At the 5th of May we decided to move on even so the place at the Lake was so nice. We are not sure how long we need to the Baikal Lake we want to spend more time and finally also my parents. Before starting we went to Alex to fill up our water tanks. We met him the day before at the beach; he is soldier and had his free day. I was kite surfing and he was drinking beer with Kotomi. Finally we decided to invite him for dinner and Kotomi made Japanese Sushi. We had a nice time together. Anyway we went inside the military area he explained the guard we are good people and we drove in, got the good water and left the nice place saying goodbye to Alex. Since we could not go on to the North, where the Chinese frontier is, we had to go South first and then to the east cost of the Lake Xanka, where we also wanted to visit a guy who is taking care of some Amur Tigers. At one point in Spassk Dalnii (Спасск Дальнии) we lost the way and I was asking some people in front of a factory which way to go, I showed them a picture of the tiger place. Finally they told us they are prisoners and some officer came later also trying to explain us the way. It was very funny, at last all stack up in a new Wolga and said just follow us we will show you a little bit of the way. Nice people even so they were prisoners. It was already to late to visit the Tiger guy, therefore we decided to stay one more night at the Lake but this time at the east coast where you only can use a dam above the marsh to drive. Beside the dam you always have water channels looks like Venetia without houses. We parked our car closest to the lake where later on Schenja with his Son and friend arrived. He looked a little bit pissed of that we occupied his place and that he was not alone here. Later we will know why (:). First they pretended to fish with the normal fishing rod in the water channels which is actually allowed. But later after they recognized we are nice people (:), they got out there boat crossed the water channel walking through the marsh until the lake and putting the fishing net. If other people our a car was approaching they were the one of them who was putting the net was always hiding. So I asked him if it is forbidden and he was smiling and said yes. After that I was talking with him what is our plan and he told me he was working for the KGB in Ulan Bator, in the new time he was in the car import business and know Japan very well. Now is not so good anymore the Pakistani buy now all the good old Japanese car. It seems now he changed his business to illegal fishing, just kidding (:). Anyway I the morning we had had 4 nice fishes in our washing pot (:).
6th of Mai we visited the Tiger Guy, he also had other animals but they were in really small cages. The 2 Tigers have almost 2 ha so at least some space, but the condense milk eating Nepalese bear had only a small cage and made a sound as a machine which he always repeated. Anyway the guy was nice and also interesting to see the beautiful Amur Tiger. I gave him some coins from Lybia since Martin from the mogellrallay told me he would like it.
After that we went on in direction of Khabarowsk where we need to go next on the way to the Baikal Lake. Since we were running out of vegetables which are really important for Kotomi we stopped almost everywhere to get some. But the small cities only had potatoes, pickles, all what is growing now. Since now it is spring it is not a lot. Traveling with Japanese Gourmet is not as easy, just kidding, I also like vegetables, so we decided to leave the main road and go to a bigger City where we finally found a market with vegetables and all we need. In the evening we camped at the river with techno sounds from the other side, which reminds me at the summer time at some lakes at my home place. Лесозаводск N 45.4578 °, E 133.39868°
Today (7th of May) we just followed the road M60 and thought we will reach the Amur River but it is still 200 km and we made a camp at a small village Лермонтовка N 47.14079°, E 134.3458 ° at a river and we hope we can get some good eggs here tomorrow.
By the way we were stopped at every police checkpoint, most of them are nice just asking for the documents, some really want to find something so they want to everything but finally it is good that we do not understand so well, especially the morning at the east coast of the lake where some guys dressed like military wanted know what we are doing here and why we are not sleeping in the town, I just pointed on the lake and said it is nice (красвая ханка) here. I had the feeling they want money, but I did not understand and finally they give up being disappointed not to find a reason that we need to pay. Good that they did not see the fish from our “KGB friend” Schenja (:).
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