lafcadio1

This August, I did come across a couple of exchange offices in Brest that will accept zloty, due to the city's proximity to Poland. But I...

I recently posted a Belarus trip report on a separate thread, and was encouraged by another poster to repost it here so that the...

Sorry not to have replied sooner, I wasn't online over the weekend (staying at my grandmother's, where there is no internet). Grodno is...

Hi mangosteve, glad the report was useful to you. By the way, if you have ten days, I really would encourage you to think about adding...

In response to Andrei's comments about acquiring Belarusian rubles in Lithuania, the exchange office at the bus station was the one I used...

Lionofjudah, have a great time! Edited by: lafcadio1

Hi waterhazard jack, glad you approved! Are you actually suggesting I should cross post the whole thing? Or do you think I need to condense...

So to continue, from Gomel, I headed on by bus to Minsk, which I found spectacular but arid. The main district of Stalinist architecture is...

Now to the trip, or at least the preparations. Visa formalities weren’t too strenuous. The hardest part was getting visa support, as the...

Since few travellers visit Belarus and information is a bit scant, I thought I’d add my trip report to the couple that already exist on...

It's a damn shame you're not planning this trip six weeks later! I'm a Brit, 32/M, planning a Belarus trip in August. Almost the same ideas...

Further to the above, I am now firming up my trip, and wonder if posters could let me know what they thought of my itinerary. I have been...

It is not a hire car - it's a car with a local driver - that is why it is somewhat expensive. I don't drive myself. But the driver is...

I should add, Tuesday or Wednesday probably the best days.

I'll be in Dubrovnik from tomorrow to the following Saturday, and was thinking about making a day trip to Kotor. The buses are really...