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Six Months at Lake Baikal - A Road Trip |
As most of you know, I'm currently travelling around Russia. We went through quite some trouble before we left, acquiring the visas, but made it finally.
Last Wednesday we took the ferry from Rostock to Finland and, after a short trip to Helsinki, headed fo the border. The border check went unexpectedly smooth and an hour later we were on Russian ground.
Driving through the cities is challenging, St. Petersburg and Moscow being no exception from the rule. In Moscow we somehow passed by Red Square, although we didn't want to drive right through the centre. The condition of roads and highways vary from superb to absolutely poor. That's regardless of where the road leads to. The Russians seem to be
finished with their lives - they drive like crazy. Everybody tries to finish off their Lada in as short a time period as possible. And here's one for German car owners: the liter gas costs only about 30 euro-cents, the liter
diesel fuel 20. Unfortunately, we didn't drive as much as we planned during the last days. I did, however, leave 100 roubles (approx. 2,50 Euros) with the local police for speeding.
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