Japan to England, Overland - Part 8: The Girl From Minsk

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Come to Belarus!

Part of the axis of evil?

The Last Dictatorship in Europe??

The Only Surviving Remnant of the Soviet Union???"

"Where?"

Indeed, when I first heard that to reach Europe from Russia, I would have to get a transit visa through a country called Belarus, quickly I decided that A; Because I had never heard of the place, it would make more sense to divert north from Moscow to St Petersburg and come out by the Baltic sea, and explore Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania instead, countries which had at least, had something enough to put them on the map, and B: that because I was already paying out hundreds in Visa costs already, I might as well save myself the money and skip this country.

As it happened, after Russia, I felt something was, quite literally, calling me back, and I decided that I should return - but I couldn't legally go back to Russia - instead I choose the next best thing - and what lovely people I found there.

It all started in Moscow....






The Girl from Minsk

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Photos

First night out in Minsk
Londoners, Moscovites and Minskovites

Victory Monument
Minsk

Valour
Brest Fortress

From left to Right
Me, Pascha, Nastya, Sascha and Elyena.

Soviet Mural
Minsk

State of Brest Fortress
The Fortress withheld the Nazis for an astounding month

The KGB Headquarters
Yes, they still have the KGB.

Night out at London
Minsk

Sneaked in to the VIP lounge
Minsk