Travel to Belarus And Ukraine

Russia & Belarus (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)

Format: Paperback
Author: Simon Richmond
ReleaseDate: March, 2006
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
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Belarus, huh?
Not much to recommend it, go and see Belarus if you missed out on the post WWII East European dictatorships, because Belarus is the last of its kind. What to say about Belarus? Well, we spent the day the White Russkis commemmorate the end of WWII there, so I've seen it in all of its "grandeur". A genuine personality cult around the president runs politics, and you can get a feel for what it was like in 1970's E. Europe. Guess what- you will not like it. Take some pics of Minsk & move on to Moscow. And if you can find a decent hotel in Minsk, you've done better than my wife and I did. .

Don't be paranoid!
For example the restaurant Lechaim is said to be "excellent" and the cooking is "served in hearty portions". There is a wealth of information in this book but some of the information is way off. I got a small portion of fish, two soups and salad for an outrageous price of $50. LP warns that prices change but the book is only a few months old. Also the authors are overly sensitive about fitting in by suggesting that you use a plastic bag like the locals instead of a backpack to carry your things. First of all what is wrong with looking like a foreigner? Are they suggesting that Russians don't like foreigners? Anyway many locals use back packs. I also didn't get stopped by police outside the Moscow railway station. The book sanctions some level of paranoia possibly to protect themselves. Maps are accurate and so are many of the museum schedules. I would suggest trying some of the restaurants not mentioned in the book. You can find some good food that way. .

Big Russia
Russia is huge so the place you're travelling to, probably just will have a couple of paragraphs. The only problem with this book is that if you're planning to travel just to an area of Russia, you won't need as much information of others.

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