The sunday after our kayak trip, we were called by our new friend : André and his wife, to accompany them on a hike to a place where we would have not been able to go without a car. It was a strange trail for it went through marshlands on a board-walk. It was a completely different environment than what we can see arround our place in Jõelähtme. The only similarity was that it was hardly populated. You could see swamps to the horizon. The only dry place was on these boards which they set in the winter when the marshes are frozen. To get a better point of view, some watch-towers were placed along the way and revealed great landscapes.
Towards the end of our hike, we got to a little hill with a set of lakes on top. We walked through the forest, eating our way through, with strawberries, blueberries, as well as “murakas” which are a strange looking berry, a bit like a raspberry except it turns yellow when it’s ripe and is pink when it’s not. The last scenery which we saw was a tundra-like landscape on a site where the Soviets had bombed the area before leaving. The vegetation was very low and similar to what I had seen in Alaska (though this one was not natural).
A good work out, in nice company, to continue this very sportive weekend !
