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Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
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Jokulsarlon, Iceland




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Does anyone know any good bookstore in St.Petersburg where to get that mapbook Tony mentioned and expecially maps from Arkangel and Karelia area?

I am planning ride for next summer from Finland through Karelia to White Sea and then back going around Ääninen and Lagoda lake. I will most likely visit St.Petersburg during winter and having big papermap of that area would help putting for planning like where to find fuel etc and where are routes what people have driven.
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Does anyone know any good bookstore in St.Petersburg where to get that mapbook Tony mentioned and expecially maps from Arkangel and Karelia area?
I saw it the other day in Dom Knigi (Дом Книги) in Nevsky Prospect (Невский Проспект) opposite the Kazansky Cathedral . They are the biggest book shop in StPeter with a reasonable map/Atlas section. There may be more specialist map shops in StPeter - I don't know the place that well.
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Thanks Tony. I have a look when i visit there most likely january or february.
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Thanks Tony, i have transfered you the money via Paypal, looking forward to receiving them. Andy
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Many thanks Tony!
Hi Tony
Atlas arrived today and money sent via PayPal.

Really appreciate your help.
Merry Christmas
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Cheers Tony
Many thanks for the atlas, it arrived at the office today(23rd) all I need is someone to have brought me a Russian alphabet guide for Christmas!!

Once again Many thanks Tony.
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all I need is someone to have brought me a Russian alphabet guide for Christmas
My surprise Christmas present just for you:-
Russian Alphabet

If you have your speakers on it 'says' the letter to you if you click on each line.

The road atlas also has a thumbnail at the bottom of each page with 'Roman' names of towns. A good way of checking your understanding of the Cyrilic alphabet.
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Russia Road Atlas
I can now buy more of these Atlases if anyone wants.

Cost, including P&P mailing from UK to UK, is GBP10. Other destinations will cost more in postage.

PM me letting me know fairly soon as I leave Moscow again in 3 weeks.
But I will not be mailing them until I return to UK about 22nd March, as I am taking a skiing holiday en-route.

Pay me when they arrive, by cash, cheque or PayPal.
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Hi Tony,

I'm very interested in the Russian atlases and will defer on your judgement regarding the paperback Colebatch likes.

I live in Thailand but they could be mailed to the US, too.

Whatever is easiest for you. Come to think of it, I do have a contact/address in London, too.

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I have at last recently found and looked at a copy of the atlas Colebatch prefers. In Moscow it's not widely available and costs 50% more than 'mine'.
It uses more colours but shows less topographical detail in some areas and many roads are shown more diagramatically (straighter) than 'my' one. Mind you, being Russia, neither may be accurate when you get there!!

It's all initial personal preference.

Given a choice, some guys initially go for blondes, or brunettes or redheads. Despite the difference, they all perform the same function and you quickly adapt to what's available!

I have now bought a quantity of 'my' atlas and sometime after 22nd I will be sending them out to all who have already asked for one via PM. I will confirm via PM at the time.

I can get further copies for sending from UK - probably sometime after April.
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It's all initial personal preference.

Given a choice, some guys initially go for blondes, or brunettes or redheads. Despite the difference, they all perform the same function and you quickly adapt to what's available!
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With three choices , one could... well... ahhhh, ...never mind
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..., some guys initially go for blondes, or brunettes or redheads. Despite the difference, they all perform the same function and you quickly adapt to what's available!
They never perform exactly the same function ... at least not with equal levels of performance.

Dont stop being discerning, just because you're approaching 70 my friend.
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Sorry for the delay. It's been a hectic visit to UK!

To confirm-
- I am tomorrow sending an Atlas to - Geordie_e - Livotlout - idf000 - Genghis9021 - navalarchitect

- I am waiting for address confirmations from - Debz - pinball1008

They are going by 2nd Class post in the morning from London - except the ones for Genghis and Naval where I am using Air Mail Printed Paper rate.

If anyone asked and I have not included them above please contact me. Otherwise I have one more available if anyone wants and lets me know - quick as I am back to RUS on Friday. But I can bring more back to UK in May.

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Tony, I think I mentioned to you that the map shop on Kuznetsky Most has closed. No great loss, but wanted to let you know.

A few weeks ago I went to the Dom Knigi on the Arbat, they have a pretty good selection of maps, probably the best I've seen.
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the map shop on Kuznetsky Most has closed
That's a shame.
Although really unsuitable for my needs, it was one of the last of the old style shops from the pre-perestroika era. The people there were more concerned about their maps, and those interested in them, than sales/profit.

Sadly it will doubtlessly become yet another Gucci or D&G boutique - which interests me not!

Dom Knigi on Novi Arbat has a fair map collection but Biblio-Globus, next to the Lubianka, has more. Their map section is on a half landing on a staircase. They are particularly good for street maps for regional areas/towns/cities across Russia.
No real logical order to them, but worth a browse on a lunch time!
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