I think you'll have problems with the Georgia/Russian border. Last time I read anything about it, it was closed to foreigners.
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Driving to London from Ulaanbaatar in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Alice Springs : Do I have enough time ? in the Australasia & Pacific - Australia, New Zealand & Antarctica Branch
Check your ticket to see what time you have to arrive for your flight. Some of the airlines (possibly all of them, now) require that you be...
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called International transfer at SYD (separate tickets) in the Australasia & Pacific - Australia, New Zealand & Antarctica Branch
If they are separate tickets, my guess is that your luggage won't be automatically transferred, and so you'll have to pick it up, which...
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Frankfurt to Prague on Bahn. Train advice please!!! in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch
Frankfurt to Prague will definitely cost a lot more than 49 Euro if you're buying it on the day you're travelling. I would guess that the...
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called A week in June.. in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch
Krakow would be the immediate suggestion that springs to mind. There's plenty you can do there to occupy a week (the town itself, the salt...
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called ATMS in Belgrade, Sarajevo and Mostar in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch
I didn't have any problem with my Australian ATM card in Belgrade's ATMs last year. If I remember correctly, many of the banks are German...
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Cheap mobile options for India and Nepal? in the Travel Tech Branch
Nepal and India use the same GSM frequencies - 900/1800 (the same used almost everywhere in Europe / Africa / Asia / Pacific), so they use...
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Best small & lightweight tool for accessible web browsing world wide in the Travel Tech Branch
Hmm, I don't think WAP is a good idea. There's so few sites that use it anymore that it's useless.
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Rail travel? Road travel? in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch
Railway station signs seem to be pretty poor almost everywhere in eastern Europe; they seem to have this habit of facing the station sign...
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called The best way to get to Istanbul from Batumi or Tbilisi in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch
There are buses from Tbilisi to Istanbul that go via Batumi, but at 30+ hours, it'd be fairly unpleasant to do in one go. However, this...
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called bus from Warsaw to Vilnius in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch
There is definitely a route from Warsaw to Vilnius by train, and no need to go via Belarus; I've caught it in the other direction....
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Am I crazy to visit Talinn (and eastern Europe) at the end of Dec? Cold? in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch
Well, I wouldn't. I was in that area in September / October and it was cold enough then as it was. I then made my way south, and ended up...
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Itinerary advice June/July 2012 in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch
(bus) Dubrovik. They're all pretty long trips though, so you'll be losing a day to travel on each of them....
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Travelling from Hungary to Oslo in december in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch
Yep, I'd highly recommend using a couple of those days to visit Wroclaw, on your way from Krakow to Berlin. It's a great little city, but...
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Backpacking Europe in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch
If you're concerned about the security of your belongings, there's three things I can suggest:...
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