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Blog Archive: August 2021

Latvia

Putraimi - guest house and recreational area near Kuldīga

Putraimi recreational area is located in Snēpele parish, Kuldīga municipality, some 170 km from nation's capital.

I discovered this place by a chance in the Summer of 2021, and though I didn't stay overnight here I would love to return here and have some outdoor barbecue in the future.

Here at Putraimi, they have several ponds with fish. Outdoor lovers and fishing enthusiasts will enjoy this place.

Contact details:

(+371) 29181329 - Aija…

Living in Georgia

Lagodekhi and Kakheti trip

Lagodekhi & Kakheti Trip - our first real camping trip with a tent at Lagodekhi national park in Georgia.

Enjoying a wide variety of grapes at Ampelo resort and picking up hazelnut with a retired colonel at Chateau Bruale in Kakheti. Enjoy the video and thumbs up!

August 20-21, 2021

Georgia

Ampelo Resort Kardenakhi

Ampelo Resort is located in the Kardanaki village some 2 hour drive from the Tbilisi. Reosrt feature a restaurant, bar, a shared lounge, and a garden.

There is an outdoor / infiniti pool, but at the time we visited this place it seemed the water is not heated (unlike in some other Kakhetian resorts, like Lopota lake, for example) 

We booked a family room for a one night stay at this hotel at the end of August 2021 and paid GEL 480 ( USD…

Options trading

7 Dividend Stocks To accumulate while selling Put options for extra income

In today's article, I'm going to talk about 7 dividend stocks I don't mind having in my portfolio and how I'm generating additional semi-passive income by selling put options (or credit spreads) on them.Disclosure:  I'm not a financial advisor and I don't give you any advice here, I'm just sharing my own experience. Investments in stocks, funds, bonds, or cryptos are risk investments and you could lose some or all of your…

Latvia

The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia

The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia is an open-air museum located just outside Riga, the capital of Latvia, on the lightly wooded shores of Jugla Lake.

The museum currently occupies 87 hectares and displays 118 buildings, as well as more than 3,000 items. Most of Latvia's historical ethnic groups are represented in the museum. The museum's collection holds approximately 150,000 artifacts.

Despite being a native of Riga, I first…

Laptop & Gadget Reviews

Top 18 Gaming PCs with Intel Core I9 Processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Looking for some incredibly fast machine?Think PC with Intel Core i9 processor and the powerful NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card.The GeForce RTX™ 3090 is a big ferocious GPU (BFGPU) with TITAN class performance. It’s powered by Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture—doubling down on ray tracing and AI performance with enhanced Ray Tracing (RT) Cores, Tensor Cores, and new streaming multiprocessors. Plus, it features a staggering 24 GB of…

Living in Georgia

Batumi From a Drone Flight 2020

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Beautiful Batumi from a bird's flight. DJI Mini Mavic 2.7K drone footage August 5th, 2020 Lovingly post-processed in Tbilisi just now Music by Scott Holmes, Driven to Success While shooting this footage almost crashed my little drone to the Alphabetic tower while doing circuit cinematic flight

Georgia

Abano Mineral Lake Natural Monument

Abano Mineral Lake Natural Monument is a small lake in Kazbegi Municipality in Truso valley on the left bank of Terek River, to the east of the village Abano at 2,127 m above sea level.

First discovered back in Summer of 2021, during the Kazbegi trip

The lake was created by a carbon dioxide filled underground stream flowing to the surface through carbonate rocks from the late Jurassic period.

The lake "boils" loudly with carbon dioxide…

Latvia

Nīcava restaurant

Restaurant Nīcava is located in Nīca town, Latvia. some 230 km from the nation's capital Riga, sandwiched between Liepāja and Jūrmalciems.

We paid here a short stop in mid-July 2021, while traveling to the Pape beach

Turns out there is both a motel/guest house and a restaurant. Restaurant here serves typical Latvian cuisine. 

Quite a nice place. We enjoyed here something from the grill menu and a few drinks.

Latvia

Summer in Latvia 2021

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Summer in Latvia 2021 or this is how we spent an awesome one month in Latvia.

From getting a vaccine at Akropolis shopping mall in Riga to wild beaches near Pape.

From a wooden boat in Pāvilosta to yacht in Ķīšezers.

Made a ton of hyper lapses, ate a ton of birthday cakes, and more. Enjoy the video!

Digital Photography School

How To add Pixelate effect Adobe Premiere Pro

Recently I faced an issue with a video uploaded to YouTube, the video featured parts that needed to be removed or pixelated. After a quick google search I found this awesome video tutorial, and here is how:

From the Effects panel search for 'mosaic' - > choose from Stylize and apply Mosaic to all clip



If you are looking to pixelate just a part of the video, say a face or body, from the effect Control window, under the Mosaic, select oval…

Latvia

Hotel Butterfly House in Pāvilosta

Set some 3 km from the city center of Pāvilosta  Butterfly House offers accommodation with free WiFi, BBQ facilities, a garden, and free private parking.

We booked this place for a 2-night stay in mid-July and paid EUR 266. We chose this hotel as we were looking for some nice place to stay and throw a birthday party for our 3-year-old daughter. It seems we booked the most spacious room, some 100m2 and were able to accomodate…

Latvia

Guest house Otrā Elpa in Valka

Otrā Elpa is located in the center of Valka. Guests are welcome to use free Wi-Fi in all areas of this property.

I have stayed in this hotel a few times, and last time did it so back in the mid-July 2021, when had a quick trip to Valka and nearby area


Decorated in light colours, all rooms here will provide you with cable TV and a table. Private bathrooms also come with a shower.

For a stay here with some hearty brekfast I paid about EUR 50…

Georgia

Gveleti Small Waterfalls

Gveleti waterfalls are located in the region of  Kazbegi region near the small village Gveleti.

Outdoor lovers and hikers will enjoy this little waterfall a lot .

I first discovered this place at the end of July 2021, during a weekend trip to Kazbegi. As we were driving with a 4x4 SUV car, we drove most of the unpaved road to the waterfall and left our car parked some 30-minute walk from the waterfall. 

 The path to the…

Georgia

Terek Valley Viewpoint

Terek Valley viewpoint is located along the Georgian military road, close to the border with Russia. Maybe not as impressive as Georgia - Russia Friendship monument located near the Gudauri, still, if you happen to be in this area of the world, give it a try, views are still quite spectacular.

There is a little altar of sacrifice built at the viewpoint

At the start I mistakenly thought this is a Darial gorge, just later thanks to the drone's…

Latvia

Andrejsala

Andrejsala is an area located in the Pētersala-Andrejsala neighborhood of Riga, Latvia within a former territory of an industrial port next to the city center.

Andrejsala is a chich, urban place to visit. 

It is currently developed into a significant art, culture, and entertainment center featuring exhibition halls, clubs, workshops, studios, a cafe, and a hotel.

As the Riga passenger port is in a close proximity, Andrejsala is popular…

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