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« Reply #30 on: April 12, 2010, 03:58:40 pm » |
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Your name is written in phonetic spelling, and in English it sounds like your name starts with a "D", hence the Д.
The phrase means "valid without picture", so you should be fine :)
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« Reply #31 on: April 12, 2010, 04:01:28 pm » |
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Jib sounds like it starts with a D?
Good to hear about the photo.
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« Reply #32 on: April 12, 2010, 04:04:49 pm » |
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Jib sounds like it starts with a D?
In "Raschian Inglisch" yes ... :) |
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« Reply #33 on: April 12, 2010, 04:06:21 pm » |
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well ok then, thanks.
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« Reply #34 on: April 12, 2010, 04:12:06 pm » |
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Oh yeah, almost forgot the one REALLY important thing. You will get an immigration card when you enter Russia. You will fill it out yourself and half of it is kept by the border police. The other half you NEED to have with you at all times. If you lose it, you will have great problems leaving Russia (and in particular if you because of this overstay your visa) because you need to present it at the border police. Also, you need to register your visa when you arrive. In bigger cities you can nowadays do it at the post office, in smaller cities you still need to visit the local police office. You can read some more about at http://www.waytorussia.net/RussianVisa/Registration.html |
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« Reply #35 on: April 12, 2010, 04:21:43 pm » |
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Thanks for the bit about keeping the immigration card on me. To get my visa registered I was planning on having the hostel or hotel (still haven't decided where to stay) register it for me. Is that a good option or should I try to do it myself at the post office?
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« Reply #36 on: April 12, 2010, 05:05:52 pm » |
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If you can get the hotel or hostel to register you then that's absolutely easiest! Some hotels don't register guests unless they also issued the visa invitation you needed to get your visa. However, I do think that for a small extra fee most hotels or hostels should be able to register you anyway (since that's what they usually do with business visas), at least if you stay with them. Some hotels might go as far as to register without you staying there, but at a higher cost of course. The benefit of using the hotel is that you don't have to go to the post office. Even though registering at the post office is (in theory) pretty easy, you need to know names, addresses etc in Russian, and you will likely get no help at all filling out the form ...
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« Reply #37 on: April 13, 2010, 05:20:30 pm » |
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God damn, thanks for all the karma guys. I didn't do it for that reason but it kinda feels cool to have more karama than I do posts.
Koggen knows their shit pretty well and since they are svenskar I'm sure they have a better understanding of the everyday goings on of Russia than I do.
As for your translit name, you would rather have it spelled "Джиб" than "жиб" which sounds like "жид" which is something akin to "kike".
Sorry for not checking back often but I've been busy with... matters. I'll try and check more often. If there are any other questions please ask Koggen, like I said before, that person knows what they're talking about.
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« Reply #38 on: April 13, 2010, 05:29:14 pm » |
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Haha, well I am happy with Джиб then.
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« Reply #39 on: April 30, 2010, 11:09:07 am » |
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Thanks for the help everyone. I fly out tomorrow morning, should be in Moscow around 1400 MSD. If you don't here from me by the end of the month don't let Shirow continue to charge my credit card for the subscription.
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« Reply #40 on: April 30, 2010, 12:13:01 pm » |
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have a great and safe trip
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« Reply #41 on: April 30, 2010, 03:44:19 pm » |
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Thanks for the help everyone. I fly out tomorrow morning, should be in Moscow around 1400 MSD. If you don't here from me by the end of the month don't let Shirow continue to charge my credit card for the subscription.
Awesome dude. Have fun, watch out and go easy on the Vodka :P |
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I'm back. I had a great time. Made it all the way through Siberia only knowing how to say pivo, vodka, and spasiba (thanks). No problems with the militsiya, I did have one come up to me at the Irkutsk train station and ask me for fire, he didn't even hit me. I saw all the Victory day decorations in Moscow. I got to enjoy the Victory Day parade in Irkutsk and eat omul at lake Baikal. Rode the Moscow - Irkutsk section of rails in a Russian train car, The Russians in the car with us didn't quite know what to think about us but they kept an eye on us and wouldn't let us do anything wrong or miss the train. I don't understand what they have against opening a window though, something about "bad air" even though the car was about 30C. By the Chinese Russian border I was getting pretty good at sounding out the Russian alphabet, I was surprised by how many words I could understand after sounding them out, like "ресторан". After that Beijing was a piece of cake since everything is written in Chinese and English.
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I'm back. I had a great time. Made it all the way through Siberia only knowing how to say pivo, vodka, and spasiba (thanks). No problems with the militsiya, I did have one come up to me at the Irkutsk train station and ask me for fire, he didn't even hit me. I saw all the Victory day decorations in Moscow. I got to enjoy the Victory Day parade in Irkutsk and eat omul at lake Baikal. Rode the Moscow - Irkutsk section of rails in a Russian train car, The Russians in the car with us didn't quite no what to think about us but they kept an eye on us and wouldn't let us do anything wrong or miss the train. I don't understand what they have against opening a window though, something about "bad air" even though the car was about 30C. By the Chinese Russian border I was getting pretty good at sounding out the Russian alphabet, I was surprised by how many words I could understand after sounding them out, like "ресторан". After that Beijing was a piece of cake since everything is written in Chinese and English.
Nice, that sounds awesome! |
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I'm back. I had a great time. Made it all the way through Siberia only knowing how to say pivo, vodka, and spasiba (thanks). No problems with the militsiya, I did have one come up to me at the Irkutsk train station and ask me for fire, he didn't even hit me. I saw all the Victory day decorations in Moscow. I got to enjoy the Victory Day parade in Irkutsk and eat omul at lake Baikal. Rode the Moscow - Irkutsk section of rails in a Russian train car, The Russians in the car with us didn't quite know what to think about us but they kept an eye on us and wouldn't let us do anything wrong or miss the train. I don't understand what they have against opening a window though, something about "bad air" even though the car was about 30C. By the Chinese Russian border I was getting pretty good at sounding out the Russian alphabet, I was surprised by how many words I could understand after sounding them out, like "ресторан". After that Beijing was a piece of cake since everything is written in Chinese and English.
Only knowing how to say beer, vodka and thanks?! You have failed me for the last time! I am glad you enjoyed yourself though, it could have been just the opposite. I hope that you don't find out you came back with any VD though, those are always presents that are given after your return back. |
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