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Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Whatever the time of year in Russia i have founbd that a good sturdy pair of walking shoes are an essential part of my backback. How Russian ladies in high heeled shoes can manage to the daily task of just getting to work amid the potholes and uneven ground is a spectacle to behold.
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: Again just like everywhere is always a good idea to have a small but well stocked first aid kit with at least one large wound dressing for the most serious of events. Good travel insurance also recommended for this part of the world.
Miscellaneous: Mosquito Repellent again just like St Petersburg
Written Nov 27, 2006
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Miscellaneous: Going anywhere in Russia you'll need visa. Visa to Kaliningrad is given free in Russian embassy in your country during 7 days.
Before going to the embassy you must take: passport, 1 foto (3X4) colour and mat, pay for compulsory insurance for the person and car (if you go by car), fill in needed forms (given in embassy) and stand the queue.
And after this hell 7 days later you gonna have visa to Kaliningrad region! Be brave and survive this bureaucrasy as the beach is waiting for you!!! :)) (positive thoughts help)
Don't forget money, better $.
P.S. If you travel by car and cross the border in Sovietsk (expect big queues and waiting for 5-8 hours), you'll have to pay custom taxes for entry (about 170 Rub). If you cross the border in Nida (Curonian Split) you'll pay more: first, in Lithuania - ferry from Klaipeda to the Curonian Split - 45 Lt (for one car and one person) and ecology tax 10-15 Lt, then custom taxes on the Russian border - 170 Rub and then Russian ecology tax - 270 Rub. But no queues.
Updated Aug 3, 2006
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Q: Hi - I'm off to Kaliningrad at the end of February (23 - 27), and i'm looking at things to do while I'm there. I've seen some...
A: Hi Just to clarify: are you just planning to stay on the Russian side of the Curonian Spit, or would you be willing and/or able to venture onto the Lithuanian...
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We visited the city during vacation, in August of 2010. It was very interesting experience because the city is definetly different from other part of Russia that is related with German times in the......
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I have traveled across many borders in the world. Nothing surpasses the experience of traveling in and out of the enclave of Kaliningrad. To enter Kaliningrad I arrived at the Polish Russian border at...
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Arriving by night "express" at the bus station of Kaliningrad it was already 9 o'clock and the sun was shining. The last hours were interesting since three times the bus stopped for border control.......
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This city intrigues me, as does the piece of land it lies in, having been a mystery ever since World War Two when the Soviets took it, drove out almost all surviving members of the original German...
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Actually we went to visit the place called - THE BEACH with much sun, soft sand and warm water and I think we've got what we wanted.
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