yes, i don’t know, we recently brought a flower for sale with the aroma of spring, which is listed in the red book, so it’s better to admire it in the forest. and if you really want to take it with you, then by pointing the camera of your phone, the photos will definitely remain in your memory. here we are already sending home immediately and snowdrops and hellebore. the whole polyany is very beautiful, where do you send it to the city, kirov volga vyatka district? it’s not cold there now, if snowdrops are like magic, then how to treat such bright gifts of nature mimosa in january for a half months before the usual flowering time to admire the flowers. it will be possible for a long time, according to forecasters of the coastal zone. this winter , the temperature is below zero, it may not drop at all alena evtyakova ivan pakhomov natalya lithuanian dmitry baranov channel one and this concludes our episode, the broadcast will continue the program of our lives until we meet on the first and all the best to you.

to the left, you look china, you can see korea to the right but the city that i am looking at now, i am from the dizzying height of the golden bridge is in the very heart in the primorsky territory, the bridge supports are made in the form of a latin letter in what does vladivostok mean and

is this the life of their own? if i was born in vladivostok, i could set up an underwater garden with marine reptiles, like vasily grebennikov. well, we are watching a beautifully opening sail, i would drive the most powerful tugboat, like oksana spivak, the only woman captain in the far east on a snow-white sand. and i could become one of the first in

drifting, like pilot konstantin orshav, but no matter who i am, the funicular driver is an electrician on on the golden bridge, as a cadet of the maritime university, a salesman at a car market or a cook in a chinese restaurant, a lighthouse keeper or a veterinarian in a safari park, i would live in the most comfortable, picturesque and unique place in our country. first of all, as a muscovite, i decided to go to the sea. after all, it is everywhere in vladivostok. in addition, right in the city on the tokarevskaya spit there is mine and a picturesque beach with crystal clear water. you can get to it on foot along the shallows, that is, you can walk along a long narrow pebble strip at low tide. you can safely and not even soak your shoes. but during the tide of water there will be at least

ankle-deep, and even knee-deep. everyone who comes to vladivostok definitely comes here, because tokarevsky mayak is practically the same age as the city itself. well, now, when i took a sip of fresh sea air, you can rush into the thick of things. each city, big or small, has a central district or a street where every evening, without saying a word , people are drawn, and even in the most remote areas. in moscow, this is the arbat in st. petersburg nevsky avenue in nizhny novgorod bolshaya pokrovskaya in vladivostok, there is also such a place around the city to enjoy the atmosphere, listen to street musicians and sit in a cafe. millionka was the famous green chinatown, where it was easy to get away from the chase or hide from the police, we can

go, for example, to this entrance, go out on each of the floors, go along the balcony, get into another room. why did the chinese come here and why did this city attract them so much for vladivostok, which was founded in the middle of the 19th century as an important naval post, a civilian population was required, and then it was decided to open the borders for labor migrants from china. labor migrants became cheap labor, they were hired as janitors, nannies and couriers to walk around your market. nope my market to go. there are 100 years ago weighs this area was one huge flea market. here you could find everything were these opera chickens. legs with additional services gambling dens a trendy place with many modern cafes and

restaurants, but we decided to go there, where you can feel the real atmosphere of vladivostok city with an asian flavor hello. thank you come, chinese cafes. hello come visit us. come in for delicious chinese food. we go to try food and not abu where, but to a chinese restaurant. let's go here such a pleasant, chinese name of dobrynya i already like. the owner of this chinese restaurant calls herself by the russian name anya in vladivostok she came about 10 years ago from harbin i work in a restaurant all russian people promise and uh, i see people like it in chinese cuisine and she herself thought the average

dishes. here it costs 400 rubles. the portions are small, which is why they are so cheap. half a kilo half a kilo ride for 400 rubles. a day is a gram for one ruble. friends, i am covered with dishes of food from head to toe. i don’t know how i’ll eat it well, that i did it all, you can take it with you. so, scallop fried in a pan. now pork in sweet and sour sauce chinese temptation is always delicious, well, like soup it's just some kind of gastronomic shock. i gave only 3,000 rubles. and

got 3 kg of food. vladivostok we envy you today in our country hello, i have cash, i was surprised that there was no one in the place of the driver, while the trailer traveled at the right speed and stopped in the right places. i think that we are ahead of moscow in the development of unmanned vehicles by 60 years for funicular drivers. in

vladivostok, you can count on one hand alexander has been working here for 28 years. you feel just interesting at the workplace in 1962. it was possible to climb from pushkinskaya street to sukhanov street only on foot. here's the stairs. she counts our 400 steps and the locals call it the ladder of health. yes, health. open until 8:00 pm. the funicular is a funicular, but the most popular transport in vladivostok is cars; almost every family has one or two cars, and more often with a right-hand drive. we are in the mecca of right-hand drive transport in russia, here you can pick up a car for every taste

and budget, it is from here that these japanese swallows fly to all regions of the country dmitry klotaevsky is 25 years old, six of them he deals only with japanese right-hand drive cars they come to russia by cars from auctions. how much do you think, how much such a, uh, such a little girl, can cost such a thing, but i think that in the region, probably, 800 thousand definitely. many people think that in vladivostok you can buy a japanese car for ridiculous money. it's a delusion now to come here, you need at least c 1500, and the average cost of a car. i think it's about one million. for example, a hybrid car runs on both gasoline and electricity. this is the flagship japanese car. it only produces domestic market. japan so let's start this amazing car. everything, i mean everything. and where i didn't hear anything at all.

how much can you buy it in the car market, but i think that the starting price is somewhere, probably 2.5 million rubles. and it is not new, but with mileage in general, i did not buy this swallow. because the car that i like is not sold in any market. the maximum speed of the wife's tires and painted asphalt is another visiting card of vladivostok my name is dmitry semenyuk i am the organizer rds asia drift championship recognizer drift, as a sport, originated in japan and if we talk about russia, then in vladivostok it was here 18 years ago the first championship in our country passed. for the spectators it's a racer's show, it's about the competition and the guys that shine on the street. it's just the usual hooligans. to convert a car for hard drifting, you need to invest at

least a million rubles in this business. well, here everything is redone to standards. there is practically nothing here. it's with a plastic hood , plastic fenders, plastic doors plastic rear fenders. you hear the trunk, it turns out you want to become a drifter and participate in competitions. be prepared to work only for your car. that's the price for a moment's pleasure. and how much does one set of tires cost, and one wheel is 10,000 rubles. costs. wow 40,000 rubles one run. this is the same thing in moscow, the guys drive here on such wheels, but they have 50,000. behind stands 24 seconds. the race is on and there are no wheels. holidays on the first it is not clear why not make out? well , who is this anyway? do it shoots better the whole coil. mary poppins returns

see before and after. fish, if you remember with a new cry you with a new chest of drawers with a new blender. meet the new year holidays with ozon treats for the festive table. we cook with the whole family. and, of course, special attention. we give the sauce mayonnaise, mahi, it will make the festive dishes tastier. for 10 months wow with cashback up to 6% to withdraw cash without commission and halva for daily purchases everything i need from different cards is in halva just one card for

all fundaysale in stores and online discounts up to 50% catch the benefit of fanda affordable clothing for the whole family. baikal is the beginning of lednergy, for which for study work here with taste for the hobby of cinema domino art for this too. big tortillaul slow lots of chicken and fries but new big megaroll. for manicure ra looks for styling home mat with dumbbells against uniforms for sports after the new year's feast.ru many years ago. we saw prospects, where we were born, grew up and opened here for uralsib bank since then, we continue to implement perspectives of those who are looking for a life's work. those

who do not stop learning, and those who see the beauty around, wherever they are, uralsib perspectives, where you find pure products without harmful additives, finally, a big bed, finally a big sale in ascona. only until january 15 , discounts up to 70% on beds, sofas , mattresses and pillows for a healthy sleep holidays mts premium subscription online cinema 50 gb internet mts music and book service line two months free new year gifts in the mobile application.

burger king delivers with cashback when you're already number one

i don't think i heard anything at all. it's very cool, damn it, everyone should experience it, of course, on such machines you won't go around the world. although the local men are real

craftsmen and can make not only cool cars. almost all boys. primorye has been dreaming of being at the helm since childhood and sergey voloshchenko, this dream was fulfilled by becoming a captain in the sea on a yacht that he built himself according to the drawings of shipbuilders 1830 the development of a classic wooden shipbuilding passengers rested on their black sea and could teach anyone how to sail a yacht and manage sails. we unwind, we unwind, but this one we raise rey above the wild. wow remember that

200 years ago everything was based on gross physical chili so it might take a little bit, but as they say, iron men walked on wooden ships. you know how to do everything perfectly, the driver of the car. oh yeah great now we need to forget about it, because here it's the other way around if the steering wheel is turned left to right. this is the steering wheel to the right. i'm left at sea there are rules of the road, for example, motor boats must give way to a sailboat, and if the wind blows to the ship 's right side, it has priority. instead of traffic lights in the sea, there are more than two dozen lighthouses in vladivostok. i'm on the island of fastening. and here, for 145 years, the lighthouse has been operating, which meets and escorts sailors on the island. we turned out to be the strongest fog and bad weather boris

emelyantsev is a simple man who does a great job. he has been working as a caretaker at the lighthouse for 2 years. he found a vacancy from an ad. if no one was found here, then, most likely, strictly mothballed. and the lighthouse would not have worked for the new lighthouse keeper. i had to go through a rigorous selection, after all, the lighthouse is a secure facility of the pacific fleet, and here we need a person not only with iron nerves, but also a jack of all trades. and a plumber, an electrician and a welder at mayak, boris mikhailovich was allowed to settle with his family, we live well here less than 6 years old olechka, 3 years old 54 years old, another baby, we are waiting for a boy , we help her husband, we work together, we walk here, the children like the lighthouse in working order. every 3 hours of equipment testing. turning on the lighthouse

strictly according to the schedule, which is drawn up a year ahead of the ship going. yes, let's say for 20 miles she saw the flashing red lighthouse, she understands that the port, vladivostok is already nearby skreplyova island is located at the entrance to the east bosphorus strait, 3 km south of vladivostok , everything necessary for life to the inhabitants of the island is delivered four times a year on boats. they bring us here, and potatoes, flour, sugar, salt, cereals, vegetables, cabbage , beets, eggs, yes meat is there, chicken, pork order when the beef. that is, in principle, we don’t have enough water pipes on the island, drinking water also comes with a tanker, about 60 tons. we pour it into the well, and the fuel is like, well, fuel and lubricants are delivered to us once a year. in what other corner of russia can one

go to live on a desert island, in my opinion, boris mikhailovich and his family feel like real robinsons here. in general, it is impossible to get bored in primorsky krai. if you want, go out into the open ocean. set the sails and ride the yacht. do you want to rest in paradise island. but if there is too much energy, you can master the far eastern hector. the main thing is to have ideas for business? and we are located in the shkotovsky district in the primorsky territory , not far from the village of novorossiya. we took this land under the far eastern hectare program and it is called the taiga cooperative . here we collect 41 l in the taiga. in our country, primorye ranks second in the world in terms of the

diversity of plant species after the amazon therefore it is a sin not to take advantage of such a gift. we make 15 varieties of tea from wild plants. uh, six varieties of jam and candied pumpkin margarita organizer of holidays. but for 5 years of work on a hectare, both began to understand the local flora. like dressings of botany. well, look, it's water. we have it in many teas. in general, this is the tea of ​​siberian hunters , the feeling is that, yes. well, even at home, just in an apartment, that you removed part of the fire gives a very strong aftertaste of such smoked meat. here is a thyme. it's thyme, there are wild herbs. it blows and unique tea collections are obtained - these

are the petals of the sea hips. i'm here now for you . i have somewhere, in my opinion, there is a jam here, yes, from insomnia for the proper functioning of the heart. there is a stomach, even anti-stress tea, for example, there are some very useful herbs, but you won’t drink them, for example. the same nettle, it is insanely useful, but it is tasteless, respectively nettle. we add mint, some berry , something that has both a sedative effect and is tasty and useful for feeding children. fat, too, add it somewhere like this sweet, honey, that, finally, it is bitter; an excess of taste kills the taste. did you know that the surroundings of vladivostok are a real green pharmacy, only here, in addition to tea , healing lemongrass grows, a real panacea for a diseased liver, as well as pine nuts and fern products. akin to a rejuvenating apple in america gold fever in vladivostok ginseng this plant from

1,000 diseases is listed in the red book. some roots reach prices up to 120,000 dollars 7.5 million rubles. of course, not every plant costs that much, but an age-old root, which grew up in the wild. yes, yes, it has been growing for 120 years. alexander hetmanov calculated the ideal conditions in which red book plants take root. and he organized his own woman. the eagle is right in the city limits. ginseng grows here. i always thought that ginseng root, it is useful. the stem and its useful berries are also useful for hunters, when they go in the forest, they often take them with them so that yes, fatigue overcomes just chew the berry and move on. oh, yes. are you getting some kind of energy drink, but berries ginseng is useful only in july-august, later all the nutrients go to the root, from which healing tinctures are prepared. what kind of spring? so, you can make a mixture of ginseng in

three ways, insist on alcohol with a strength of 33 degrees on honey and water. 50 g of the root must be poured with a liter of alcohol solution and the dark place removed for 21 days. take ginseng tincture strictly according to the instructions, an overdose is dangerous. ginseng is translated from chinese as the root of life. the main thing is to remember one simple rule in everything you need to know measure. although vladivostok is not prone to half-measures, everything here is superlative, the nature is very beautiful, the city is very driving, and the people are very friendly . i am proud that it is unique and we will not repeat it, so to speak, the russian jungle. each city has a

special place where you can feel its best atmosphere in vladivostok such a place is the central market. we came to the market in vladivostok in order to find out what the residents of primorye like to pamper themselves. here they are rows with all sorts of things from china a how much does such a khaki suit cost 350 pure wool, i understand you, in any case pure wool guys, there is no other here. look what a beauty.

hmm very tasty scallop for 2.400 kg. this is very cool seafood in the central market. this is not only the catch of fishermen, but also the products of farmers who have learned how to get delicious marine reptiles. i got up early today, because i have to drive 300 km to the bay, vityaz, where i will meet a very interesting person a few years ago. vasily grebennikov, left city life and decided to become farmer, but not grow cucumbers and tomatoes, but scallops. i was born in belarus, i am a civil engineer. i always wanted to live at

sea when i started this business. i traveled to japanese marine farms, where i studied how they work, we take cages with larvae and go to sea. everything, i understand, so all friends. actually very difficult. this is a maritime business. now i just tried to knit knots. it would seem that here i take my shoelaces and tie them every day, but here everything is much more complicated. the first 2 years were invested over 45 mln rub. and in the twenty-first year, and we will reinvest the proceeds received, and you have reached operational zero. present moment, i have not yet returned my investment. but as if

now this business has become self-sufficient. and how many scallops do not fit on one ridge, 4,000 bags, so we get 4 million scallops on the door now. here. it was hard for you to come here with your business. well, look, you know how the input is the ruble, the output is two. yes, in an ordinary garden , weeds in the sea interfere. it also has its parasites. these are fish and shellfish, marine tomato is a marine animal, which, well, also . you see, it sits on our ropes, as it were, and now it grows to this size. this is probably a three-year-old similar to a persimmon. but what is moving on the precipitation. this is also some kind of marine life. well, yes, this, well, they call it sea goats, as if it were probably some kind of distant relative of the shrimp, but these goats, of course, are most impressive to me. first time. this animal. i observe such they are strange themselves

, you need to look at them in moderation, to avoid protein poisoning. almost every third adult resident of vladivostok works at sea every day , dozens of motor boats, schooners and ships leave the ports of vladivostok. nautical courses of the school of skippers and navigators for the commercial fleet of russia were opened 130 years ago. today, 7,000 students study at nevelskoy moscow state university. and this is the largest maritime university in the asia-pacific region. 7,000

students imagine only one stream can form crews for 280 ships, but that's later, but for now, future captains are learning drive here virtually. friends, in my life i have played computer games far more than once, but such a complex control. i haven't seen it on any console yet. look at how many levers of indicators screen buttons are here, and plus the visual effects are really swaying horizon thunderstorm well , nothing in residential teaching. but easy in combat is a complete imitation of the real conditions on the ship, ranging from uh the effects of wind waves over uh weather ice conditions, and everything else. and what will happen if we are now abruptly let's accelerate to full speed, we can simply turn the tugboat of future sailors. here

they teach the correct behavior in any emergency. the main rule was mastered. help your comrade yourself, on the high seas. no, there are all strangers there. a stern sea wolf with week-long bristles, smoking with a pipe and a commanding voice capable of blocking the roar of a seven-point storm, but life of its own is much more interesting and now i will introduce you to one of the most charming captains, vladivostok oksana spivak captain of the flagship tug ice class dobrynya fragile lady with an iron character vladivostok has always been a city without

prejudice. here is a woman on board fortunately. i knew for sure that if i am the director of a restaurant, i will be the director of a restaurant on a ship, if i am a doctor, i will be a doctor on a ship. colleagues call oksana the queen of the tug fleet, her dobrynya is the most powerful and modern tug. in primorye , i looked at dobro all the time, i didn’t think he would work for me on it. you know, honey, she came to our tugboat with a flower starts with purity. egorka cleaning there disinfection this is a female trait. you by the word blender? meet the new year holidays with azone, new series, watch after the time to eat program without adults. do what you want.

here it is yulia's happiness for the new season. watch right now only in the okko online cinema your favorite films and tv shows a month for a ruble a year at half price. can degrees make life go downhill yes, and when you least expect it, life is worth looking at from a normal angle, so zero is the best degree for life. attention in case of allergy poisoning and hangovers . in the cinema you are a delicious point favorable prices for a couple of mont blanc burgers

on you or to fulfill the cherished dream of someone very dear in the room miracles are already on the threshold. cinema 1tv presents work

why are you talking to me like that? you have all the signs of pregnancy, the 1tv movie presents we specially went to the north

of france, you imagine you are pregnant. we are without such news silver wolf, so dmitry is a lover of france sooner or later they will put you in jail, because you either disagree with her , or you go, to work as an accountant by profession. understood? kino one tv presents go away, please don't endure.

systems mechanisms checked in order no comments, watch accepted. we can work the first voyage was the fourth mate of the big huge, i got to the second mate. petrovich i heard quietly. let's go, i worked on different ships in the fish fleet on a super trawl, how to do 180 people for 6 months?

and here is the ship that we are now expand. it is large by your standards, it is a small vessel. our container forgets it at 240 by 230 m. how many ships per day? you can do this and more. here, personally, my watch for the day was, 21 steamships in vladivostok, special girls live with no difficulties. do not frighten them, and they do not divide work into male and female. it's just the girls who drive. also because i love the sea. i love this work. i really like it at home to find oksana is not easy.

because oksana's sea soul is always torn meet adventure sports yacht club, which i love very much. the russians in vladivostok are a mega structure almost 2 km long. it has the world's longest span of 1.104 m and the highest first pylons of 324 m. for this, it got into the guinness book of records and for 2000 bills. here you will find out. almost 10 years ago, students of the far eastern federal

university settled on the russian island. and there are neither many nor few of them here. campus on the russian island is a small branch of the whole world. where are you from? i'm from the irkutsk region i'm from the city, blagoveshchensk, students from china study here and from iran, russian people, i have friends, i have colleagues. i am treated very well here. here it is thirst for knowledge and real friendship of peoples. and also the exchange of experience and cultural traditions. young people come to vladivostok from all over the world for a good education, and tourists go to primorsky krai with impressions. in primorye, you can relax

more abruptly than on the island of bali or in thailand get to such places. is it possible by car? and, if you want faster, then local aviation friends are at your service. well , just look how beautifully white sand the fluffy rocks are around. it seems to me that locals are not in vain. this coast is called the seaside maldives , this place is a completely new recreation area for russians, about which few people know the romantic name of this bay, singing sands. when the wind blows, the sand moves and creates a unique sound of the reserve

. ah, well, that is, all these forests, this is your patrimony and you you know, like the back of your hand, maybe, so to speak, and who lives in this reserve dash deer goats boars. i'm still guarding the territory here from crooks. that is, from poachers. and after all, there is something here to protect petrov island, its unique place to be entered at least entirely in the red book. there are test groves, 412 trees grow the oldest tree. purely sharp, the final one is about 800-900 years old, the yew is called a contemporary of dinosaurs and is growing. this tree is a very slow eight-year-old tessyonok in height no more than 15 cm, and of mature age. he reach only after 500 years alexander

invited us to visit. true path to the house. jaegers, the blur had to rise into the sky again. go don't be afraid alexander's wife didn't expect guests. we caught galina with her youngest daughter sasha doing everyday things. hey, you caught a chicken, hold it, hold it, life in this village is arranged. so that's it. what people eat is grown with their own hands from potatoes to watermelons, which are real exotic for primorye. actually very tasty guys, really awesome. i never thought that somewhere in the far east you can grow something similar. that's great. there is practically no need here, money. galina goes to the store once or twice a month. they feed us, and there is

still money left from her, chickens rush for a rainy day. as they say now until now, as far as i understand. uh-huh and actually also understand that life in the village is very good. you look watermelon homemade bread homemade wife is always happy with a manicure pedicure, do not spend money doing for milking a cow, like i'm not profitable. oops, foot pedicure. yes, i'm not cows, it's for myself

interesting. so i'll come and show you by welding, well, i envy you kindly. and he will become my time too. or no work. right in the ussuri taiga on the edge of the lazovsky reserve lives, there are only 800 people here. but no one counted tigers, by the way, in recent years, predators from the red book come to the village twice as often ; we go out in the middle of a tiger. tiger amur tiger every region of russia

has its celebrities, but only my today's character looks so elegant in a striped swimsuit. meet the famous tiger amur who proved to all of russia that the love of evil will fall in love with a goat. cupid , i brought you treats to meat, hold on, brother. bon appetit. god, how many articles and leni at the same time this is the seaside safari park, the very place where the legendary tiger amur met the no less legendary goat. timur parks, there is a practice of feeding predators with live animals, just the same goat was intended for tigers as such live food. well, nature failed in the morning found that the goat tiger did not

eat, and they began to live together a story about the friendship of a predator and an ungulate thundered all over the world likes to sleep to rest. timur was evacuated from the enclosure and cured , although the goat and the tiger no longer lived without their predatory friend. timur the goat did not live long. in this urn lies the ashes of the recognized genius piar and the best friend of all felines for 200 kg, the goat timur, even his lifetime photograph, there is a quivering attitude towards tigers in vladivostok. here, a whole festival is dedicated to them, which takes place annually. and in every primorsk camp

there is always a detachment of tiger cubs when i was when i was little, my parents often sent me to children's camps in the moscow region several times. i was in artek in an eaglet. but if i was born in primorye, i would definitely want to be here. welcome to the primorsky children's camp ocean. all children up to 16 years old dream of getting here, but the most talented and most active ocean camps are russia in miniature. people come here from all corners of the country. i came from the ulyanovsk region. and i'm zhenya, a big boy, i came from moscow. how lucky i got to the festival right away kites and decided to participate here in the ocean. all the guys, unanimously , say to me that if you write a cherished desire on a kite, and then it takes off into the sky,

then this desire will certainly come true. i'll call you yardik. the most important moment of a snake with a desire is to let the air fly away from me, if it works out the first time, they say the wish will come true, well come on, everything turned out to come true for sure. let it remain a mystery what exactly i wished for, i will only say one desire of mine is connected with this beautiful land. primorsky krai, i have is associated with some place where there is

absolutely everything for complete happiness, this city was invented, built and live by local residents, dynamic, very active compared to other russia, enthusiastic great people. you think i returned to moscow and am at the yaroslavl railway station, but no. i'm still in vladivostok, by the way, an interesting fact is the local station, very similar to yaroslavsky well , as they say. find 10 differences another fact, literally a few meters away there is another sea station and this is not surprising because all roads are in vladivostok lead to the sea. but it's time for us to leave our lives see you.

the world is ruled by love, it is she who makes the earth spin. love for the family, love for oneself and in general for everything that surrounds us, life is eternal, like love, and even if a person is no longer around, he continues to live inside our heart. the whole story is with the relationship with the parents. this is the relationship of each person with himself and with his inner parents and despite the fact that , as if they were not physically close now, but

the process of e warmth he took place in reality. it continues to develop further inside me appears somehow. i hope in my dealings with the world. well it is. it's endless. it seems to me that the process does not disappear, as long as we remember, as long as love and gratitude lives inside our hearts. my main pain is that as if there was not enough time. to love and give thanks, so that the earth continues to spin and that we continue to live. my name is vera kincheva, and today i have convinced you.

and what are these sounds over there asked alice. the cheshire cat answered miracles. and what are they do they do there? as it happens, as it should be, i really want to introduce you to mary in whose life you need to add inspiration to magic. and, of course, comfort, so now we are starting an adventure together with masha in a wonderland. city ​​of lyubertsy but the twenty-first year turned my life upside down and contributed to my return to my homeland.