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RE: Living Cheaply on the Beach for 6 months with child

by SoloHobo 10 May 2012

Costa Rica will probably offer you the most housing stock and option to choose from. CR caribe coast is least developed and most rustic…
Re: Samara, Kazan, Nizhny via the Volga?

by RiverPilgrim 06 February 2012

Hello there, No problems to take a lovely cruise from Samare to the north-northwest. You can cruise to Nizny Novgorog, to Kazan or all…
RE: Samara, Kazan, Nizhny via the Volga?

by BillMurrayAuthor 26 January 2012

Good stuff, DutchSwede. Understood, we're not there to bond with the geriatric set either, but for the novelty, like you said, rather…
RE: Samara, Kazan, Nizhny via the Volga?

by dutchswede 26 January 2012

Yes OP, it is possible to book yourself into a longer cruise through a local travel agency, though I can't provide any names for Samara-base…
Re: Russian itinerary for next summer

by atsirlin 03 January 2012

I suggest that you spend at least one day (or better 2-3 days) in Nizhny Novgorod, because it is an essential city in the Volga region,…
Russian itinerary for next summer

by Geordietraveller1 02 January 2012

I am planning my summer holiday for this year along the river Volga, more specifically from Volgograd to Kazan. The itinerary will be…
Re: boat from Kazan to Samara

by Chicagobest 11 November 2011

I went back and found my old thread where the last post said there is twice weekly Samara to Kazan service. My knowledge of the travel…
Re: Samara to Kazan By Ferry or Other Kind of Boat

by Chicagobest 25 August 2011

Thanks for the help. I kind of think there are many cruise type boats that will sell this small part of the Volga River journey. I just…
RE: krasnodar or samara

by danielsprague 24 May 2011

Neither are historical deserts, though neither figure prominently in Russian history. I've not visited Krasnodar, but I must say that…
RE: Travelling to Turkey from SE Asia

by everbrite 03 April 2010

Saratov’s Old World Charm http://mnweekly.rian.ru/travel/20080717/55338215.html 17/07/2008 Saratov may not immediately induce an imag…
Report hitch-hiking trip crossing Russia in 11 days only.

by bengrieu 20 May 2009

So far so good ! - After a break by CS member FISTULA we (with Sophie, french) kept hitching in the morning from Bruchsal, tankstelle…
passenger boats on volga river

by ontour 06 May 2008

Hi, we are planning a trip to Samara, Kazan etc. Are there any boats for passengers on the volga river apart from the luxury river cruise…
Volgograd ferry

by bubble86 02 June 2007

I am travelling through cities on the volga this summer. I think I will visit Nizhny-Novgorod, Kazan, Ul'yanovsk, Samara, Saratov and…