Sneaking into Russia early

There is a part of Estonia that is forever Russia, or is that the other way around ?

As we were just killing time before our visas activated we were bimbling around Estonian back roads when we came across this sign.

I'd read about this bit of road but had not checked where it was. For 1 kilometer it crosses into Russian territory and back to Estonia. No barriers, no guard posts, no guards.

Jean decided not to cross the line in case they had cameras on us. I, on the other hand, chose to take photos (probably not a good idea ) and then enter the "zone" on the bike ( because walking would be breaking the rules).

As we returned along the road (track) we noticed that a small part of the Russian border came right alongside​ the edge of the road. We stopped and looked at it ( having missed seeing the no stopping sign) and noted the little no man's land of finely raked soil that would show up any footprints.

No sooner had we moved off than a police car came slowly round the bend , the two occupants eyeing us sternly.

We had wondered if there were any surveillance cameras. I think that answered the question.