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In the winter of 2004, I travelled to Latvia and Lithuania and then took the train to Belarus and Russia. Here are some photos from my journey.

Minsk is the city where I lived for 5 years & never stopped admiring it. Always clean & green it attracts the attention as a very welcoming & friendly place. And I’m sure, you won’t stay indifferent towards the pleasant smiles of its citizens.

it's one of the oldest & beautiful cities in Belarus

My trip in some of oldest places of Belarus

In 2000 I started to travel around the EurAzian continent. Not in one vacation ofcourse, there is work waiting for me at home, but in leg of 6 weeks. Every journey is about 3000 km long.

My new hobby: collecting and exchanging postcards. THANK YOU to everyone who sends me postcards and help make my collection grow! I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH!! If you sent me a postcard and you don't see it in this blog, it means it's still on its way or I never received it because it got lost or someone stole it. yeah, it happens.

i traveled by train and used it instead of hostels

My "Estonia" visa, which got me around the three Baltic countries, also got me into Kaliningrad (via Lithuania), Belarus (via Lithuania) and even back into Russia itself (via Belarus).  Apparently, the borders were seldom or not enforced in late 1992.  After a brief stay here, walking around the rather uninteresting town in fresh snowfall, I decided to head down to Southern Russia.  Maybe see Baku.  It was a terrible mistake for a number of reasons, but one ultimate...