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Setting off from Hong Kong in Aug 1992, 2 days after turning 22, I traveled China, Mongolia, Russia, Scandinavia, the Baltics, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, returning to Hong Kong in July 1993. Apart from Athens/Cairo, I never set foot on an airplane during this year-long walkabout. Before the days of digital cameras, internet, and mobile phones, this solo adventure was as much a discovery of myself as it was about these 31 countries. Many of them, like me, have long since changed.

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November 1, 1992

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 ultimately with a silver lining.