Day 90 Thursday 30th June 2011
Can’t believe that we have reached the end of June already – day 90 of our trip means that we have been away for almost 3 months and if all goes to plan also means that we are at the halfway point in our trip – that’s halfway in terms of time rather than miles left to travel because that would leave us three quarters of the trip left to travel.
Thank goodness the weather has been kind to us. Today has been bright, warm and sunny so we went again off in search of a bookshop detailed in an online post on the Lonely Planet site but when we got there it seemed like there are no English language books so we put that one on the shelf for later (pun intended).
A glance over to the port revealed three masts towering above the ferry terminal so armed with this exciting change of view we pointed ourselves in the same direction and came upon the tall ship Pallada berthed at the dockside in the same space normally occupied by the DongHae ferry. What a magnificent ship. Mark did some research and found that its home port is Vladivostok and it was built in the 1980’s and is used to train young people in the dark art of sailing.
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| Pallada at the quay in Vladivostok |
The beach acted as our next haunt and we sat at a harbour-side cafe with a drink (non-alcoholic) and watched the sea like ancient mariners looking out across the ocean in the hope of seeing the vessel with our bloody container on it.
Back at the hotel we had a drink with Jim, Barbara, John, Amanda and little Lana, a group of Aussies from Brisbane whose 4x4 vehicles are in containers aboard the same vessel as our bikes. They are desert lovers and chose Russia to get lost in as a bit of a different adventure – or at least it will be when they get their vehicles.
No news from Yuri so just another day in paradise
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