Yuzhno Week 4 - Shashlyk outing at Zima

Few days before my departure, was invited to a Shashlyk outing for some occasion, I think it was house warming but then its nowhere near the new houses. So it can be considered a shashlyk outing.


Pickles, fish and bread?


Haven't taste enough of these to comment.

Nice bread.

Enough ice beer for everyone :)

Oleg, anther panasonic fan

The two babies that came along

More vodka please..

Some South African wine

Shashlyk preparation

More than enough Shashlyk for everyone...

She can walk..

Nemiroff.. the favourite vodka for all occasions?

She's hungry..

More shashlyk

Dima's son..

Time to pack up and go...

This is one without snow, view from my room.

Yuzhno - Week 4 - Visit to Охотское and the лебедям(Swans)

A frozen lake on the way to sea of Охотское, maybe this is lake of Охотское, haha.


Some view along the way.


Found a shell at the lake side, maybe for duck hunting.


Some nice view by the lake to sea of Охотское

Frozen part of the sea..


The nice people who brought me here to see swans..


A little girl trying to catch a little dog


Some leftover ice floating on Охотское...


The beach ...

This is what we came for, a view of the swans beside some nice sandwiches and warm tea in the car


Nice straight road and breath taking view on the way back..


This is Ilya's cactus.. with flowers...

Yuzhno - Week 3 - Monsters found.. around Mega Palace

Saw these things outside the hotel entrance on friday evening.. not sure what they were doing there but sure fun seeing them, a day before the weekend and I believe the feeling would be different to see them on a Monday morning.

Yuzhno - Week 3 - Something to eat..

Another tempting shrimp fettuccine..


Can't find any Ramen on the menu but missed it since Nikko Beijing, so got the waitress to ask the kitchen see if they could cook some Ramen, and surprisingly.. she came back with good news. This is one plus point after my previous negative experience with Bamboo.


Shrimp tempura..


Some french dish, supposed to be duck.. and tastes pretty good.


Lemon cheese cake.. nothing to shout about

Yuzhno - Week 3 - Snowing in May...

Nice winter view from Sakhalin


Was a little cold


Walked thru here to the Gagarin Park


Dogs... they are everywhere


The little lake beside the hotel, started defrosting few days ago, can't find a picture without myself for this view, so I decided to upload this one.


Another breath taking view


This is my footprint with the Made in China Timberland boots


My first Shashlyk


Background - outside a soccer stadium, a simple cafe and someone preparing shashlyk.

Yuzhno - Week 2 - Where to dine?

MARQUIS


Everything I want on a plate, king crab, scallop and asparagus.. yummy.


Chicken thigh, with yam sauce and something else.

The Russian Kitchen
Recommended by Ilya Puzyrin


Some giant scallops.


Herring looked like a little raw, wouldn't recommend it.


Was happy to find Borshch on the menu, but didn't know which to pick at first. Then picked this - 'Seignioral - with pork, a bird moves with sour cream, greens in a pot.


This is the borshch, but did not find any moving birds.


Russian pancake with red caviar.


This is how the Russian Kitchen looked like.