Soomaa National Park: 29th -30th July 2009 In a land far away, where time is counted not in seconds but instead in seasons, where the wind speaks only to the hardiest, where the Empire of the Mosquito rules the land by awesome might, there went a man who wanted but one thing: a cold beer. But in his quest, he alone would take on the dreaded armies of the Mosquito Empire and their staunchest of allies, the nefarious Horsefly Nation. Few remember him now (due to the short visit), but the scribes recorded well their battle on the Parnu River during the campaign known as The Soomaa Beaver Safari. This is the story of Douglas of Estonia, a man that local tribesmen would name Kaluu-panaaru-taaparii-navuu (meaning “He who left his bug spray in the cabin and
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