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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 2:35 am
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Originally Posted by impaler
Why not go anyway - you have the plane tickets and the visa - have you thought of DIY for the land portion? You may even come out ahead now that you got your refund. By way of example, I just picked up a World Rail brochure from Flight Centre and they are charging CAD 1320 pp for a rail ticket from Moscow to Irkutsk + 3 nights in a hotel. The same rail ticket costs about CAD 500 from Russian Railways, and I am sure you can find lodging for less even in overpriced Moscow. The ruble has tanked in the last few months, so I'd think about that.

PS Oh, you already asked in the Russia forum, so you know you don't have to change the visa
I havent ruled out the possibilty of going to Russia by DIY the land portion yet. I tried to have Trafalgar's local operater quoting me a hotel + day tour pkg but still havnt heard back from them after almost a week

Have you been there before? Do you know whether Visa registration will be a problem if I book my own hotels in the two capitals? thx
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