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I am trying to sneak in a little vacation time somewhere in South America and would like everyones advise on Caracas. I am trying to decide which would be the cheaper destination for a non-Spainish...

I will be leaving for my second grand tour of Russia in about three weeks and need your help! Russian cities other than Saint Petersburg and Moscow do not have much coverage, but I am hoping that...

I am trying to sneak in a trip to Rio, Sao Paulo and BA in July. I am doing my homework on where to stay, where to eat (food) and the best value ladies. But since I do not speak the language, I...

If you are like me, you saved the page where you left off. Then you go back to your saved page to get back into WSG. If you do that, and then click on the photo link you get the unauthorized...

Jackson;

You have really improved the site, so please don't take this as a criticism. We still get an occasional "the site is too busy" message, and I am partly to blame for this because I spend...

Sorry JQ my next trip isn't until the end of May and will only be in Moscow for a night or two and then off to the provinces (if you can call several 1M+ cities provinces). I do computer...

NY Monger,

Don't get the wrong idea, I NEVER am the cause of an altercation and am a very civil type of guy. But some people tell me that I carry myself in a "don't mess with me" way. I am...

Stravinsky,

I know exactly what you mean about electronic and pharmacitical solutions! Several times in my travels, I have come across American tourists and businessmen that got irate, because...

Mangus Man;

Come on now, I have never claimed to be a superman, a James Bond or a Steven Stegal wanabe! But my demeaner, tells people that are not too drunk, that I can take care of my self and...

Stravinsky;

Since I have already answered NY Monger at the same time you were posting yours, I hope that it also answered yours questions.

The part not answered about the electronic...

CA Traveller;

You are right about registering business visa. We did rigister them in Saint Petersberg with a detailed itinerary of where we were going (see Saint Petersberg report). We were told...

Guys;

I used to love Korea and planned on retiring there when the time comes. However, the changes in my opinion has hurt the country instead of helping it. When I first went to Korea, I thought...

Uke Boy;

Thanks! Since my business visa is good for five years, I will be okay. The question was more on the need to register with the right agency "every time" I go there. Standing in those...

Zizz Bang;

I have to admit that hotels rooms and transportation was very difficult for 9 people, but since I was in the military I can deal with those difficulities and take them in stride. I...

After first visiting Norvogard the Great and Saint Petersberg (two cities I really liked), I was looking forward to the Moscow visit. After all it was the capital so it should be better right? ...

For those of you that want to travel to Russia on a business visa without actually having business there.

Advantage of business visa: No hotel stay required, can stay in an apartment and travel...

This was the city that we flew into and the airport was not as big as you would expect for this size of city. It was also very easy to get through quickly, customs and immigrations was a 30 second...

Hello All:

I went to Norvogard (the Great) in early January 2005 for four days on business. This city has the original Kremlin of Peter the Great and is one of the older cities of Russia. They...

I left off with the friendliness of the people last time. I would like to expound on that some more:

I have found from my many travels to foreign lands that people are people. Some good, some...

hello all,

my continuation on my ukraine tour of january-march 2005. as i said in my kiev report, i visited the ukraine at the behest of a large american company with representatives from three...

Does your report on the visa change affect business visa requirements?

When we first arrived in Kiev out company guide took us to a government building to get our business visas registered, while...

Having recently spent over three weeks in a large van with 8 other people on the roads of the Ukraine, I admire your guts for an over land travel to there!

I would suggest seat cushions and an...

Hello Everyone!

I would first like to thank everyone for the useful information that I found on this website, both for Russia and the Ukraine.

I just returned from a business trip to Moscow,...

Hello,

I have read this entire thread and have decided that Medellin will be put on my July/August trip schedule. I would like to thank all of you for some great information on this thread!

I...

I was looking at the above website (doing my due diligence for upcoming trip) and noticed a couple of things.

1. There are several girls that are charging way over the average for Bogota. One...