30th July (Sat) 2011 travel to Perm
Left Ekaterynburb at a leisurly 8am for a drive thru the Ural
Mountains, just like in Australia !.
Just gentle rolling hills but pleasant.
We crossed the Asian-Euro border as decided by a Russian notary many hundred years ago.
So we are heading for Perm (1.2M) the most eastern European Russian city. Lots of cosmanaut stuff about.
Along the way we left the highway for Kungar,where the local
market was going full bore on the river bank.
We had a long lunch at the KUNGUR CAVES and then went underground for an hour or so. However the guide told he would not make a commentary in English, as he had the locals totally enthalled. The temperture was a mild -2C down under.
We had all wrapped up warm, but of course the gazelles were
unwrapped and tittering on tippy toes !!.
The lighting was quite good, however we did notice a lot of
rockbolts and manmade chimneys supporting the roof.
We travelled onto Perm about 80Km in very heavy traffic, school holidays finish Sunday, and dined at the local food hall very cheaply, though Mc-chicken sold beer.
Big day to Kazan tomorrow to see the Kremlin.
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