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I hitch hiked it in 2 days in 2010 with no problems, and others I met who hitch hiked it said the same....

I'd give half a day to Vladimir, one and a half to Suzdal and cut out Nizhny Novgorod and Yekaterinberg completely. There's not really...

Check the link in my signature line for info on off the beaten track independent travel in Kyrgyzstan

What is the most sparsley populated place? Besides Antarctica....

Original invitation is required for Lviv always, plus application form filled out online, plus insurance valid in Russia....

Lviv in the Ukraine

From what Vadim has told me you have to go through a local agency to get the visa at Vilnius, making it considerably more expensive. I...

My travel blog (http://www.mytb.org/edvallance) . I try to be realistic - negative when something negative happens on the road and positive...

A blog about my stay with while they bring their 4,000 head herd down from the mountains to start the spring migration.

Couldn't agree more with jaoto. For the casual traveller there is little to differentiate one city from another so stopping at more than...

I'd agree with most of the advice here. Forget Ekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod, try adding in Veliky Novgorod, Kazan, Tobolsk or Tomsk, or...

Yes please report back. If correct it means they have recently changed their policy

Strange to hear about lack of food babushki on Trans Sib platforms. Just got back from a trip to the Kola Peninsula and during the train...

I haven't traveled along the trans sib route in a couple of yeard but regularly travel routes north of moscow and east into ukraine. On all...

There are roads to more southern parts of Komi but none that officially go all the way to Vorkuta. However, a local guy managed to drive...