Lazarewskoe Wzmore Sochi
354200 Sotschi Sochi, South Russia, Russian Federation
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MOTHER RUSSIA!!
The ferry eventually leaves Trabzon at 8ish and bertha is joined by a group of quads riden by Frenchies. Not entirely sure of whether I have a seat or not I curl up in the bar and try to sleep. Unfortunately there's loud **** music that interrupts any attempt I make. With prior notification of prostitutes and general low lifes on this crossing I try identify some candidates, not entirely sure which ones are the prostitutes though. Eventually I find where I’m meant ...
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
... bangs dropped on her forehead. She wore a black skirt, a blue sweater, and a leopard coat. She had a wonderfully-popping voice. She was, it seemed, too much fun to also be smart. I sat with her, a female friend of hers, and that female friend's boyfriend. And then, the guy opened a bottle of beer and asked if I wanted a drink. Elina also drank, but little. She'd recently had an emotional experience that involved changing boyfriends. She ...
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 ...


