AGAIN (former) Soviet Union (continued, part 3) can be difficult to understand the music lover As we stood at the edge of the pier, I was pointed in the direction of the lighthouse on the other side of the port and asked Marina: "You do not know that a man who serves the lighthouse, he lives with his wife and children? "On the face of Marina has been displayed universal boredom of all time, but she found the strength to answer in the affirmative. "Stop! So in fact they are all taken together form a family that lives in a lighthouse! Ze Lighthouse Family! "- I yelled. "Well, yes," - said my companion, "why are you so excited?» (The lighthouse family - a family that lives and maintains the lighthouse, prim.perev.) Then I had to read the short help of music history that a group of "Ze Lighthouse Family" is very well known to all music lovers since the late 80's. For greater clarity, I even sang a few lines from the song "Lifted": "Oh, we could emerge from the shadows to the light ...." Instead of applause I've seen in the auditorium just surprised looks stunned audience. Curtain. Then I remembered my last trip to Odessa. Then, three years ago, I played about the same "concert room", but the audience was two, in addition to the marina, as the reader will recall, was with us, Jeff. We then walked on a boat around the bay, it was the only time my joke has caused genuine laughter my friend. All other attempts to laugh it ended with the fact that Jeff shook his head in amazement and stretched face somewhere in the direction of space, probably in the direction of the star Alpha Centauri.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
In Honduras and without tourists is not bad - part 1
Blonde, ride to and Waterfalls Ben Bahia, Germany, the only thing in Honduras, you will not see - it's tourists. After visiting the islands Islas da la Bahia, (they are in the Caribbean Sea, off the northern coast of Honduras), where tourists have more than enough, we expect to see many newcomers across the country, but to our surprise, this did not happen. For a whole week of our stay we met a few foreign tourists (three German students and American family near Lake Yoho). At other times, it seemed as if all world governments issued any a warning about Honduras, but we missed them. All the hotels where we stayed, were completely empty. We did not see a single guest. All local buses, which we had to use it, never had a gringo or some other alien. During the inspection of local attractions are just us and nobody but us. Great! We remembered other countries that we were able to visit during this trip, and Honduras seemed to us something unreal. Only in El Salvador, there we go back after the Honduran approximately the same situation. Because there were no other travelers, we have had several amazing encounters with the locals. In addition, the country is totally ruined a lot of foreign guests. I was also surprised that with us almost never have more money than with the locals, except for a strange entry fee. Traveling is much easier when you do not need to be alert and overly tense when paying for goods or services. Pulhanpansak Waterfall Our first stop at this stage travel was Yoho Lake, located in the western part of the country.
Through Russia to Baikal - part 1
Trans-Siberian trip for two to Chris and Anna, UK Customs officials were not always the most cheerful people, but a woman who met us in Russia, could easily get the prize of the Snow Queen. We stood in a queue along with other foreigners, looking at how all those who stood before us, examined the lady who was very similar to the Anne Robinson of "weak link" (British television host intelligent show, approx. Perevi.). She, in silence, looking through each falling into her hands a passport, constantly sighing, desperately trying to find at least some inconsistency with the visas. After careful study of passports, which seemed to have taken an eternity, she grumbled, acknowledged his defeat and glumly pointed us to pass on, through a metal detector. Fortunately, such dire people like this woman, we met infrequently. In fact, most of them Russian, with whom we have met have been pretty nice people, even the drunk was interesting to practice their English and a little chat with us. Moscow. St. Basil's Cathedral. Our adventure began in Russia in Moscow, where we spent just two days before they began their journey on the Trans-rail in the direction of Beijing. The ancient architecture of the Kremlin, Moscow - a city unusual. Two days later, of course, is not enough to get an idea of ??the city, however, by the end of our stay, we both felt a certain indifference to this place. We certainly did not hate Moscow, but also about the love we did not go. In this city with all the clarity we have noticed the gap that separates rich and poor.
My friend and I travel together ... on the green continent - Part 4
IN SEARCH OF THE SUN THROUGH ALL AUSTRALIA (continued, part 4) Thus, the last bus, which we used in Australia, delivered us to the city of Melbourne. It was a very heavy 13-hour crossing. On the other hand, due to the fact that we have repeatedly went on the road at night, managed to save a lot of money because we did not have to rent a hotel room. Our stay in Melbourne was very different from our trips to other cities because here we had a lot of friends, so we almost did not feel like tourists in this city. It's amazing how you start to appreciate the simple things, such as feather beds and sofas, where you quite a long time has been deprived of this luxury. . Most of the time in Melbourne we spent in the company of our own guide. Our friend Anna, we met during a trip to Malaysia. Anna, by the way, learns to Jade at the university. The first few days we spent just walking around town and enjoying a very familiar atmosphere of the city's cafes. From Melbourne we still have very pleasant memories. It is not as big as Sydney, which gives it its charm. We went to the match on Australian football. We respected the rules, and we thought it was a very tough game. Anne's team lost just one point. What a pity! The same day, we climbed (no, not climbed - by elevator) to the observation deck a skyscraper "Eureka", the tallest residential building in the world. Kind of out great, the whole Melbourne - in your hand! Melbourne, at a glance I also liked how we went by car Anna at Phillip Island to see penguins on parade and on the road Great Ocean Road.