They got us – the harbour!

Keep trying and you will succeed. Somehow you will! Tried to get into the harbour and dock area a few times but was either sent away by unemployed construction workers or afraid of all the soldiers hanging out there. Last night we managed to get into it.
No guard holding us back, also no dog in sight so we sneaked around the fence on the edge of the water. Actually, quite easy to get in there – too easy!

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Kind of a playground of explorers and big kids. The cranes look like they could work but apart of that everything looks abandoned.

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Rusty pipes everywhere. Some of them are already so badly corroded that they broke. The big repair hall is everything else than maintained. Only the ladder to the rooftop is kind of new for some reason.

On our plan was to climb one of the cranes, get inside of the hall and perhaps on the boat. But we didn’t get further than that. At once a security guy came around the corner and was taking us with him. No more pictures but instead a tour through the rest of the dock. Such a pity. He was making some jokes in Ukrainian about communist times and this place. He also pointed out that we were caught by the cameras – damn we weren’t thinking about that.
Finally he dropped us at an office at the main entrance. I guess thats how soviet offices looked like. While waiting I was taking one of the memory cards out of the camera and put it away. Just in case. Later on we were brought to another office where my local friend Dima had to write a letter of excuse – hand written. And so did the officer. While he was sitting in front of a flat screen he was writing down the report by hand. He mentioned its a place of the regime and that things have do be done properly. I was just wondering which regime! I had to show the pictures I took and finally he asked me to delete them. I followed the order and formatted the card. But not the one I took out;)
Finally he looked at me – knowing that I don’t talk Ukrainian nor Russian – and said ‘Welcome to Ukraine‘.
Seems like that those guys are doing a correct job and treat intruders with respect. No insulting nor incorrect situation. Just friendly and straight. Perhaps even a bit bothered by what they have to do.

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It was kind of a successful evening but not finished yet. We met another friend of Dima and went for dinner with him. Just as we entered the place it started to rain. After two thunderstorms the nights before a third one just started.

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