Pet Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 ...and I felt like sorting and uploading some flicks from a trip I went on in the beginning of August. No "day one, day two" because on some days I simply didn't do anything. Photos. So yea, let's begin. Guess it's going to take a few evenings to show all flicks... *** prelude: Went to a place here on the evening before leaving town. Met some guys from Belgium (one of them was the jesus-looking guy in the photo) Ended up playing yatzy until 3am *** Next morning in the car, a 5-hour drive to the west coast of the country. Rain ahead Rain After the rain. Passing through a small town White storks Passing another small town Asphalt becomes gravel And we reach water. Entertained myself by reading a book at the guesthouse we stayed at for the first night *** Next day we set up our tent (pretty antique) and got stung by a bee Read my book again and ate peas (meat included, heh) Went to the sea again (too lazy to stitch the photos) And took photos of the fog over the farmland around our camping site. A boar casually strolled around a bit down the road while taking this flick Reading mah book, listening to the radio and watchin the bugs trying to get in the car *** Next morning found this fella stuck in a spider web 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share Posted August 29, 2009 Rode my bike to the closest town, about 10km from the tent, to visit an abandoned peninsula where they used to process fish in the Soviet times Street lights still there The processing room These things reminded me of skatestoppers, heh From a roof section Simple decay Groovy roof Exterior Interior At the end of the peninsula where the ships used to dock. Noticed some guys with backpacks walking from building to building in the area. At one moment I noticed a can in someones hand and went to ask who they were. Turned out we had some mutual friends... Chill Ya well Back to the town Happened to notice a familiar face - the jesus-looking guy and his brother from Belgium passed me with their bicycles. Short dialogue: -don't you remember me? We met in that club, remember?" -no, I can't quite... Wait, were you the guy with the dice? -yesyes, look, I've still got photos from that evening in my camera -aaaahaaaaaaaaaa, yea, now I kinda remember... Found out they were on a bike hike through Europe. And a quick swim during sunset *** Took the ferry to a small island nearby for a days visit Empty café As I had been to the island a few times before I knew most of the places and simply checked if they were still there. This church had been closed more properly Inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share Posted August 29, 2009 Also this border guard central - boarded-up windows etc Found an old flick on the net from the eighties when it was still used Basketball anyone? A gravestone in the local graveyard. The oldest stones have dates back to the 1800s on them. Most of the islands inhabitants before the second world war had been Swedes. During the war they made their way back to Sweden. Some still have relatives living here so there was some graff in the border guard building with texts like "back from Sweden yo". The local shop Riding mah biek around the island, nice little villages with summer cottages here and there Asphalt ---> forest road A border guard tower by the coast. As this used to be the western border of the USSR it was guarded tightly so noone could escape to the west (which was massively done before and during WW2, also by my grandmother). The neighbouring towers were withing eyesight. Decided to see if I could reach another one Reminds me of the Swedish countryside... Towards the sea again As I reached water I saw the watchtower was on another small island (you can see the tower to the right). Well, left my sandals behind and walked through the water The tower. And the view from up there. A small house with an oven for cold winter nights too The island Sunbathing a bit on a boulder of granite. Granite, oh how I lovet thou... Another fella sunbathing. Almost rode over him/her with my bike. Noticed a light tower with an open door over the treetops. Got closer and saw there was a car at the bottom. The repairman was nice enough to let me climb up though... Forest. A panorama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share Posted August 29, 2009 Mah sandahlsss Almost at the port. Söderby - Southern Village in Swedish - the places are all in Swedish on the island - historic background... See You Pee Aaaaand moving back towards the mainland. *** Look, cows There is an abandoned Soviet air base right between the campsite and the town so yea, sure I payed it a visit. Hangars, they used to house these badboys for thirty years: One end of the runway The other end. 2500 meters long and 40 meters wide, made of concrete slabs. The place is still used as a dragracing strip from time to time, legal and illegal. Found out the police arranged their "summer day" there and tested their cars versus some local guys: 2 More hangars... The doors have been removed a long time ago, but the rails that were used to open them are still there, heh Air control with a rooftop A bunker for the staff near the tower Everything that contains metal that can be removed has been removed by thieves. Here you can see the torn up asphalt under which there probably were some pipes or wires Went to see where a narrower concrete road that took me further away from the main area ended at. Met a local man riding his bike there who told me a bit about the base - he used to work there as a car mechanic and driver. He talked about how he once repaired a high-ranked officials car very fast and got invited to have a few vodka shots with him. The official told him all kinds of interesting things (you get a bit talky under the influence you know). For example: the space project that sent Gagarin to space cost as much as the town of Kiev. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev If the Soviet military had payed an as big percentage of the money gotten from the government as wages as the US did during the Cold War they would had gotten around 600 roubles per month. In reality they got around 80. He reminiscenced over the last years of the Soviet military still using the base - the union collapsed in 1991, the army left 1994. He said the last years were the worst, because the russians started showing off. Flying low over the town, sometimes so loud that the windows really needed to be replaced... You can listen to this takeoff: Et cetera. Anyways, the road went to some more hangars(standing on top of one). Garages. No smoking! Rap. Barracks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 PET you got some amazing photos, but this one right here: WOW.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share Posted August 29, 2009 Moremoremore The view 1954 Woo, a corridor shot. Basically, this is what all the insides looked like. Nothing left but walls. Newspapers used as primer on the walls showing out Near the bases main entrance. The CCCP. Somewhere on the base there used to be a body of a fighter jet as a monument too, probably here. Scrapped a looong time ago. Another hangar. A bit more special, wonder what it was used for. The hangar can be seen in the background. In the foreground - ruins of a manor built in the end of the 1800s. *** So, yes, I'll continue tomorrow I guess. Cheers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrPiddlesworth Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Yep. Rain sucks. Thanks for the entertainment. I kinda wanna go on a "bike hike" now. Cool pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosingMyMind Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Great stuff as usual Pet. The weather seems really nice, do you generally get a good summer up your way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAN51 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Pet, you always come through with the fresh flicks from east Europe! Im jealous! I also agree with IOU, that picture is FAYAAAA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdrake123 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 god damn, these are all awesome pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allfreetime Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 These are awesome Pet. props. *also surprised to that Subaru police car beat everyone but the M5(?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdrake123 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 I want to go to these places...so amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clownshoes Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 interesting places. nice fotos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Weather for San Diego, CA - Add to iGoogle 79°F Current: Cloudy Wind: NW at 0 mph Humidity: 45% Sat 86°F | 68°FSun 83°F | 67°FMon 81°F | 67°FTue 81°F | 67°F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequeen Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 where is this???? as IOU said. amazing photograph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 LosingMyMind, I was lucky and enjoyed two totally summerish weeks without rain. Usually the summers are so that you get wet on one day and sunburns on the other. Boatsnhoes, what? Thequeen - somewhere in eastern Europe, heh. Thanks and more to come in a few hours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEVEL 75 PALADIN Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 PET you got some amazing photos, but this one right here: WOW.. Yea this is fucking unbelievable. Awesome pics, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 thanks for sharing these Pet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfish meatloaf Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler5150 Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 nice pics Pet, you always take cool shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seph Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Very well done sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolsroyce Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 i miss europe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Sheen Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Nice photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toiletseat Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 i guess somewhere like estonia or latvia, nice pics.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Hey Pet do you have that lake pic in a bigger resolution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 So... Relaxed and rolled around the surroundings looking for air base related buildings and so on. A guards shack on a small road. Note how the gravel road turns into asphalt after entering the area Barbed wire on the field Some warehouse in the forest Nature taking over A lonely newspaper flying around From 1984 A concrete road to the fuel depot Trains used to come here Yea. In the town again Moving around the old railway station - it is used as a "museum" now, mostly simply keeping old trains on the rails, rusting The water tower *** There was a some kind of festival in town Drunk finnish people moving around and so Pyotr Tschaikosky sat here once. Or twice. Anyways, they made a stone bench for him some time ago because he liked to rest in this town. Fenced off because of renovations of the promenade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Kiteflyers Chilled on the abandoned peninsula again As I walked back this fella came towards me. Probably had rabies. Wasn't afraid of me and came quite close. Didn't have much hair. Skinny. It ran into the bushes after I sprayed some pepper spray next to me. Good to carry with when moving around places where animals or homeless people may be if you don't want to make your hands dirty *** Next day took a bus to another town nearby where some friends were at. Pärnu, the summer capital Hanging around at the port waiting for the bus to leave A lonely car in a small town Up there Arrived Enjoyed The Sunset. Shopping And chilled in/on the old machine factory One of the guys had a tent lamp with him. A damn good lamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Then the guys lost hold of the lamp and it rolled into the space between the two roofs on the left. Fell a few meters and stayed there. Inside Inside/outside Outside *** Returned next day to flick the place and in hope to get the lamp Random shots from around the place Place for smoking All important telephone numbers Some guys putting up a fence so you couldn't climb up to the building The sign in daylight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 There's the lamp. Vertical shot Exited the area, met up with another guy and walked along a seawall Noticed smoke. A short call and we were told the machine factory was burning. Interesting. Walked back Swinged on the beach Ate free pizza(gone) Some pub Some lounge Played pool Yeap. *** Next day started with a bridge Made friends with someone who was fishing down there Checked some trains out Abandoned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Someone picked us up and we went for a ride, saw the machine factory was burning again... The space behind where I stood Some bunker Massif The mob A little walk in the evening And back to mah tent I went. *** A bit tired so I'll finish this thing now. Saw some windsurfers Saw a very small lizard Saw a cat on a roof Saw a cat in a church Saw an abandoned church Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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