Dagomys Hotel Sochi
Russia 354207, Krasnodar Sochi, South Russia, 354207, Russian Federation
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MOTHER RUSSIA!!
... and it’s not in the bar.
The ferry docks in mother Russia mid afternoon and then starts the passing of pieces of paper. No real idea what I’m doing or what they’re doing I don’t leave the customs until 6pm. The Frenchies are good ones and they feed me and we drink French wine to wile away the hours.
Getting out of Sochi is pretty tough with a lot of mountains and a lot of s bends and wet roads. I ride north to ...
Not impressed
June 16 -At Sea
Eating lunch on the pool deck......OK, so I had another Big Ass burger, but they're soooo good.....I saw dolphins jumping beside the ship! They followed us while I ate! I guess later, when I was back in the office, there were 100's of dolphins beside the ship. Who woulda thought?
Today I learned that I can't get off the ship in Sochi. It seems I need a National Seamans Book and mine is a Bahamas Seamans Book, for the Russians to let me off the ...
Sochi Stopover
... It is the usual story with the socialist regimes - lots of officialdom, multilayered processing, lack of grace and politeness and duplication seem to be the order of the day. We were given a guide called Anna, a very attractive young lady of 24 from the Ural area who and wasn’t shy about telling of her personal life when questioned by nosy guests. We took a trip out to the future Winter Olympic site at Krasnaya Polyana in the ...
WINTER TRAVELS TO THE BLACK SEA
... together. I'd forgotten that, "People drink because they want to do the things they don't feel free to do sober." - J.Breen philosophy I was stronger the second time I saw her. In response to the story of her recent broken heart, I told her "Love" is just a negative feeling that comes from loss. I detailed my nomadic love life, saying that dancing with someone can be an expression of romance. She agreed with me. And she told me to keep ...
Sochi, Russia
... learn to greet tourists with at least a smile if nothing else. A couple of people we were with saw two policemen nearby and told us they were going to ask to take a photo with them. One policeman walked away when he saw our friend coming and the other refused to have his photo taken. See what I mean? Doesn't take much to be nice. I can imagine it would be a pretty place in winter as the mountains are visible from the ...



