{"id":36834,"date":"2019-08-08T00:37:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T04:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=36834"},"modified":"2019-08-08T00:37:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T04:37:09","slug":"aug-8-19-vladivostok-russian-siberia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=36834","title":{"rendered":"AUG 8, 19 .. VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIAN SIBERIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

As my visit here to Russian Siberia ‘winds down’, I finally took decisive action to visit the one last place that I have wanted to visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

VLADIVOSTOK<\/span><\/p>\n

Talk about being ‘way down there’ Vladivostok qualifies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Below, Irkutsk<\/span><\/em><\/span> is the upper left red balloon.<\/em><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Vladivostok<\/span><\/em><\/span> is the lower right red balloon.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A closer look at Vladivostok.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“When exactly is it that things-get-easy?”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Irkutsk to Vladivostok is a 3 1\/2 day Trans-Siberian Train trip, so I went on-line to set up flights. I got all the way to ‘pay’ and guess what ?<\/span><\/p>\n

The below story began to repeat itself !<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=36386<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 I said to myself : “Grrrrr! Nuts on this!”<\/span><\/p>\n

2. I called the S7 Airline Office here in Irkutsk.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. I spoke to “Olga” and told her I could not get my trip set up on-line.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Olga said : “Do you know where Kirov Square and the Hotel Angara are?”<\/span><\/p>\n

5. “Yes I do.”<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Olga said : “Come into our office.”<\/span><\/p>\n

7. I did and I now have my tickets to fly to Vladivostok on August the 20th and return to Irkutsk September the 3rd.<\/span><\/p>\n

And That-Was-That !<\/span><\/p>\n

So much for this credit card drama that is happening to me !<\/span><\/p>\n

Things are beginning to ratchet-up for yours truly :<\/span><\/p>\n

August 16 – 18. Convention in Baykalsk.<\/span><\/p>\n

August 20 – September 3. Vladivostok.<\/span><\/p>\n

September 9 – 11 : Leave Russia and head for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still Smiling .. Cap<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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