Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk againMapAugust 1213, 24, 2007 They’ve hung up long-awaited airport maps in “Domodedovo”. They look just like the ones in other airports, yet it’s impossible to make head nor tail of them. They’re utterly indecipherable. ![]() This airport employee puts barcode stickers on the strap of his wristwatch ahead of time for when he has to process large quantities of luggage. ![]() * * * The city has changed for the better over the last two years. Everything is bustling, blooming, and fragrant. ![]() Beauty will force its way through, no matter what. ![]()
Beauty and health There’s actually plenty of reading material on the walls. ![]() Park is the best subarb [sic.] ![]() Fuck you piece of shit Office buildings are popping up like mushrooms. ![]() They’ve even got dropped kerbs for prams at intersections now — no sign of those coming to Moscow anytime soon. ![]() If you want to compliment Sakhalin on its low prices, call them “Moscow prices”. That means cheap. Funnily enough, ads in the Moscow region say “Moscow region prices” to lure in customers. ![]() Chocolates at Moscow prices! Profanities scrawled on buildings are painted over with the Russian tricolour. ![]() They’ve put in new yellow-green rubbish bins (Vladivostok’s outdated model) all over town. Each bus stop is supposed to have two benches and two rubbish bins, but they can’t all fit inside the pavilion, therefore almost all of the benches are in the open air. ![]() You’d be hard-pressed to find a memorial plaque commemorating a highly dangerous criminal anywhere else in Russia. ![]() On 30 November 1998 detectives from the criminal investigations department of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Ministry of Internal Affairs lost their lives whilst detaining a highly dangerous criminal in the stairwell of this building All over town they’ve stuck in typical American missionary-style temples, which hail from South Korea. For instance, here’s a Presbyterian cinema where you can commune with the almighty. ![]() Bits of the municipal budget are also being spent on saving souls: ![]() Don’t drink mummy, it makes me nauseous There’s bitter rivalry over who has the best signal. ![]() If you drive out of the city, you’ll encounter this interesting sign: the letter “A” indicating a bus lane (bus is autobus in Russian). The posts at all of the bus stops on the city’s outskirts have been painted to look like birch trees. They haven’t kicked the habit of marking the oncoming lanes. ![]() Here’s a one of a kind sign: a picture of two cars driving towards you. Although they should really be driving away from you, that’s the whole point of the “no overtaking” sign. ![]() Beyond the city there’s the sea. People come here to relax. ![]() And to buy some illegal crab. ![]() |
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