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  1. mscgreet avatar

    RE: Min Vody to Kislovodsk

    by mscgreet 26 May 2011

    Departure time of buses from Bus station on highway M-29 from the market, "Ruslan" Min Vody to Kislovodsk: 5.28 (from: Astrakhan), 6.42…

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    Re: Russian Visa

    by xofer 08 March 2011

    Did a trip round the black sea in 2010 with motorbikes (i am from Estonia). Here are some things that were true then and probably are…

  3. AndrewSmith avatar

    RE: Visa to Abkhazia - help

    by AndrewSmith 17 February 2011

    #10 it depends on your passport. Russia and Belarus require transit visas for most wester passport holders. A letter from the Abkhaz…

  4. vsyakoe777 avatar

    Re: Pronounciations of Russian place names

    by vsyakoe777 12 December 2010

    It's sound thus: Rostov Veliky - Rost-O-v Vel-I-kiy Yaroslavl - Yarosl-A-vl Sergiev Posad -…

  5. everbrite avatar

    RE: Russian Caucasus

    by everbrite 21 May 2010

    Sochi is really the only destination from Abkhazia. Yes, you can head north from Sochi, but only north west along the coast. You may…

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    RE: Joining the Trans-Mongolian from Sochi & other questions

    by everbrite 04 April 2010

    Granted this information is from 2009, but I am not sure that it isn't accurate and would love an update: Port of Sochi Tel: +7 8622…

  7. danielsprague avatar

    Ferries from Georgia to Ukraine

    by danielsprague 26 March 2010

    I have my multi-entry Russian visa, and I'm looking at entering Russia at Psou from Abkhazia. But, if this fails, then I'll be looking…

  8. everbrite avatar

    RE: Black Sea ferries?

    by everbrite 03 February 2010

    [Ferries To/From Sochi|http://www.myazcomputerguy.com/everbrite/Page8.html#soch] There are no ferries from Novorossiisk to Turkey. Chec…

  9. everbrite avatar

    RE: Black Sea ferries?

    by everbrite 16 January 2010

    There are no ferries from Istanbul to the Sea of Azov. The closest you are likely to get is Istanbul to Sochi and then perhaps Sochi to…

  10. everbrite avatar

    RE: Crimea to Poti/Batumi

    by everbrite 05 January 2010

    Rostov? I think not. My suggestion - get the Russian visa just in case. Get to Kerch and if you can't take the ferry directly to Georgia…

  11. mattoni avatar

    RE: Krasnodar

    by mattoni 01 October 2009

    Are you sure that you didn't mean the Russian black sea shore nort and south of Novorossiysk? This would indeed be a very touristy region,…

  12. everbrite avatar

    RE: Russian cities to see in winter?

    by everbrite 15 September 2009

    Unbearably cold is subjective. Lots of people live in Russian cities and other places that are equally cold so obviously it isn't unbearable…

  13. flachlandtiroler avatar

    RE: help needed - route to russia from turkey or other options?

    by flachlandtiroler 04 September 2009

    +discover there is a way to go from Turkey to Russia+ There is a way to Russia even from Portugal or Kenya or any place in the world,…

  14. everbrite avatar

    RE: Istanbul to Moscow via Black Sea, Novorossiysk

    by everbrite 03 September 2009

    You can bypass Moscow if you take the ferry from Istanbul to Odessa or Crimea, Ukraine as well. Be careful though there are many 200…

  15. juleskante avatar

    RE: Istanbul to Moscow via Black Sea, Novorossiysk

    by juleskante 03 September 2009

    Thanks Ruth, Very useful info, thanks! I especially like the Trabazon-Sochi connection, especially if I can bypass Moscow and head strai…

  16. everbrite avatar

    RE: Istanbul to Moscow via Black Sea, Novorossiysk

    by everbrite 02 September 2009

    Assuming you want to start in Turkey and travel overland, another option is to take the ferry from Istanbul to Ukraine (ukrferry.com)…

  17. everbrite avatar

    RE: Black Sea ferries?

    by everbrite 02 September 2009

    Posted June 2009 on the ferrylines.com website:] New Sochi ferries Two new hydrofoil ferries Sochi Port (www.seaport-sochi.ru) announce…

  18. juleskante avatar

    RE: Istanbul to Moscow via Black Sea, Novorossiysk

    by juleskante 02 September 2009

    Grüß Gott, There's a LP thread about it: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?messageID=5548568� Some guy did it…

  19. flachlandtiroler avatar

    RE: Istanbul to Moscow via Black Sea, Novorossiysk

    by flachlandtiroler 02 September 2009

    Once you're in Novorossiysk it's very easy to get to Moscow by train. [www.poezda.net] [www.rzd.ru] I never heard there's a ferry f…

  20. juleskante avatar

    Istanbul to Moscow via Black Sea, Novorossiysk

    by juleskante 02 September 2009

    Hey folks, I'm trying to link up an Eastern Europe jaunt with a trans-Mongolian trip to Beijing & beyond and was hoping to pass through…

  21. jorkki avatar

    RE: from Nowray or Finland to Murmansk

    by jorkki 13 July 2009

    No, I was in Vyborg last year on a group visa. If you enter on a group visa, you don't get a visa on your passport. But this year, you…

  22. everbrite avatar

    RE: Russia to Ukraine via Kerch Strait

    by everbrite 21 June 2009

    If you want to travel from Moscow to Crimea, there are trains directly from Moscow Kurskaya train station to Simferopol or Sevastopol…

  23. mikeanddan avatar

    Russia to Ukraine via Kerch Strait

    by mikeanddan 21 June 2009

    Hi Can anyone comment on travelling, I assume by train, from Moscow south to the Kerch Strait and crossing over to Kerch in Ukraine.…

  24. everbrite avatar

    RE: Boats from Russia to Istanbul

    by everbrite 21 March 2009

    No ferries from Rostov na Danu or Novorossiisk. There will be ships from both but no scheduled ships. You can travel from Novorossiisk…

  25. mikeanddan avatar

    Boats from Russia to Istanbul

    by mikeanddan 20 March 2009

    Hello Thinking of travelling across the Black Sea from Crimea but is there an option to travel from Russia - say Rostov or Novorossiysk-…

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