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July 31, 2004

Travel mates for Mongolia wanted!

I`m looking for travel companions for a trip around the Mongolian countryside to share the costs of jeepn rental etc. in late august/early september, for a duration of one to two weeks. Most of all I want to visit Kharkhorin...

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Posted by Karlien on July 31, 2004 04:00 PM
Category: Planning

July 26, 2004

A weekend well spent

When I told people at home I was going to spend the summer in Siberia, they looked at me as if I`d finally completely lost my mind, and pressed me to bring warm clothes and a winter coat. I tought...

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Posted by Karlien on July 26, 2004 12:51 PM
Category: Russian Federation

July 15, 2004

Akademgorodok

I am currently taking a 4-week Russian course in Akademgorodok, a small academic settlement about a 40 minute drive from the centre of Novosibirsk. It was built in the late fifties, in the middle of the forest, near the Ob...

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Posted by Karlien on July 15, 2004 01:19 PM
Category: Russian Federation

Worlds apart

Moscow and Novosibirsk are 2 days apart by train, but to me it almost seems like they are on different planets. The inhabitants of Moscow seem mostly cold, intolerant and selfabsorbed, most Siberians I`ve met are warm, open, friendly, and...

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Posted by Karlien on July 15, 2004 01:06 PM
Category: Russian Federation

July 13, 2004

Moscow pros and cons

First, the bad news: 1. Ho(s)tel prices 2. Unfriendly, unhelpful, monolingual people (there are of course exceptions) 3. Traffic, and the lack of pedestrian crossings 4. Bus stops without a schedule 5. People cutting in line, or trying to get...

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Posted by Karlien on July 13, 2004 10:50 AM
Category: Russian Federation

Failure to communicate

This globalfreeloaders thing really does not work. The girl with whom I was supposed to stay in Moscow stopped replying to my e-mails a few days before I went there. The first thing I did when I arrived, after having...

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Posted by Karlien on July 13, 2004 10:32 AM
Category: Russian Federation

Helsinki

If i substract the time it took me to get from the airport to the train station and buy a ticket for the overnight train to Moscow, I had less than three hours in Helsinki. I had never planned to...

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Posted by Karlien on July 13, 2004 10:15 AM
Category: Finland
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