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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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On the street of Moskovskii Prospect near the metro station, Park Pobedi, I observed a serious guitar player. It was like a concert. People stood around for a long time, and requested songs. There were no new Russians or mafia members there. There were fellow Petersburgers (Leningraders) and I felt very comfortable in their company. I observed similar thing in the underground pass near the Ohotny Riad metro station in Moscow. There was a small symphonic orchestra playing serious symphonic pieces. And the crowd around consisted of very nice people,
despite that they were Moscovites.

6. Best products: The beer, which is very cheap ($0.5 for 1/2 liter bottle) and is available everywhere. It is not against the law to drink beer in the street.

7. Best product: Packeted, dried, crumbled black bread with different flavors ($0.10) is the best food to have with beer. Russians, unlike westerners eat after beer and drinks, which increases their drinking capability greatly.

8. Best trip: A 3 day trip to Kizhi island on the Onega lake (about $100) to see wooden churches and the museum of wooden architecture of the Russian North. This is one of the places which touches my heart like Venice, Italy or Rajistan, India, or Buddhist temples in Tibet.

WORST:

1. The first purpose on which people of the former Soviet union used their newly acquired freedom, was to unleash old racial, national and other hatred, which was brutally suppressed by the brutal communist regime. Jews were replaced by people from the Caucasus on the list of most hated. Surprisingly sexual minorities are excluded. Gay bars advertised in general publications and gay oriented plays of famous gay playwright Viktuc are popular with general public.

2. Mafia enjoys almost legal status. They do not hide from the police, just opposite. They wear distinctive clothes and ride special kind of cars according to their criminal ...