Gdansk, Day2 (06 Aug 08) The Nowy Port Lighthouse

This was how north we were. The places in the sign were just a ferry ride away.

After a 45 mins tram ride, a 1/2 hour hike by foot and lots of cock talking along the way, we got to the lighthouse by Wasterplatte.

On the 2nd of 14 days tour, I have picked up some essential/basic Polish language to ease up conversations and to reduce hand gestures.

Although Poland has quite a huge English speaking majority but most of them are in the larger/cosmo cities. Speaking or knowing the Russian language helps too as the Polish language is similar to Ukrainian and Ukrainian is similar to Russian. Besides, the older generation of Poland do speak German or Russian as they learnt them in schools.

A simple Polish phrasebook will be useful for non-Polish speakers visiting Poland.

The lingo, I remembered the important ones at least;

• Hello = Jen Dobre

• Wassup! = Vigatez!

• Thank You = Jenkooyee Dobzhe

• Sorry/Excuse Me = Psheh Prah Shahm

• How Much? = Illiue Costu'e (Jingo's favourite phrase, he incessantly utter this at random times of the day, even today)

• Yes = Tak!

• How old is your sister? = Jak stary jest vasza siostra?

• Malaysia is between Thailand and Singapore! = Don't bother learning that, even if they know where Msia is... wait a second... nobody knows Malaysia. Say you are from Burkina Faso (kiddin')

Jing's trademark, the mantis?/Penangite kicks ass! pose

Sombre Cwei, forced a smile after he found out WWII actually ended :)

The siblings sampled some wild berries along the way. Thankfully none of them got into anaphylaxis. Else, we wouldn't know what to do with the extra travelling passes, hah!

Cwei ft. The Nowy Port Lighthouse




So we went in and up the lighthouse

inside: An old skool barometer, before we had yahoo weather!

Wasterplatte


While waiting for the ''ball to drop'' (don't worry, i will elaborate later, and it didn't involve any sharp objects) we relished the picturesque view and the cool breeze from the top of the lighthouse. We took pictures of the surroundings

There was a channel where ships berthed into their loading docks.
A depot of SUVs from Japan and cocaine from Colombia in them.

A rare Shinlert - Alv shot

because she rather glue herself onto a wall.

Jing at it again.

Alright, do notice the metallic ball on the roof of the lighthouse and Jingo's receding hairline.

Long time ago, before there was radio-communication and before Malaysians discovered fire, the lighthouse ball was used to signal the sailors the time of the day so they can readjust the clocks in their ships before a voyage or when they arrive at the pier.

What happened was the ball will elevate itself (not sure by human force or mechanically, but mine is definitely not mechanical) upwards towards the wind vane (which ironically happened to be a cock) and drop to its original downward position.

This occurred every 1 hour.

So, we waited outside to witness for a ball to drop from a cock on a towering erection.

Shinlert is having the whole incident on video. Will upload once i get my hands on it.