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(04-18-2013 12:40 PM)rishboy77 Wrote:  

Neil - I'm 1/2 way though your book. Is this the same city where you met Julia ? It was amazing that she paid her own way to meet you and paid her own travel expenses in Thailand despite I'm assuming a salary of maybe $300-$400 a month which is typical in a such a small town. Although I have never been to Russia, I have some experience girls in smaller towns in Ukraine and it doubtful most I have met would have the means or inclination to do such a thing as pay their own way.

Thanks for buying the book.

I met Julia on the train from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok. She lives in Vlad. I wouldn't say that Vladivostok is a small town. It has about 600k people living there but yes it's no Moscow that's for sure.

I never asked her about her salary but I always guessed she made closer to 1000 than to 300/400 but honestly I don't have a clue.