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Time for Sea Legs!
Spirit of Enderby - our home for the next 18 days.
"Our vessel, the 'Spirit of Enderby' is perfect for Expedition Travel. The real focus and emphasis of every expedition is getting you ashore as often as possible for as long as possible with maximum safety and comfort. It carries just 48 passengers in very comfortable accommodation (refurbished in New Zealand ...
Yuzhno and up north again
... The mother very much reminded me of Turkmen women, as all her teeth were capped with gold; this scenario was very much a norm in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Teeth aside, my cabin mates were extremely friendly and offered up what was deemed their dinner - a whole rotisserie chicken, chopped bread and several cucumbers and tomatoes. Still have no idea what language was being spoken - sounded like Hebrew. Had me stumped for sure. Lastly, ...
Northern cities of Sakhalin - Nogliki and Oxa
... to fire this guy that was supposed to serve as my assistant with this 4-month assignment. Post-work, I took a stroll around and wondered just how people live here - not only is it in the middle of nowhere, but like Nogliki there are few if any restaurants but a great deal of derelict buildings and lack of commerce. Dinner consisted of some artificial cheese, black bread and a mixed salad bought from a small local store near my hotel. Quite ...
A few scenes from around Sakhalin Island
Well folks, I have visited a few nice places outside of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk recently. Some of these were as a result of having joined the Hash House Harriers. Those of you who are unfamiliar with this club, hereafter called H3, it is a club that meets on a fairly regular basis to go for a run or in our case, walk along a trail set by some other members. Throughout the afternoon the chorus of OnOn is heard, is it a bird or is it a band of crazy people? ...
Places to see in Yuzhno
... at the Chekhov Theatre. I've been to a dance competition which was quite entertaining and it didn't really matter that I had no idea what people were saying. I also went to see a production of "The Bat" (an operetta) with a friend and her mother. Unfortunately for me we were only able to get tickets that placed us in different parts of the theatre so I didn't have any chance of interpretation during the play. However, it was ...
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