{"id":37335,"date":"2019-09-02T08:18:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T12:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=37335"},"modified":"2019-09-03T01:45:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T05:45:23","slug":"sep-2-19-vladivostok-russian-siberia-the-walk-to-the-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=37335","title":{"rendered":"SEP 2, 19 .. VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIAN SIBERIA .. THE WALK TO THE BUS"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Irkutsk, to get from our flat to the nearest tram stop, we have a nice, paved, relatively smooth, relatively short walk. A walk that Patti managed quite comfortably all-things-considered.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was telling Patti that the walk from my flat here in Vladivostok to the nearest bus stop borders on what would be extremely (if not impossible) difficult for Patti.<\/span><\/p>\n

Until this afternoon, I’d walked it one time, that being yesterday when I accompanied some friends to the bus stop after a meeting in my flat. Thanks to my assisting them, I learned where the bus stop is located.<\/span><\/p>\n

I had no intention of ever walking it again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, Oh Sigh..<\/span><\/p>\n

This afternoon I had to go to the local super market to get some food in for dinner this evening.<\/span><\/p>\n

To get to the market, I had to catch and ride a bus.<\/span><\/p>\n

So out and off I went, camera-in-hand, to show Patti what I was talking about.<\/span><\/p>\n

Right-off-the-bat you have 34 steps to walk down.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here we go:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Down.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking back up when we return.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Then right down another (shorter) flight of just 10 steps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the return we’ll walk back up them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now we have a relatively good walking surface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I said relatively good. I did not say perfect.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On we stroll.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The below Building Number 30 is a critical land-mark for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is mid-route, and when I see Building Number 30 I know I am on-the-beam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And on we go.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A few up-close-and-personal photographs of what we just walked over in the above photos.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I beg your pardon!<\/span><\/p>\n

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I never promised you a rose garden!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Patti, I honestly think you’d be in (or close to) tears if you had to walk this walk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I myself could not possibly transport a large order of groceries over it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three trips are quite enough for me in this lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now we are going to walk up a small hill to the last set of the steps. There are 21 steps here.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Up we go.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking back down the above steps for when we return from the store with groceries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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IF you want to get back to where you began, you’d better know the name of your bus stop of origin. Great information. All of the buses that stop here.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here comes a bus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oh why not snap a few more bus photos!<\/span><\/p>\n

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I’ll sign off as..<\/span><\/p>\n

Cap Your Survivor<\/span><\/p>\n

Post Script : The walk, I made a third round trip to check it out, takes right at 10-minutes. A little less, a little more. Not hurrying but not slacking either.<\/p>\n

By The Way, if you haven’t seen my SEP 1st Post,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be sure to continue to scroll down and check it out. In the SEP 1st Post, there is a link to a blogspot Post showing some scenes of Vladivostok you don’t want to miss.<\/span><\/p>\n

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