Friday 4 May 2018

#2 Vladivostok - So The Adventure Begins


Well the rewards are there for those who wait. And wait we did on the exhausting flight Adelaide, Sydney, Shanghai and on to Vladivostok.
Transfer with taxi was easy without demonstrating too many language skills. Check in a comfy down town hotel then hit the streets.
Great talking to some girls in their fluent English in a tourist shop about politics and being Russian.
Hunt for a SIM card took us to the down side alleys, underground in a maze of shops and in doing so meeting some nice people. Running into our groups David was fun as him and Amy met us in the coolest of music bars decorated and steeped in music deco.
On the street primed with beers and good food to discover the military might of Russia in the form of a practice for a forthcoming victory day celebration. The calling of the generals standing tall saluting in their open ancient Rolls with the soldiers responding echoed down the boulevards. More thought out words later but here’s a glance.