Day 87 Monday 27th June 2011
The weather broke and rain was the order of the day. A lot of noise from the main square in Vladivostok drew us to it like bees to honey and the large stage that had been there empty since we arrived here was now live and humming with life.
It seemed like there was some sort of variety show on the go but I couldn’t make out what the common theme was because one minute we had a naval band playing swing and jazz numbers, then folk dancing, girl drum bands, singers, a comedy act – not funny though, dance troupes ranging from dancing school type routines to modern plus salsa, hip hop and rap singing – all this to an audience of around 50 or 60 diehards who were willing to stand in the rain to watch. We had raincoats and nothing else to do so we were amongst that number. The Russian way of life is gradually unfolding before our very eyes and it is wonderfully crazy and confusing but we have to remember that we are actually in Far Eastern Siberia and only 50 miles from China.
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We walked over to the port to await the arrival of the weekly DongHae ferry from South Korea but the weather was closing in, the fog was getting thicker and it looked like the ferry was not about to arrive anytime soon so we gave up and had a beer in the bar instead.
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