http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Belarus en-us Wed, 11 Nov 09 04:42:39 +0000 Wed, 11 Nov 09 04:42:39 +0000 Just a couple of photos of the preparations for the July 3 Independence Day in Minsk.Where to trip in Belarus Check it here. Panoramic photos of Belarusian nature will be available soonSo far have a look at this pictures.You're always welcomed with comments or whatever on the TripBY sharing impressions blog. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/Minsk-Voblast/Minsk/blog-414061.html May 8 2009Flight Kaliningrad KGD to Riga RIX Air Baltic F50 economyFlight Riga RIX to Minsk MSQ Air Baltic F50 economyHotel Hotel Yubileiny Minsk 67I boarded the airBaltic Fokker 50 flight to Riga the flight was about an hour and otherwise uneventful. By the time the flight arrived in Riga I was starving and hoped I could find a restaurant. 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This group tour especially designed to combine the past of the impressive temples and tombs with deluxe Nile cruise http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/Hrodna-Voblast/Hrodna/blog-371019.html Come to Belarus Part of the axis of evil The Last Dictatorship in Europe The Only Surviving Remnant of the Soviet UnionWhereIndeed 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 Petersb http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/Hrodna-Voblast/Hrodna/blog-345125.html So here we are. Minsk. Who would have thought a place with such an amusing name could be so grey. And that goes for the people as well as the weather. We have arrived safely if a little tired and dizzy spending 21hours cramped into a tiny cabin with the bag lady from Moscow taking up all available space and not a soul speaking English which would have been ok if we weren't glared at by every pe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/Minsk-Voblast/Minsk/blog-325890.html Regular readers will already be aware of the childish undercurrent to my sense of humour so when the opportunity arose to explore a bit of Brest I was not going to turn it down. We did not want to milk it though so we stayed in the small south western border town for just 20 hours.We had enjoyed a first class four hour journey from Minsk. It only cost 11 pounds but we didn't get any food. We did http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/Brest-Voblast/Brest/blog-322649.html Arriving in Minsk on a warm Monday afternoon I halfexpected the place to be set in black and white like an old war film. I expected serious moustachioed men in beige trenchcoats and sunglasses to exchange briefcases in dark alleyways stopping only to utter something like Red Fox November in Sevastopol is always clement before scurrying off.For Belarus is technically a dictatorship run by c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/Minsk-Voblast/Minsk/blog-322083.html It was a short train journey from the Polish border to Brest and the train was crammed with lots of bulky women but possibly more packed with their even bulkier bags. It seems this border is a major smuggling and trade route with goods unobtainable in Belarus being bought in Poland then sold on. However this is soon set to stop with Poland entering the Schengen area making the visa process f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/Minsk-Voblast/Minsk/blog-320233.html Belarus is not the only Lukashenko's state. It has much stuff behind politics. One of this points stuff is Dudutki. If you're foreigner visiting Belarus yoursquoll have a chance very close to 100 that your second visit after Minsk trip will be Dudutki. Dudutki is Belarusian rural museum with much of ethnic features stuff like pottery works smith workshop as well as local kitchen tasting hors http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/Minsk-Voblast/blog-318549.html Again we must begin with apologies to our regular readers for the lateness of todays entry. We have made it to the Crimea but the lack of internet facilities in the resort town of Yalta is quite astounding...more on this southern tip of the Ukraine at a later date though as we must fill you in on one of the most interesting places we have visited thus far...Minsk Belarus All the guidebooks inc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/Minsk-Voblast/Minsk/blog-312471.html Wersquove taken a little dissimilar loom to our record of the top coasts in Hawaii. We comprise minimum 1 seashore from every of the 6 main islands thus majority of Hawaiian holiday rentals are expediently situated close to as a minimum one of these seashores. Our record is too offered in title wise by island. Lastly we have also deliberately involved numerous less famous seashores that we t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/blog-297059.html I'm listing this as Belarus since I'll have plenty of time to list for Poland again since today is my first day of that two week vacation. Our trip was fantastic. It started out in Krakow with some typical large group drama. We had about a million walking tours and went to Aushwitz as well. After 3 days there we flew back to Warszawa to take another flight to Minsk. Both the Minsk airport and Krak http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/Minsk-Voblast/Minsk/blog-285727.html BELARUS On arriving in Minsk I was pleasantly surprised by the modern central station. It had all the facilities one could ask for. I sat with my backpack in the main concourse. It was 810 a.m. on a sunny August morning. Studying the map of the downtown area in my guidebook marking places of importance. I would shackup at the Hotel Jubileynaya. Reservations had been made. The station was busy http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/blog-268910.html I'm now in Moscow safe and sound. I enjoyed the train journey and would certainly recommend it. Talk about it being a small world. The first time I spoke to travellers was in Cologne station. They were waiting for the same train as me as they are doing a similar route. The Irish guy asked me where I was from so I told him Carlisle expecting him to have never heard of it but it turned out th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/blog-234629.html Day of arrival if not without problems. It's the classical situation almost ripe for a movie...you're almost there but yet so far...anyways let's start from the beginning.Waking up a last time we go through the usual ritual I make coffee Hans takes down the tent we have some breakfast then get on our way. The road is good but my rear tyre has lost pressure once again overnight and need http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/blog-209198.html