Being back home in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk after too long is a surreal feeling, despite the fact that the city is still stuck in a seasonal time-warp. May is usually glorious in the city with temperatures flirting around 20 degrees Celsius, especially in the latter part of the month. I have been told that the last few Mays have been cold here.
I landed here on a sunny day with the temperature at 5 degrees above zero. It warmed up as the day went by but now, I recall those long cold days I spent here. It's raining and there is a chilling breeze blowing south.
After getting used to the crowds in Moscow, it feels odd to see just a handful of people on the streets here. Some of the buildings on Lenin Street have been painted in very colourful combinations, whereas the rest of the city remains brown...The panels in the 1980s buildings are also fading...Dust storms and deplorable roads add to the decay, of which the icing on the bittersweet cake is smog, a completely new phenomenon in this city.
I landed here on a sunny day with the temperature at 5 degrees above zero. It warmed up as the day went by but now, I recall those long cold days I spent here. It's raining and there is a chilling breeze blowing south.
After getting used to the crowds in Moscow, it feels odd to see just a handful of people on the streets here. Some of the buildings on Lenin Street have been painted in very colourful combinations, whereas the rest of the city remains brown...The panels in the 1980s buildings are also fading...Dust storms and deplorable roads add to the decay, of which the icing on the bittersweet cake is smog, a completely new phenomenon in this city.
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