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Japan to England, Overland - Step 6: Coming up for Air in the Baltics

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October 26th 2008
Hi. My blogging, well. I guess irratic isn't quite the word but non-existent for the last couple of months, it has been. I have just recently cleared the border of Russia and am now back in the EU after over 2 years of being in the Asian part fo the world, and well its intersting to be back. Certainly blogging was the least of my concerns whilst I was in Russia, and almost impossible in ... read more

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After a brief period of independence between the two World Wars, Latvia was annexed by the USSR in 1940. It reestablished its independence in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Although the last Russian troops left in 1994, the status of... ... read more