Book read: Brighton Rock by Graham Green
Book being read: Past Mortem by Ben Elton
5 music cds in front of me;
1.Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens 2. Live and Dangerous by Thin Lizzy 3. Soundtrack to “O Brother Where Art Thou” 4. Back in Black by AC/DC 5. Absent Friends by Divine Comedy
In the Baltic Sea, I can think of other places to be, but here is where I am. Another day, another dollar, or another day another dollar on the price of a barrel of oil, which is good for some and not good if you are buying.
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Riga port is in renewal but large areas are overgrown and dilapidated, people sit along the banks of the river and drink vodka, pretty depressing to see. At our first berth the concrete was crumbling and large holes were visible on the jetty, and people seemed to be appearing out from sheds and containers at different times some looked like they had something to do others just looked like they never did anything, the difference was hard to distinguish maybe they is job sharing on a grand scale or maybe people just hang around a lot. The older parts of the port look like they will collapse soon, then beside that stands a brand new jetty totally modern, there are parallel realities here in Riga. It is hard to describe how close to falling down some of the places are, then you see people living inside these concrete and brick and corrugated dwellings, European Union standards don’t count here yet, I’m sure they don’t give a f..k about straight bananas here.
I enclose a photo of some exclusive waterfront property and soviet style ship examples.
If you ever wonder where pellets raw material comes from, look no further, here we see the Swedish barge Motti and her pushing tug Mega loading timber fleece, which goes to the paper and pellets industry (at the top of the page).
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