Day 76: Sevatopol and Balaklava

It was very nice of my hosts to accompany me out today. Where to? Sevatopol and Balaklava!! Sevatopol hited international headlines during the Crimean wars and most visitors today come here due to interest of that. No wonder we were greeted by a huge tanker upon our arrival.



Soviet/ communist logo.



One of my hosts, EnLoy. But we all call him Ah Loy.



An old train sits quietly beside this tanker.





First place of visit, Prince Volodymyr Catherdal. On the way there.



View of the Catherdal from far.



Getting there.



Ah Loy and SinYee (A friend of my host) in front of the Catherdal.



Finally there.



And so we took a walk in the Catherdal.



The real draw for me isnt the Catherdal but the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Khersones. Since I have not been to Greece before, I decided that I must come here to take a look. Here are some pictures taken at one part of the Ruins which is right in front of the catherdal.



The greek pillars.





Four asians fooling around the greek pillars.



In my opnion, the most beautiful part of these ruins lies right beside the sea.







And from here you get a great view of the catherdal.





It is so beautiful here that all of us started camwhoring.









The infamous "Greece honeymoon" photos of Ah Loy and SinYee.





Hey! Can you see me in the background? HAHA





Let me re-introduce everyone again. From left to right, Me, AhLoy, SinYee and Jackie.



Then we moved closer to the sea. This is the black sea. Why the name? I dont know. Maybe someone can enlighten me. Anyway, this sea is beautiful and the water is so clear.





And we started camwhoring again.





Then they went up to higher ground,





While I remain by the sea.



And from there, I saw a very lovely scene. Nice hor?



And when I told the girls about it, they decided to give it a try. *faint*



As we walked on, we saw a very huge bell.



I suddenly remembered that it has been a long time since I did my signature shot. And so I asked the girls to do it.



Then its the guys turn.



Lets all do it together.



okok. Proper one.



Oh no. The weather's closing in. We better make our way out of here.



Like I mentioned before, this place was made famous as a result of the crimean war. Here are the Warships.



Here are more greek remains.





This looks like a theater or something.





Leaving Sevatopol, we went to Balaklava. A place where the rich have their holidays.



So what do the rich have here? Yachts, yachts and more yachts.















Here is a Boat restaurant.



We took a walk around the shore.



Balaklava is a very strategic location for water warfare. This place was used by the British Navy during the Crimean War but is now used by the local Navy ofcourse. Want to be a sailor? You can buy one of these uniforms.



Then we decided to have a feel of the rich. What could be better than drinking wine and watching sunset in a yacht. So we decided to go offshore in one of these yachts.













Enjoying my wine.



We all want to be the navigatior.



Here is where they keep their submarines.





Other warships that are around.





Although there were other people in the yacht, we were as if in our own world.







Nice comfy couch.



The owner of the yacht showed us how to fish.



This is his fish detector.



We had good view,



and a nice sunset.





SinYee and the sailor.



Then we went back to Sevatopol for the nightview.



This is the Eagle Column.



Then we make our way back home from there. We took a private taxi.



And when we got back home, we have got a nice and delicious dinner waiting for us. Jackie and AhLoy's schoolmates had cooked for us. How nice!!




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