TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE
JOHN BOYLE is a freelance documentary cameraman/producer, whose films are distributed by National Geographic. His most recent film is about the sunken Japanese fleet in Truk Lagoon. Mark Finch is a surf shop owner, pilot and adventurer. He has accompanied John on most of his recent voyages.
Around 10pm I get another knock on the cabin roof. Since our ‘illegal’ arrival in Estonia I have grown accustomed to frequent visits from the border police – what do they want this time?
Except it isn’t the police – pulled up on the quay alongside us is a white van and a friendly cigarette-smoking Estonian with 250 litres of diesel for us. I have never been so happy to pay someone such an exorbitant price per litre for diesel – in cash of course. Despite our recent string of bad luck there
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