Nearly robbed?

Thought I was gonna get robbed and beaten up today.

Caught the train to Paldiski, a little port 20 miles west along the coast from Tallinn. Lots of greenery on the map and presumably some promising coastal walks.

Big wrong!!

Blocks and blocks of dirty Russian-built tenements.

No shopping centre; no pretty streets; no nothing.

Plenty of atmosphere.  All the wrong type.

I walked along from the station, all on my left was a container port and loading docks.. behind walls and razor wire.

I ended up walking over waste land to nowhere.

Past broken sheds and what might have been abandoned garages, dumped furniture here, rubbish there... hoped to find a walk – or a way out... looked behind me and there was a guy just standing looking my way... then two more... then they started coming my way across the waste land.

Now – I didnt leg it like a startled rabbit... but, lets just say I quickened my pace a little.

Of course, making my way back to the streets I got hopelessly lost, but I felt relatively safe again and eventually found the railway station.

Bet you cant find Paldiski on google Earth.

Home tomorrow!!  Yippee!!
Cant wait for a hot bath and a clean change of clothes
Not that I smell... much...