zolotoy bridge | Золотой мост
russky birdge | Русский мост
zolotoy bridge | Золотой мост
russky birdge | Русский мост
our awkward and dericious dinner at pyongyang cafe.
i had cognac with my food, something the late mr. kim would have approved.
bulgogi.
the waitresses were all north koreans (allegedly). there were four of them, skinny and well-dressed, watching the fina world championships while they waited on us. the room was equipped with a norebang machine just in case the cognac got out of hand.
Пхеньян кафе
vladivostok station, the eastern terminus of the trans siberian railway.
zolotoy bridge Золотой мост
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the book of the great sea-dragons (1840) by geologist thomas hawkins (wikimedia)
see memoirs of ichthyosauri and plesiosauri (1834) and the book of the great sea-dragons (1840) by thomas hawkins.
We visited the submarine museum housed in the soviet submarine S-56. the sub was launched in 1939 from vladivostok and spent a few glorious years fighting and sinking nazi ships during the great patriotic war.
soviet s-class submarines (Средняя) a.k.a stalinet-class (Cталинец).
torpedoes and bunk beds.
soviet naval ensign (wikimedia)
naval jack (wikimedia)
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photo of abandoned submarines in vladivostok, 2001.