Category Archives: Adventures

Travelling, especially by bicycle, and otherwise being away from home to change myself and the world.

Folk festival Baltica 2012. Health problems.

Posted on 2013/01/24 by Pavels Melnis

On November 2011 I joined local folk group “Putnis” from Jaunlaicene. Summer solstice was behind and now it was time for big folk festival Baltica which lasted for several days in Riga and some towns in Latvia. There was … Continue reading →

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Plastic plague. Trash-careless people.

Posted on 2013/01/23 by Pavels Melnis

My life would go on much faster if people in my neighbourhood would be more eco-educated or maybe had a warmer heart towards nature. I have to spend much time collecting trash from my forest and from the roadsides. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, Technocracy | Tagged Aluksne lake, bicycle, bicyclerides, carelessness, east europe, ecology, latvia, latvians, plastic, quicksilver lightbulb, recycling, trash | 1 Comment

Travelling through Latvia to visit homeland Alūksne, spring 2012

Posted on 2013/01/18 by Pavels Melnis

Sometimes I of course went home. Mostly I travelled by bicycle on friday exactly after the lessons. Usually I started at 16:00 o’ clock and arrived to my parents place in Alūksne town at 1 o’clock in the night. Even … Continue reading →

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Log building school, on the road again, moving to Ergli

Posted on 2012/03/26 by Pavels Melnis

I managed to enter log building school in Ergli (www.ergliarods.lv). Usually courses last 10 months for employed, but since I am unemployed and receive a grant, then it is four months (640 hours) until the end of June, and I … Continue reading →

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Unwanted visitors

Posted on 2011/12/03 by Pavels Melnis

What a bad luck. My new home was visited by burglars. They’ve stolen some of my junk and good stuff, too. After I returned from Estonian Grundtvig workshop “Innovative use of Natural Building Materials” in August I decided to start … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, Technocracy | Tagged burglars, burglary, burning tires, crime, criminal, criminology, eineurojob, latvia, latvians, police, theft | 1 Comment

Arrival, empty well (Beginning of a story)

Posted on 2011/11/20 by Pavels Melnis

A few months already have passed since I moved to the country. I was waiting for the moment, when I learn everything necessary to live in the wilderness, but if not applied, this knowledge disappears, so it is better to … Continue reading →

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