Eastern Border Tour (3) Vladivostok 2

The content of the next day is actually the same as yesterday. If I signed up for a three-day tour, I should have responded in the morning. I signed up for a four-day tour, so this day is free time. The tour guide doesn't care what you are going to do, and just requires you to gather here on the morning of the fourth day and set off. We decided to walk through the places we visited yesterday again. The free activities are definitely different from those with the tour guide, and we can also experience the real local conditions better.

Get up in the morning and continue running to the roof to take pictures of the city.

The sea in the distance and the Great Russian Island are very clear.

The city is still very developed.

Vladivostok is also a health resort with beautiful scenery and has become the third tourist health resort after the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea coast. Taking advantage of the characteristics of hilly terrain, seaside location and large forests, through overall planning and design, this coastal mountain city is decorated with beauty, uniqueness, beautiful environment and refreshing atmosphere. There are also good bathing beaches here.

There is no tour guide today, so we checked Google Maps to find the bus to the city center. By the way, Google is available as soon as you leave the country. It seems to be very open here.

When we walk to the bus stop and have to cross the highway, the driver will politely stop and signal us to pass.

The bus was not that good, it was very shabby and it was a pity that there was a blond beauty on the bus.

Take a secret photo of .

Pass through the city

There were not many people in the car.

The final stop is the train station we visited yesterday.

It is said that this Lenin statue is pointing in the direction of Japan. I don’t know what the old man’s mental activities were at the beginning.

The train station across the road.

I walked through the station yesterday, and today I went in the opposite direction to the beach.

Exotic scenery, yet somewhat familiar architecture.

Look at the express delivery companies in China.

When you see the sea, walk along the coast.

Beautiful scenery

This hotel is very famous. It is built on the beach and backed by a cliff. Entering from the lobby is the seventh floor, and then the room goes down, and the windows face the sea.

There are many statues in the city.

The water is clear.

There is a fortress on the map, which is the goal I have been looking for.

It looks like this from the map, but it doesn't look like it when you get closer.

In 1899, Vladivostok was officially declared a fortress, and the first permanent defense project was designed by Colonel K.I. Velichko, a famous Russian engineering expert and professor at the Nikolai Engineering Corps Academy. The overall plan of this line of defense was drawn up by the Chief of Operations, General A. N. Kurobatkin. It started from the Amursky Bay, passed through the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, and finally reached Ussuriysk ( Shuangchengzi), about 3-5 kilometers away from the Golden Horn. The approximate location is correct, but unfortunately I didn't see it.

From here, we walked toward the city center. The map showed that there was a traffic police station in front of us. We passed by it and happened to catch up with a police gathering to present prizes.

The gathering is in a square in front of a church, or the police station may be right next to it.

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There are many beautiful police officers.

Leaders' uniforms are of different colors.

Police officers receiving commendations.

The policewoman returned after receiving the award.

Take photos in all directions.

After the ceremony, the police officers filed back.

Here's a video. This is an extra bonus of this trip, which was not included in the original attractions.

After the ceremony, continue walking along the street.

a small square

Fruit stall.

Look closely at the license plate. Everyone knows the meaning of Russia in the lower right corner. The 125 on the top represents Primorsky Krai. Vladivostok is the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District and the capital of Primorsky Krai. I don’t know what the pattern is with the car numbers on the left.

Like the Chinese, trench cars also need an auspicious number .

Back to the central square.

The original image of the Red Army soldiers was the same as the Red Army soldiers in "How Steel Was Tempered". Although Russia has experienced drastic political changes, its history remains. The Soviet era also preserved many statues of figures from the Tsarist era. Now the country's guiding ideology has changed, but the images of Red Army soldiers and the submarines on the square still preserve the image and culture of the Red Army and Red Navy.

This seems to be the Primorsky Territory Government.

The main street facing the Central Square is the most prosperous commercial district in Vladivostok. We are going to start shopping . My wife bought a purple gold necklace in a jewelry store. I had never heard of what purple gold was. Later I found out that this thing is really one of the specialties here. Purple gold is a European style. Unlike gold and platinum, it has high hardness and bright color. The finished products, such as rings, earrings, and bracelets, are symbols of nobility, wealth, and high taste in social activities of European upper classes. And it will get brighter and brighter as time is worn. Purple gold itself contains antioxidants and will not oxidize or discolor after being worn for a long time. There is no need to go to a professional gold shop for cleaning.

Cashier aunt at the time of payment, available payment methods. American Express, MasterCard, VISA, I don’t know the others, but the ones I know best are UnionPay and Alipay. At least it shows that the Chinese are already one of the main consumers.

Go out of the jewelry store and into the supermarket.

I know the Tsingtao beer in the row above.

I bought a bunch of things, but I couldn’t understand the list. Anyway, they were all food.

Walk to Memorial Square. Find a place nearby to have lunch and finish off the food you just bought in the supermarket.

I don’t know who it is, it can’t be helped because the history is different.

Right near the submarine I saw yesterday

On the wall is a list of fallen soldiers. This is a memorial wall.

Reliefs recording battle scenes.

It should be the turret of a T34 tank.

police on duty

The back half of the submarine.

Everlasting fire.

Leave the central square, go under the bridge, and walk east along the coast.

Pass under the bridge.

Another statue.

Return to the square.

The boat on the building is quite interesting.

Warships in the port. In 1923, the Soviet Union established a naval administration in Vladivostok and established the Pacific Fleet based on the original Amur Fleet. Since then, Vladivostok has been the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Navy. Soviet Russia has always Attaches great importance to the construction of Vladivostok as a Far Eastern fortress and naval base. In addition to being the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet, Vladivostok is now the largest military port in the Russian Far East, where the main force of the Pacific Fleet is stationed. But I didn't see a few real warships.

This is an old warship, now open to the public.

I went up on deck.

Take a picture of the bridge to the east.

The warships in the western port are very clear.

Panoramic view of the military port.

The bow of the ship is facing the direction of Great Russian Island.

Looking at Pacific Fleet Command in the distance.

Get off the ship in the stern direction, facing the submarine.

For this old warship, the tour fee is about fifty rubles. The lady who charges the fee speaks Chinese clearly and accurately, and with gestures, there is no communication barrier at all.

This ship looks like a hospital ship.

This large iron anchor is the symbol of the port.

Let’s go shopping in the city again.

This side also faces the sea. We were looking for restaurants on both sides of the street, but we really couldn’t figure out which restaurant we could use to experience local food. In the end, we chose a Kaifeng Cuisine (KFC) to solve the problem.

The local children seen from the window of the store have very cool hairstyles.

After dinner, take a walk and then go to the train station to take the bus back.

At the departure station, you will get a seat on the bus.

The car started to move, and there were no such buses with hidden doors in China.

There is also traffic jam at night .

Return to the hotel and take a photo of the ATM machine.

It’s great to go up to the top of the building to take pictures of the city’s night view.

After resting for one night, we got up early on the fourth day. The tour guide said that the return trip would also be very slow, so we asked everyone to start early. The good news for me is that the box I couldn't find was indeed on the bus where I came from, and I will get it back when I change buses back to the place where I had dinner.

The first section is still full of Russian vehicles, including the Russian vehicles that joined the group on the first day. Let me make another complaint here. The cars are not new and the drivers have a bad temper. They often go on strike because they think the tourists are noisy. I don’t know who is used to them. Judging from these characteristics, it is not a matter of one or two days for them to develop a market economy.

I stopped halfway to use the restroom. This supermarket looked very much like the one I took photos of when I came here.

The restroom is not bad.

This place is like a countryside.

It was daytime on the way back, and we could see the vast Russian land on the roadside. Except for a few inhabited villages, it was all covered with weeds half as tall as a man. The Chinese in the car shouted at the waste, saying that these lands could produce a lot of food.

keep going.

After changing cars in the town I came from, I finally got my suitcase back.

After visiting the local area, we boarded our Chinese car and returned to my familiar environment.

When we arrived at the last checkpoint before the port (of course it was this one), the Russian side's inefficiency increased again. We waited here for more than four hours, wasting all the time we had gotten up early. It is said that someone from a certain team went to the casino to play and did not come back with the group, so everyone could not go back.

Heavy duty trucks lined up

Just this little checkpoint.

There is a long motorcade waiting here.

Take another photo from a closer distance.

It looks like someone who often runs this route.

It was our turn to clear the customs and finally returned to the motherland.

We arrived at Hunchun Railway Station around three o'clock, and we didn't plan to stay in Hunchun. We calculated that it would be enough time to get to Yanji. Before departure, my wife said that she would try to go to the train station police station to see if she could get the fruit knife back. When she went there, she actually got it back smoothly! Thumbs up, the service is much better than the one there.

Yanji is famous for its delicious food. In the evening, we found a nearby "Yuan Nai Bao Rice" to experience it.