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| Liya
outside the Daniel Supermarket. |
Mark
and Liya at the Tram Stop waiting for the Tram. |
Here
is Liya, waiting. |
Still waiting. |
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| More
views from the Tram Stop. Across the road is a small Market. |
After riding the Tram we got to Dad's House. |
After leaving his House we took this photo of one of the nearby buildings. |
Next day we are
joined by Olga who is Liya's Sister-in-Law. They are walking up the path
towards Dad's house with the Kazzinc Chimney's on the horizon. |
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| Another view of
the road to Father's House. |
Some of Papa's
neighbours. |
When we get to
Dad's house Olga's Daughter Ellya and our girl Yana are there. |
Heh, Yana, say cheese. Yana
in typical photogenic mode. |
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| More views of the
house. |
Maybe Dad should
paint pictures of his house. |
His house is just
like those paintings they make into Jigsaw Puzzles. |
So very blue. |
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| Next
Day and Mark is back outside the Sanatorium where he stayed back in 2000. |
On
the same day we went to the school where Liya used to work. Mark
photographed these hero tributes opposite the school. |
Inside the School (Gymnasium 38) there was this curious guide to surviving a
Nuclear Blast. |
Having survived
the fallout, the girls (Liya and her friend Inessa) proceed onwards. |
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| Meanwhile, sometime later down at the Chinese flea-market, Liya meets an old
friend. |
Here
you can buy anything. Anything but not a tin opener. |
Here
is Liya and her friend Lusya who helped Liya shop for a washing up bowl. |
We also bought
some tea-towels. |
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| Next
day Mark spent a cold morning in the Heroes Square taking pictures. |
The
real name for this place Ushanov Square. |
A
close up of the Monument. |
More monument. |
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| Later on we walked around the Irtysh river taking in the War Memorial on the
way. |
Here
we are on the way to Inessa's Apartment. And Liya thinks her bum is big? |
This
is actually the a picture taken from the same place. Government buildings in
Ust. |
More monkeys on
the fountains between the big Square and the Mosque. |
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| Liya
chills out at the Fountain. |
View
of the Mosque. |
Liya stops to
take a picture of the Mosque. |
Later at
Inessa's apartment we meet her husband Sasha and her daughter Alina. Yana
and Alina have been best friends for years. |
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| You
may also notice Irene has joined the party as well as Yana. |
Next
day we see Liya outside the Kazzinc-sponsored Ice Hockey Stadium - home to
the Torpoedoes Ice Hockey Team. |
Mark and Liya
take a walk down to Ushanov Square. |
We are on our
way to Helen and Sergey's Dacha. Here we see the Culture Palace where Liya
learnt to Dance as a Child. |
