Apologies for the lack of posts on here lately, work has picked up and I’ve been rather busy.\u00a0 Besides, it’s been a quiet couple of weeks anyway with not much happening which has been worthy of note.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow, weather permitting,\u00a0we will leave Russia for the first time since our arrival some four and a half months ago (it will be only my second time off the island).\u00a0 We are going to Pattaya in Thailand with a Russian couple from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to lie on the beach, do some snorkelling, and generally take it easy.<\/p>\n
I will be back in Sakhalin on 9th February with a suntan, lots of photos, and a ladyboy or two.<\/p>\n
UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n Moderately heavy snow in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk has delayed our departure by 24 hours.\u00a0 The namby-pamby Koreans of Asiana Airlines wouldn’t land their plane in the snow,\u00a0the same plane we were supposed to catch out of here on\u00a0its return leg.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the\u00a0rough-and-ready Russians,\u00a0smoking cigars whilst poking their heads out the windows of their rickety old Antonovs and WWII bombers,\u00a0have been taking off all morning.\u00a0 The good news is\u00a0we should\u00a0be able to\u00a0extend our holiday until the 12th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Apologies for the lack of posts on here lately, work has picked up and I’ve been rather busy.\u00a0 Besides, it’s been a quiet couple of weeks anyway with not much happening which has been worthy of note. Tomorrow, weather permitting,\u00a0we … Continue reading