I entered Belarus, the last dictatorship in Europe after 92 days in the Schengen zone, meaning a two days overstay which immigration ‘overlooked upon’ exit. No worries, I’ll go to Ukraine afterwards with a shiny visa I’d get in Minsk and forget...
I stayed at Good Morning Hostel Brest for two nights after seeing their business card at Hostel Revolution in Minsk. English speaking tourists in Brest are not massive in numbers so the two hostels are not flooded with guests. I had the 8 bedroom dorm to myself each...
Georgia wasn’t in the original plan for 2015. Thanks to Ukrainian visa issues I found myself searching WizzAir for the cheapest flights to Georgia. Other than the excitement of getting to watch the All Blacks play Georgia in Georgia (on TV), I was looking...
I had a sneaky feeling Belarus would get a visit on my first European voyage. Fast forward 92 days after entering the EU I found myself entering Belarus overland (at 2am). Luckily I was with a local who could help me out with things to do in Belarus. One thing I...
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Minsk instantly reminded me of Moscow minus the absurd number of people. Minsk has the massive roads, wide variety of public transport options, fancy metro stations and dull apartment complexes with exotic buildings scattered in between. One of these exotic buildings...