hmmm, my friends know that we are in the Ukraine
but they still haven't figured exactly which part we are going to ....
Oh, isn't that Uchan-su waterfall??
and there is Bear Mountain....ahhh, breathtaking scenery, don't you agree??
Still clueless as to where we are off to???
Ok, ok, before Nopi throttles me..........I will give you a few hints.....
The Swallow'Nest was built between 1911-1912 on top of a 40-meter (130 ft) high Cliff...a rather precarious setting I may add....
The building is compact in size (20 m long by 10 m wide; 65 ft by 33 ft).
In 1927, Swallow's Nest survived a serious earthquake rated at 6 to 7 on the Richter scale. The building was not damaged, except for some small decorative items that were thrown into the sea along with a small portion of the cliff. However, the cliff itself developed a huge crack.
Aaaah, there it is ....
The Swallow's Nest, a decorative castle near Yalta on the Crimean shore in southern Ukraine, overlooking the cape of Ai-Todor.
After lunch....we walked along the observation deck which rings the building.....what a beautiful view of the sea and Yalta's distant shoreline.......
I bet you guys thought that we were going to Kiev when I said our next stop was the Ukraine.....you never imagined that we would be visiting CRIMEA!
I am so glad that Valery recommended this place......we have thoroughly enjoyed the views.....
Durban Time
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