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Feasilibity: Chita - UUD - Baikal - (Ulan Bator or Khabarovsk)?

by nesma 04 March 2012

I've a flight booked that gets me into Chita towards the end of August 2012 and I have about a 2 week period before I need be back at…
Re: From the USA to Kamchatka

by Chicagobest 16 September 2011

There is always the road less traveled. I love Alaska so any excuse to go there would meet with interest. But....from North America…
Re: Local Bus Astrakhan to Siochi Via Chechnya and North Ossetia

by Chicagobest 12 February 2011

Sorry about the mistake about the Military Highway. A couple of people touched on the value of the destination issue. For example,…
RE: Far East Russia in December - am I mad?

by zashibis 17 October 2010

>Obviously this time of year in Russia is cold, so I'll come back some other time to 'do' it properly. I'm only going for such a short…
RE: Far East Russia in December - am I mad?

by zashibis 16 October 2010

Hmmm. This OP sure seems to get around, as earlier in the week he was claiming to be in the Republic of Georgia. Who gets that much time…
Far East Russia in December - am I mad?

by Shefgab 15 October 2010

Hi! I've just made a very implusive air mile redemption to Far Eastern Russia for December. London - Seoul - Khabarovsk Yuzhno Sakha…
Re: Inter-terminal transit at Beijing airport - visa needed?

by Tokheim 11 October 2010

Maybe they're taking a China Southern or China Eastern international flight to the US, which do leave from the T2? International flight…
RE: Hokkaido, Japan to Russia via Sakhalin Island: possible and awesome

by lakers6902 10 October 2010

Menedo, I dont think a travel agency can book for the ferry between Vanino and Khomsk. When I was on in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, I called…
Re: BAM - Baikal Amur Mainline - Lake Baikal - Circum Baikal

by Chicagobest 29 August 2010

We just got back on Sunday from a 30 day journey around the world including the BAM. Thee were 4 of us including my wife and two daughters…
RE: What permits are needed for Chukotka and Russian Far East

by Jansie 07 June 2010

Ok, so given the time we have and taking all the helpful information on this thread into account we have decided to give Chukotka a skip…
RE: What permits are needed for Chukotka and Russian Far East

by EddyV 04 June 2010

yeh thats right, for the northern coast permits are required. I repeat again though they are not required for Magadan, Petropavlovsk Kamchat…
RE: What permits are needed for Chukotka and Russian Far East

by EddyV 01 June 2010

ok you definitely DON'T need permits to go to Magadan, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk or Khabarovsk. In these oblasts you…
RE: Sakhalin: What to do?

by celticbhoy7 09 October 2009

The exact same thing happened to my friend last summer, only his visa was running out much sooner than yours is. He was forced to get…
Sakhalin: What to do?

by spoonthumb 09 October 2009

I just missed the ferry from Sakhalin to Japan. The next ferry is on the 21st My visa expires in two days but having talked to the visa…
Hokkaido, Japan to Russia via Sakhalin Island: possible and awesome

by terekitadha 16 September 2009

There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of positive information about this trip I just did, so I thought I'd put down some detail. It's…
Re: BAM adventure plotting

by terekitadha 16 September 2009

1. I just did almost the same trip, but backwards. Took 29 days to go from Hokkaido to Sakhalin, to the end of the BAM, down to Khabarovsk…
Re: Hokkaido and Kuril Islands?

by Lonelier_Planet 25 August 2009

My apologies for the slightly outdated picture I painted earlier about the accommodation and airport situations in the Kurils. In any…
Re: Hokkaido and Kuril Islands?

by rogerkiwi9 25 August 2009

Just found this *Introducing Kuril Islands* The stunningly beautiful, rugged 56-island chain of the Kuril Islands arc like stepping…
RE: Kuril Islands - Hokkaido

by everbrite 07 September 2008

There are ferry services between Kholmsk and the Russian mainland at Vanino, Primorsky Krai and between Korsakov and Wakkanai, Japan.…
Re: Japan to Russia

by Lonelier_Planet 29 April 2008

I don't believe it's possible to island-hop the Kurile chain to the Kamchatka Peninsula. That part of Russia sn't geared up for foreign…
Re: The Mystery of the Visa Invitation Letter

by Chicagobest 07 April 2008

Ruth, thank again. I think this is the 6th or 7th time I need to thank you. We can't stick to usual places, but I will take your helpful…
RE: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Train Station and How to Buy Tickets

by everbrite 10 January 2008

If there is a train station, then you should be able to purchase tickets. Some of these may not be available except at the station of…
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Train Station and How to Buy Tickets

by Chicagobest 10 January 2008

I think my wife and 2 kids will be dragged with me to Sakhalin Island in Jiune. Then, really living it up, they will be traveling on…
Ruble Exchange Rate in Russian Far East

by Chicagobest 26 November 2007

Do you get a bad exchange rate for dollars in the Far East? Or would you get about the same at at ATM in Khabarovsk of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk?…
Alaska to Kamchatka...an impossible dream?

by Chicagobest 26 October 2007

I called Bering Air in Nome. They have charters on a Piper Navajo to Provideniya. $3100 to and from 80 minutes each way. $8000 on …