Originally Posted by
Swanhunter
Same here. St Petersburg was nice enough but much of the architecture is European and feels like any number of places in Central and Eastern Europe. Moscow on the other hand feels very very different. Not an easy place, but a fascinating one.
Exactly^ I found Moscow one of the hardest cities (mainly due to the language barrier and signs that I could not read or understand) to travel around independently but I guess that was part of the adventure that I liked
Originally Posted by
Swanhunter
* stuff is just not set up for tourists - tourist offices, sightseeing tours, travel passes, reliable taxi drivers rarely exist. Getting around requires a degree of investment and some travel smarts
* the visa process is a headache...
It is a great destination for the adventurous but by far the hardest of any developed/mostly developed nation.,,,
Absolutey agree esp. in Moscow cf to SPB!
Planes are just too easy - take the train from London to Hong Kong instead !
Just read this...what a sensational trip and adventure!!^^