In keeping with most of Russia, Magadan has a central hotwater supply
Two days after we arrived, it was shut down for 10 days for maintenance....
I got used to the daily morning cold shower, although the RP wimped out and insisted on filling every available container with hot water from our kettle
The Parents evidently had the luxury of their own "boiler" and every two days the Kids and Nikita raced over there for a treatment
The plant is a huge one and is coal-fired, all the coal being shipped in from elsewhere(during the Summer)The two chimneys were spewing clouds of smoke for the first two days of our stay, not a good look in this environment
The street next to ours had been closed and ripped up for the complete replacement of the two large water pipes
The RP and I were amused on our daily walking commutes to watch the "work" in progress. Over the 10 days we noted they had replaced perhaps 100m. Several times we noted 2-3 guys jammed in the cab of the digger or the truck fast asleep, and on another the crane driver slumped over the controls
When in the area, Alexei(like many others it appeared)simply drove up the footpath and past the barriers at either end
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