ESTONIA
I’m on a journey to a country where 80% of my friends are ignorant to the fact that Estonia even has an ocean. This is the kind of trip I love! I have no idea what I am going to discover there. Estonia is not the kind of country where windsurfers like myself normally travel to. I know from my past experiences that when you go on a last minute trip, you more often than not end up meeting great people and having an adventure to remember. I had met Jaanus by chance during a winter travel trip to South Africa. I adore his photography and the emotions that come out from his work! This seemed the perfect opportunity to fulfil the promise we made to work together on a new trip as soon as the opportunity would arise.
On arrival in Estonia I took the time to visit the capital, the old city of Tallinn. This is said to be the best-preserved medieval city in northern Europe. It is a superb place to explore; there is awesome architecture with lots of traces of the former Soviet presence, which I was interested to discover. Estonia regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and borders Latvia, Russia and of course the Baltic Sea. The country is one of the least densely populated in Europe with a mere population of 1.3 million, largely due to the fact over half of the land is covered with forests.