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Taxis: Taxidrivers in CCCP times
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  • a taxi in CCCP-times in Leningrad
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    Getting TO/AROUND: Taxidrivers in CCCP-times were easily to be found at the port - It was a special type of driver, not afraid of police-controls - or rather with good connections to the police.To get crew-members from the ship to town, was a good chance to get foreign currencies - worth a fortune in Russia.
    Taxidrivers in the city would normally not understand foreign languages,and be afraid to be cought with Dollars.. - and tourists were easily to be detected in the streets - these taxis would not have stopped for a tourist.


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    By Sea: take a hydrofoil
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    Getting TO/AROUND: another great and quick means of transportation: The Hydrofoil.

    I once took this one from the Hermitage to Petrodworez.


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    By Sea: Take a cruise-ship
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    Getting TO/AROUND: To take a cruise-ship is certainly the most elegant way to visit this beautiful place.

    And while our passengers were forced to book for guided tours in order to go ashore and had to strictly stay with the group...

    ...Crewmembers could go ashore WITHOUT any visa and go where-ever they wanted !


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    Comments for globetrott about Saint Petersburg
    globetrott Sun Dec 30, 2007 22:44 UTC
     @mindtpi: maybe you simply read my pages before you give such rubbish comments. I was talking about a guide in communiste times, who said its nothing to see there, because they never liked to show churches to western tourists !!
    mindtpi Sun Dec 30, 2007 22:04 UTC
     what a load or rubbish - all museums are closed one day a week which is clearly shown on the board outside. It's a major attraction in St Petersburg, it's in _every_ guide book and heaps of the sourvenirs. I'd suggest you find a better guide next time.
    gubbi1 Fri May 4, 2007 20:30 UTC
     Hi, nice page! Had an exchange with school to S.P. During their visit the town was renamed. So they came from Leningrad and went back to Sankt Peterburg. Take care, Christian.
    artdeco Fri Mar 16, 2007 19:56 UTC
     I vistied St. Peter for the first time in 2002 and fell in love with the city...They did a good job restoring the architecture ...3 days were not enough to see it all...Great journal! Mary
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