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The new resource www.gdeetotdom.ru allows you to find a photo of almost any house in Moscow or St. Petersburg.
A very useful tool if you're thinking about renting or buying a flat or just want to make sure that you will be able to find the house you need easily.
A very useful tool if you're thinking about renting or buying a flat or just want to make sure that you will be able to find the house you need easily.
Here is the latest update on how Way to Russia's advertisers are performing.
At Way to Russia we find all the best providers for all the travel services you need (accommodation, train tickets, tours and so on) and put them on our website. This saves you the hassle of trawling the internet to find companies you have never heard of (whose reliability is not guaranteed) for each travel service you need.
We monitor these companies to make sure they are providing quality customer service. And you will find our latest report on their performance below (based on customers' feedback and mystery shoppers requests):
At Way to Russia we find all the best providers for all the travel services you need (accommodation, train tickets, tours and so on) and put them on our website. This saves you the hassle of trawling the internet to find companies you have never heard of (whose reliability is not guaranteed) for each travel service you need.
We monitor these companies to make sure they are providing quality customer service. And you will find our latest report on their performance below (based on customers' feedback and mystery shoppers requests):
Russian Post Offices present a challenge for the foreigner like almost no other place here.
The first challenge is to find one. Unlike most other countries’ postal services, the “Pochta” logo is only easily spotted on the post boxes, which are usually located on the walls of buildings. Some maps give the locations of the offices, but in general it’s better to ask someone.
Tourist postcards have yet to make the en masse arrival in Russia that they have in even the most backward tourist spots in the West (you know the ones, “Hello from sunny Tierra del Fuego”), but if you do manage to find and purchase some, the fun is only just beginning.
The first challenge is to find one. Unlike most other countries’ postal services, the “Pochta” logo is only easily spotted on the post boxes, which are usually located on the walls of buildings. Some maps give the locations of the offices, but in general it’s better to ask someone.
Tourist postcards have yet to make the en masse arrival in Russia that they have in even the most backward tourist spots in the West (you know the ones, “Hello from sunny Tierra del Fuego”), but if you do manage to find and purchase some, the fun is only just beginning.
06/09: Ghost Towns
The picture below is from a photo-essay on abandoned cities (towns that dried up after the fall of the Soviet Union) on www.englishrussia.com. Truth be told, you don't need to journey out to distant places to find cool, abandoned buildings like this one. Just head out into podmoskoviye and you can find plenty of abandoned factories and warehouses that you can explore and vandalise to your heart's content. Sure, it might not have the same eerie feeling, but all abandoned industrial buildings are fun to explore.
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