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My dear readers,<br /><br />Today, I am going to my trip from Tunisia to Russia. These who read my story from previous trip: Silk Road may remember that I was motivated on it by a childhood dream about Takla-Makan Desert. On trip before that to Himalayas I was motivated by my mountaineering youth. This coming trip is also not without motivation. I want to go through the most luxurious places in Europe, such as French and Italian Riviera, the backpacker way (bosiatskim sposobom). Why the backpacker way? Because these places are very expensive and also because I do not like to travel the civilized way. I am motivated to this trip by two great Russian Travelers Romanych http://romanycz.travel.ru/ and Yuri Mossokovsky http://mosspower.w-city.net.ua Last one took a bold task to prove that the ordinary Russian citizen can afford to travel to Western Europe on a bike. He proved it, but lost 20 lb. on the way. I am going to prove that the ordinary American Social Seniority recipient can travel through Rivieras too. And I do not mind to lose weight ever.

From Tunisia to Russia (part II)

Alex Mumzhiu
2006-03-22 13:32:47

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one. I like to combine functions, like having a bus ride and breakfast at the same time. I never waist my time on just plain waiting for something. If I have completely nothing to do, I create in my mind my next Travel Note.

Traveling is the best school of life for young people. In older times, Russian nobles sent their children for travel to Europe for education. Peter the Great was sent like this. It is especially useful for teenagers to learn not to be afraid to look stupid and ask a stranger for directions several times, because when you get in the wrong place, it will be pointless to blame that stranger. Note for these who do not have children: blaming others for their own mistakes is a favorite teenager activity. They can learn best how to deal with the people while on travel. They learn not let their emotions fly when talking with stupid or unfriendly officials from whom their immediate future depends.

Nomads carry only things which they need, while, settled folks are sunk in a sea of unnecessary things, which require their constant attention and time. I have, everything I need in my little backpack and I know exactly where everything is located. This time however I have one luxury item in my backpack, an electrical hot plate. This allows me to prepare sophisticated breakfasts and dinners. On the picture below you will see a dog and cat waiting to share with me my breakfast of hot buckwheat serial with milk, prepared on the electrical plate in a Meteora camping. Their responsibility was to clean dishes after the meal, see next picture.

Tomorrow I will go by bus to Trabzon, Turkey. In Trabzon I hope to learn about the situation in countries I plan to visit. My plan to go to Tbilisi, Georgia, then to Erevan, Armenia, return to Georgia, and continue to Baku, Azerbaijan. Then cross Caspian sea on ferry to Turkmenbashi, former Krasnovodsk, Tadjikistan. Then visit Samarkand, Kxiva, Bykxara and finish my trip in Alma Ata, Kazakstan. ...