Construction and Another Panorama

Construction in Russia is hilarious and dangerous and hilariously dangerous. There are no (enforced) safety codes and all the people working are lazy. We've had a good time observing the construction and thought it would make an appropriate post on our blog. Please take time to participate in the survey on the right hand side of your screen. Thank you.

This is how you someone has to get from the road into their apartment's front door. The enormous hole with the pallet over it is about 4.5-5 feet deep.

A large pit with the sidewalk covered up on the left and the road on the right.

Brian actually broke off a lot of dirt and almost fell in while posing for this picture.

Scaffolding

Five guys that were supposed to be working hanging out in the truck. This is at about 11:00 am.

A guy sleeping in his equipment.

Brian enjoys the panoramas a lot. This is the "Summer Garden" not far from the center of the city.