Digital Wanderer

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Crimea — 6, Pig vs. Cat

Revealed all the intrigue in the title, but hey, there are photos! A little comic for your attention. A pig and a cat throw down for some grub!

A small black pig and a black-and-white cat face each other on the grass, with overlaid red text «VS» and «FIGHT!».
The pig means business, breaks into a gallop
A young man in dark clothes hand-feeds a small gray pig on a grassy clearing against the backdrop of large light-colored cliffs. Next to the pig stands a black-and-white cat looking up at the man.
The cat strikes a pose, and thereby wins the first round!
As we can see, the opponent isn't sleeping, and prepares to seize the initiative with a powerful leap.

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Crimea — 5, Overnight stay near the cave city of Eski-Kermen

After checking out the monastery, we slowly rolled toward our meeting point with Pasha (who, as you might remember, was driving the van). A funny thing happened here: we couldn't get ahold of him on the walkie-talkie or the phone, but luckily, we spotted him driving back and forth  looking for us, and managed to catch his attention.

After that, Vova and Pasha got into a heated argument about how to organize a meetup. The takeaway from this dispute was that if there’s no one at the agreed-upon spot, you can’t or won't wait, and you have no other means of communication, you should leave a plastic bottle with a note inside at the gathering point. The bottle would later play its dark role, but that would happen on another day.

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Crimea — 4, Monastery of the Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates

We walked and walked, and finally arrived at the Monastery of the Holy Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates. Which suits us just fine, because we're sort of great martyrs ourselves — trekking through the mountains on foot and dragging our bikes along. I hope Theodore didn't suffer too much with his bike, considering he probably didn't even have a gear shifter.

A steep cliff with caves carved into it and wooden fences. At its base, a golden dome is visible, surrounded by bushes with red berries and autumn trees under a cloudy sky.

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