This is our host Vladi, met him in Hongkong in last Dezember, 5 months later I found cheap ticket flying to Vladivostok and managed to visit his town as well, his parents were out for holidays in Crimea so we were invited to stay in his room, no not the house behind him, this picture was taken in the zoo. He drove us from the train station to his place.
這是我們在伯力的Host，去年十二月在香港認識他，兩個月後找到到海參威破低價的機票，更來到了他的城市觀光。要不是俄航關照我，找不到便宜機票就來不了。他的家人在克里米亞渡假，就能接待我們到他家借宿，我跟他聊的時候，他表示：「你知道嗎？克里米亞現在是我們的了。」我這位朋友的部分家人是來自烏克蘭，這句話我不懂理解。
這是我們在伯力的Host，去年十二月在香港認識他，兩個月後找到到海參威破低價的機票，更來到了他的城市觀光。要不是俄航關照我，找不到便宜機票就來不了。他的家人在克里米亞渡假，就能接待我們到他家借宿，我跟他聊的時候，他表示：「你知道嗎？克里米亞現在是我們的了。」我這位朋友的部分家人是來自烏克蘭，這句話我不懂理解。
In the flat, there is also an overactive dog, named Elli, jumping around all the time. I was about to worry about her vitality will cause her health problems in the future.
這小狗過分活潑，躺下來已經舔醒我，要跟她玩
After some rest and tea, we went to the newly developed area in Khabarovsk, then to the Приамурский Зоосад (Priamurskij Zoosad, Lit: Zoo garden by the Amur river)
休息一會及放下行李，就參觀黑龍江畔動物園
These houses were built by the original inhabitants, while they have been exciled due to the development of the city of Khabarovsk. The city of Khabarovsk, lies on the river Amur, found in 1860, was a town in the Qing Dynasty. Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, together with Sakhalin and some lands along the Amur river, have been ceded to the Russian Empires according to the unfair aggreement between the Qing dynasty and few countries - Convention of Peking. No historical symbols can be found nowadays in the region.
這些房屋是原住民建造的，因城市發展，他們被放逐到遠東其他地方。黑龍江（阿穆爾河）畔的伯力（哈巴羅夫斯克），在1860年因簽訂中俄北京條約，與庫頁島及黑龍江沿岸大片土地從清政府割讓到俄國。
The picture below, shows the old bridge, right next to the chimney, and the 60% built new bridge. The new bridge is already being used, for rail on the lower decker and automobile on the upper decker. 2-lane bridge will be built in the future on the left side over the reserved structure on the existing 2 lane bridge. This bridge is on the 5,000 rubbles banknote, the banknote with the highest value in Russian rubbles, importance of the city of Khabarovsk can been seen from this. On the other side of the bridge, is the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. The increasing settlement in the remote Soviet far east, means that manpowers were demanded. Stalin settled Jews from European side to the far east for development of the region, in the year of 1928, Originally the Jewish oblast was planned to be placed somewhere close to Crimea, but objected by the majority of Slavs in Ukraine.
下圖顯示了舊橋（煙囪旁）及新橋，新橋只是部分建成了，並已通車，上層為汽車用，下層為鐵路，橋面右則預留結構擴建新橋面，令大橋由雙線雙程變成四線雙程行車。俄羅斯盧布紙幣5000元上的大橋就在這裡，橋的另一邊是猶太自治區，在史達林時代他意識到中國的掘起及遠東地區的發展，需大量外來人口，因此從蘇聯歐洲部分遷徙猶太人至此。
There is abondoned water tower next to the entrance of Khabarovsk, not a good welcoming architecture for visitors, great for taking good pictures though.
伯力城入口處是一座荒廢水塔，好的觀景台，但對進城的人也是破爛的第一印象
I'm not impressed by Vladi, but this is defo dangerous.
戰鬥民族 偏向虎山行
This picture was taken by Simon Pak:
We went to the river promenade along the river Amur closer to the city centre. Further on the left side of the picture, next to the hills shown, is the territory of China, ferry connects the Khabarovskij kraj and the Chinese town Fuyuan, journey time is 1hour approx and price is about Cny200. A valid visa for China is required.
沿黑龍江河畔是河畔長廊，在圖中靠左部分，近山的地方，是強國的領土。每天數班渡江輪連接強國境內的撫遠及伯力，船程一小時，票價人民幣200。
Khabarovsk and the Amur river
伯力與黑龍江
This picture was taken by Simon Pak:
Watching the performance of them singing some soviet songs, carefully focus on the old man.
他們在演唱，細看黑衣的老人
Why holding the mic like this? He has the most attention drawing voice among the people, holding like this was necessary, or we could only hear his voice but not the others.
他的聲音是眾表演者中最響亮的，咪就這樣拿，為甚麼不用咪架呀 ...
A branch of a chain restaurants "Hongkong", symbol of Hongkong - Bauhinia in black and white, any special meaning behind?
連瑣餐廳「香港」，洋紫荊變成黑白，俄佬看破世事了。
The layout of the city is like an "M", while Lenin street and Karl-Marx street have higher attitute, lots of walking up and down was involved during our visit.
伯力的規劃好比一個M字，列寧街及馬克斯街當然在上，低處是次要道路及公園
Second hand bus vehicle from Korea.
In Russia, this happens. Electric wires in front of your apartment block.
A famous drink within the Soviet territories - Kvas. It tastes like bread, or beer, sometimes Soy sauce, basically it's made by wheat which used to make black bread in Russia. Purchasing from machine is 50rub, but 20rub from Babushka with a yellow car. Truly refreshing, if the temperature reaches 30'c. ，
麵包味飲品，喝起來像啤酒，有時像豉油，因為它的原料緊麵包相近。間中會有婦人推著黃色的車售賣此飲品，是嚴夏解渴最佳飲品。
We went to a Japanese restaurant at 16.30, although ridiculous, for lunch. The rubber-looking thing is Wasabi, while I am not dissapointed with the quality of Sushi, it's honestly nice. Never liked Asian font, but in Cyrillic it looks interesting.
我們在日本餐廳用餐，像擦膠的芥茉，但壽司的質素不裕。
This picture was taken by Simon Pak:
This picture was taken by Simon Pak:
Спасо-Преображенский Кафедральный Собор (Spaso-Preobrazhenskij Kafedral'nyj Sobor)
мемориал вечный огонь(The eternal flame)
Every town in Russia, if you don't see Lenin Street, there will be a Lenin square, or sometimes both. This is the Lenin square in Khabarovsk.
This picture was taken by Simon Pak:
Karl-Marx Street in the evening
