September '17: Cherepovets
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gemelenThis is the first actual post about my vacation trip to Asia (and a bit more).
After more than a year of high-intense work on our current project, which lead to both physical and moral exhaustion, I finally went on 4-week vacation with intention to spend them very far from usual places without any work-related communications. I removed/switched off messangers, diverted notifications from Github and etc., just to block all that crap and have a rest (this was quite beneficial decision, I'd say).
I planned to visit Bangkok (Thailand), Singapore, Hongkong (China?:)) and at the very end to spend about a week in Turkish all-inclusive resort in Antalya region together with my friends from kinda previous part of life. But first of all, there was mandatory visit to Cherepovets (Russia) to do some paperwork.
Related maps
So... adventure begins!
As you may know, there is no direct flights between Ukraine and Russia since October 2015, so you need to add another hop to get from one to another by plane. In my case, it was easier to use one covered by Belavia which still serves routes from Kyiv/Lviv to Moscow with short layover in Minsk as they are third-party and didn't join mutual ban on the fligths (pretty the same as Belarus does with import proxying between EU and Russia).
So, I took one flight from Lviv to Moscow and another one from Moscow to Cherepovets with lesser known and simply lesser airline, Severstal Avia :) It was a bit of challenge in airport, Domodedovo, to find where to check-in due the crowds in there and lack of information as my next airline is quite small.
Nevertheless, I've got from Lviv to Cherepovets in 7 hours total, that was pretty good considering other options. By the way, it's amazing that for few years already it is cheaper to fly inside of Russia rather then ride the train even for distances about 400-500 kms (if you are not into compartment coach in soviet style). Even in the very beginning of September it was transition from sunny warm Lviv to cloudy and colder north-western Cherepovets.
Newish terminal, neat and tidy of the airport of Lviv, named after king Danylo (Daniel of Galicia)
Minsk airport looks way more older, with all these desing elements and relative uncleanness reminiscent of Soviet-era
Funny statue in Domodeodo aiport (advertises the "Oriental Express" cafe, with no direct cultural reference as I can see):
Domodedovo is larger than Lviv and Minsk airports, but due the fact that it's used for lots of domestic flights, it looks dirtier and more chaotic. At least it wasn't muddy or snowy. Plus the quaity of service in Russia that tells you nobody cares about you as a client from the start :)
And at last, Cherepovets airport (photo from the Internet, obviously), just to get the idea what it is:
it is possible to land a Boeing there, but it is used mostly for small planes like Bombardier CRJ100/CRJ200
Finally for that day, I met my friends there, they took me to the city and we had first gathering to chat a lot and see presents :)
Video of very well-fed axolotl (quite convinient pet, I'd say):
+ https://photos.app.goo.gl/nrwsOtJdmiArbKSf1
Other photos from few next days: https://photos.app.goo.gl/coWh9J01mKaxJK8I3
In short, program of visit consisted of going to banks and municipal offices and of hanging out with my friends. I also took a plenty of photos for the thing I now could name my kinda hobby - picturing the graffiti (more on that later).
So, I stayed there from the evening of 9th of September till the morning of 13th. First of all because I wanted to minimize the amount of days in Russia for both safety and saving more days for Asia.
On 13th I got to Moscow again, now to Sheremetyevo, to fly to Bangkok. One very convinient thing was that both times in Moscow I went to and from the same airport to flight to the next place without commuting through Moscow. That saved me tons of time and nerves.
No much to say about Sheremetyevo itself, however it was fun to watch for asian tourists that walked like flamboyance (flamingoes flock) with one leader with a flag and all of the rest even in the airport :)
Btw, Sherevemtyevo again presented me russian service because ratio of shops to passenger space is horrendous:
At the end, I got to my overnight plane by Aeroflot and went from Moscow and Russia.
After more than a year of high-intense work on our current project, which lead to both physical and moral exhaustion, I finally went on 4-week vacation with intention to spend them very far from usual places without any work-related communications. I removed/switched off messangers, diverted notifications from Github and etc., just to block all that crap and have a rest (this was quite beneficial decision, I'd say).
I planned to visit Bangkok (Thailand), Singapore, Hongkong (China?:)) and at the very end to spend about a week in Turkish all-inclusive resort in Antalya region together with my friends from kinda previous part of life. But first of all, there was mandatory visit to Cherepovets (Russia) to do some paperwork.
Related maps
So... adventure begins!
As you may know, there is no direct flights between Ukraine and Russia since October 2015, so you need to add another hop to get from one to another by plane. In my case, it was easier to use one covered by Belavia which still serves routes from Kyiv/Lviv to Moscow with short layover in Minsk as they are third-party and didn't join mutual ban on the fligths (pretty the same as Belarus does with import proxying between EU and Russia).
So, I took one flight from Lviv to Moscow and another one from Moscow to Cherepovets with lesser known and simply lesser airline, Severstal Avia :) It was a bit of challenge in airport, Domodedovo, to find where to check-in due the crowds in there and lack of information as my next airline is quite small.
Nevertheless, I've got from Lviv to Cherepovets in 7 hours total, that was pretty good considering other options. By the way, it's amazing that for few years already it is cheaper to fly inside of Russia rather then ride the train even for distances about 400-500 kms (if you are not into compartment coach in soviet style). Even in the very beginning of September it was transition from sunny warm Lviv to cloudy and colder north-western Cherepovets.
Newish terminal, neat and tidy of the airport of Lviv, named after king Danylo (Daniel of Galicia)
Minsk airport looks way more older, with all these desing elements and relative uncleanness reminiscent of Soviet-era
Funny statue in Domodeodo aiport (advertises the "Oriental Express" cafe, with no direct cultural reference as I can see):
Domodedovo is larger than Lviv and Minsk airports, but due the fact that it's used for lots of domestic flights, it looks dirtier and more chaotic. At least it wasn't muddy or snowy. Plus the quaity of service in Russia that tells you nobody cares about you as a client from the start :)
And at last, Cherepovets airport (photo from the Internet, obviously), just to get the idea what it is:
it is possible to land a Boeing there, but it is used mostly for small planes like Bombardier CRJ100/CRJ200
Finally for that day, I met my friends there, they took me to the city and we had first gathering to chat a lot and see presents :)
Video of very well-fed axolotl (quite convinient pet, I'd say):
+ https://photos.app.goo.gl/nrwsOtJdmiArbKSf1
Other photos from few next days: https://photos.app.goo.gl/coWh9J01mKaxJK8I3
In short, program of visit consisted of going to banks and municipal offices and of hanging out with my friends. I also took a plenty of photos for the thing I now could name my kinda hobby - picturing the graffiti (more on that later).
So, I stayed there from the evening of 9th of September till the morning of 13th. First of all because I wanted to minimize the amount of days in Russia for both safety and saving more days for Asia.
On 13th I got to Moscow again, now to Sheremetyevo, to fly to Bangkok. One very convinient thing was that both times in Moscow I went to and from the same airport to flight to the next place without commuting through Moscow. That saved me tons of time and nerves.
No much to say about Sheremetyevo itself, however it was fun to watch for asian tourists that walked like flamboyance (flamingoes flock) with one leader with a flag and all of the rest even in the airport :)
Btw, Sherevemtyevo again presented me russian service because ratio of shops to passenger space is horrendous:
At the end, I got to my overnight plane by Aeroflot and went from Moscow and Russia.