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Alex Mumzhui with his Brompton on Silk Route to China.

Silk Road

Alex Mumzhiu
2006-03-20 17:44:21

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like my hotel and many new developments. I visited two Russian "all you can eats" called Drove (firewood) and Elki-Palki. Restaurants were full. Food was great, many Mid Asian and Caucasian dishes, osetrina, semga, price is $9. Commercial is funny. It says: "eat as much as you want, at least, now" Most of commercials in Moscow are insulting. Commercial for Fanta for example said "A garbage in your mind is not a substitute for the knowledge" Commercial for the cigarettes Kent shows a degenerative man with obviously criminal background who also teach you something. I would never buy a product with such commercials.

I bought a famous Golden Ring tour to visit 7 midlevel Russian cities: Vladimir, Syzdal, Sergiev Posad (Zagorsk), Pereiaslavl Zalesskii and others in 5 days for $130. It included food, transportation, hotel, and tour guides. Such prices exists only in Indochina.
Tour was excellent. Hotel was good. Food was not fancy by pretty decent. We visited several 12th century churches which survived Mongols including famous Church of the Intercession on the Nerl (Pokrova na Nerli). There is no automobile road to the church. So visitors have to walk one mile from the bus by dirt road. This is too much for me. For these who do not know that; the bike is actually my handicap vehicle, because I cannot stand or walk for the prolonged period of time, due to arthritis in my back and ankle. Fortunately my bike was with me so I ride to the church. However the spirit of old church had something against the modern ways of transportation and it broke my pedal. See attached picture. People in my tour group were mostly not from Moscow, but from the provinces as far as Eastern Siberia. There were few families with children. Several people in group were people with sort of old fashioned good Russian faces. These people who join this tour were obviously these who are interested in Russian history and culture. When we read endless publications ...