is known for; it formed 370–350 million years ago. On the return loop we came to Mazā Velna ala | the Small Devil Cave in the 1km-long Piķene Precipice, with a central sandstone pillar and graffiti over every accessible surface (📷3). Closing our loop at Turaidas iela bridge, we added an out-and-back extension to Gūtmaņa ala | Gutman’s Cave, the largest grotto by volume in the mountainless Baltic states. It’s comparatively small and most notable for the historic graffiti on its walls (📷4). A 12km/ 3.5h loop hike.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

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Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 10:56 UTC

[1/2] At Siguldā we entered Gaujas nacionālais parks | Gauja National Park, Latvia’s largest and oldest, established around the glacier-formed Gauja River valley. From free all-day 🅿️ near the cableway we began walking downstream of the Turaidas iela bridge, soon arriving at a river beach (📷1). After 5km we came to a footbridge (Kājnieku tilts); just before this are the 15m high Velnalas klintis | Devil’s Cliffs (📷2). This short section of late Devonian sandstone is one of the reddish outcrops the park is known for; it formed 370–350 million years ago. On the return loop we came to Mazā Velna ala | the Small Devil Cave in the 1km-long Piķene Precipice, with a central sandstone pillar and graffiti over every accessible surface (📷3). Closing our loop at Turaidas iela bridge, we added an out-and-back extension to Gūtmaņa ala | Gutman’s Cave, the largest grotto by volume in the mountainless Baltic states. It’s comparatively small and most notable for the historic graffiti on its walls (📷4). A 12km/ 3.5h loop hike.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

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Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 10:56 UTC

[1/2] At Siguldā we entered Gaujas nacionālais parks | Gauja National Park, Latvia’s largest and oldest, established around the glacier-formed Gauja River valley. From free all-day 🅿️ near the cableway we began walking downstream of the Turaidas iela bridge, soon arriving at a river beach (📷1). After 5km we came to a footbridge (Kājnieku tilts); just before this are the 15m high Velnalas klintis | Devil’s Cliffs (📷2). This short section of late Devonian sandstone is one of the reddish outcrops the park is known for; it formed 370–350 million years ago. On the return loop we came to Mazā Velna ala | the Small Devil Cave in the 1km-long Piķene Precipice, with a central sandstone pillar and graffiti over every accessible surface (📷3). Closing our loop at Turaidas iela bridge, we added an out-and-back extension to Gūtmaņa ala | Gutman’s Cave, the largest grotto by volume in the mountainless Baltic states. It’s comparatively small and most notable for the historic graffiti on its walls (📷4). A 12km/ 3.5h loop hike.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

#europe #baltics #latvia #latvija #travel #campervan

Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 10:56 UTC

[1/2] At Siguldā we entered Gaujas nacionālais parks | Gauja National Park, Latvia’s largest and oldest, established around the glacier-formed Gauja River valley. From free all-day 🅿️ near the cableway we began walking downstream of the Turaidas iela bridge, soon arriving at a river beach (📷1). After 5km we came to a footbridge (Kājnieku tilts); just before this are the 15m high Velnalas klintis | Devil’s Cliffs (📷2). This short section of late Devonian sandstone is one of the reddish outcrops the park is known for; it formed 370–350 million years ago. On the return loop we came to Mazā Velna ala | the Small Devil Cave in the 1km-long Piķene Precipice, with a central sandstone pillar and graffiti over every accessible surface (📷3). Closing our loop at Turaidas iela bridge, we added an out-and-back extension to Gūtmaņa ala | Gutman’s Cave, the largest grotto by volume in the mountainless Baltic states. It’s comparatively small and most notable for the historic graffiti on its walls (📷4). A 12km/ 3.5h loop hike.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark

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Curiosity Drive 🚐 @[email protected] · 2026-09-16 · 10:56 UTC

[1/2] At Siguldā we entered Gaujas nacionālais parks | Gauja National Park, Latvia’s largest and oldest, established around the glacier-formed Gauja River valley. From free all-day 🅿️ near the cableway we began walking downstream of the Turaidas iela bridge, soon arriving at a river beach (📷1). After 5km we came to a footbridge (Kājnieku tilts); just before this are the 15m high Velnalas klintis | Devil’s Cliffs (📷2). This short section of late Devonian sandstone is one of the reddish outcrops the park is known for; it formed 370–350 million years ago. On the return loop we came to Mazā Velna ala | the Small Devil Cave in the 1km-long Piķene Precipice, with a central sandstone pillar and graffiti over every accessible surface (📷3). Closing our loop at Turaidas iela bridge, we added an out-and-back extension to Gūtmaņa ala | Gutman’s Cave, the largest grotto by volume in the mountainless Baltic states. It’s comparatively small and most notable for the historic graffiti on its walls (📷4). A 12km/ 3.5h loop hike.

🇱🇻 #europe #baltics #latvia #latvija 🚀 #travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾 #hiking #nature #nationalPark