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" It Is dangerous! A zone of a fog ". Unfortunately, this place of a line Riga - Jurmala is known not only strong fogs

If you arrived to Latvia by the machine and have decided to visit to the sea, in Jurmala, this site of road to you to not avoid. Here not a rarity - autoaccidents with participation of several tens automobiles. Last time here has turned over and has lit up a gasoline tank truck with full tanks. The flame was such powerful, that the bridge through the river has become worthless. It(he) has simply cracked from heat. But it only "florets". Here "berries": this place carries bad glory of " a bad place ". Bad - in the widest sense of this word. There were cases when automobiles together with passengers here vanished. They simply drave to a fog and disappeared. Some of them appeared on the spot, in some days. That who was in the machine, appear, that they continue to go on road indifferently. Though week or two has passed. Some of the disappeared machines and have not found.

Latgal'skoe suburb of Riga. Street Turgeneva. City here so old, that on roofs of houses trees grow. 

 

On the right: not only roofs, but also walls of houses are covered with a moss and a fine bush

 

And it already the centre of Riga. The factory well-known in the former USSR "Laima" which is letting out chocolate sweets. To present for March, 8 or New year a box of such sweets was considered as a good form. On a visit it was possible and to go, having taken with itself champagne and sweets "Laima". Today the factory "Laima" has not best times. As, however, and all those not numerous manufactures that have survived in conditions of modern Latvia. Today Latvia is the country of banks and department stores.

" Affairs everyday ". The positive moment in modern Latvia - obligatory insurance of motor transport. Now, after failure, nobody causes "reinforcement" from gangsters. There comes car inspection and writes down the data of insurance policies. The insurance company compensates damage to the one who was not guilty in happened. Well, and the originator will pay only for repair of the automobile.

September 2002

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