We had one final day in Vladivostok before flying North to Magadan to rendezvous with our bikes.  It was a last chance to capture some images of this once closed port city.  The weather was humid and fog filled the city, as usual, so I decided to shoot people rather than scenery:

Sailors down near the Naval port:

A couple in the central square:

Visiting US and Japanese sailors got into a bidding war for this old Russian Naval uniform.

And down by the Submarine war memorial, another typical local couple.

My final act in Vladivostok – I popped into a badge shop I had found late last week.  Lucy, the badgemaker there had whipped for me a new supply of Sibirsky Extreme badges … and had put together for me an all new badge … the Road of Bones badge – for people who have ridden, cycled or driven between Yakutsk and Magadan.

That was enough for Vladivostok.  We had been there a long time … and we had seen a lot.  But we were long overdue to move on.

Next stop – Magadan.

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The last function for us in Vladivostok was to attend the 3rd Birthday party of the Iron Angels Motorcycle Club in Vladivostok (http://www.ironangelsmcc.com/) . Tony and Terry had attended the amazing 2nd birthday party last year, and now it was the turn of Sherri and I.  It’s not something that needs too much in the way of words … so I will run with pictures:

Vladivostok is near one of the largest tiger regions in the world, and tigers are the emblem for much that comes from the region:

Posters celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory against the Nazi’s:

The Embankment … in downtown Vladivostok:

I bumped into some legs:

Sherri Jo bumped into some US Naval Officers:

And then we all bumped into an endless stream of wedding parties: