El Mafioso and the Seven Feet Yacht Club

Rachel and I were invited along with other distinguished (read: rich, connected, and/or foreign) congress participants to a party thrown by the governor. Thousands of dollars of food, booze, entertainment, and fireworks amused guests for hours. In all my time in Vlad, I somehow never wandered to the Yacht Club before this party.
Most breathtaking moment: sunset behind and between bazillion-dollar boats
Most James Bond moment: playing around in a $250,000 car (baby baby soft white leather seats ...)
Most gut-wrenchingly disturbing: realizing that the teenage girls overdressed in Oscar-worthy gowns were likely prostitutes brought in specially for the event

Random shot of the Amur Bay: