Here’s a second set of photos from my three weeks in Russia among family and friends. This time, the source comes from both Moscow and Orenburg, a city of some 600,000 that sits on the Ural river in southern Russia.
Cars (and garages to house them) are multiplying at a terrifying rate. Moscow, and Orenburg to a lesser degree have been overrun by “inomarki,” or foreign cars, making Russian made autos scarce. Traffic sucks.
Russia’s mighty lakes and rivers are filled with mighty fish, like this huge monster my grandpa caught.
My fourth cousin poses with the boundary marker of Asia and Europe, on the Ural river in Orenburg. (yes, I know it’s blurry).
The advertising doesn’t stop.
The mighty Ural river.
Swimming /floating in a salt lake is completely unreal.
The backyard garden of my relatives’ dacha in Orenburg.
The dacha itself.
The ultra-creepy suburban-ish dacha of their ultra-rich banker neighbors.
Text: “We love our city!”
Text: “For Adults”
New construction in the Moscow suburbs, aka madness in the form of high-rises.
Once Russia’s longest hotel, now just apartments.
Young peoples (me included) took to the streets after Russia schooled the Netherlands 3-1 in Switzerland.
What a bunch of zombies!
Salyut!!!!!
Even oil and gas-rich Russia has windmills.
Mullets… are so in right now in Russia… How confused they are!!
You are my hero!
Comment by Lea LSF — July 12, 2008 @ 5:41 am