Khuzhir pier

Day 6 The day we missed the boat but spent a great day on the beach

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July 28th 2009
This morning we were supposed to be on the pier at 11 am for a day boat trip. We set our alarm for 9.30, thinking that hour should be more than enough to get there. Wrong! We should have made special allowance for morning dumbness - if you aren't a morning person (which both Mike and I aren't) things take twice as long in the morning and seem really complicated. Another thing was that Mik ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more