Just back from 12 days in Russia. I spent three days in Moscow and the rest in shit holes like Vorkuta,Vorgashor,Kotlas. Great trip but at times utterly brutal. Anyway a few thoughts and observations to share. Experts may or may not agree:
1. It is expensive. No I mean really expensive! Moscow is stupid. Paying 5 or 6 pounds for a pint of beer is normal on places like Tverskaya street or other central areas. Hit the suburbs if you are on a budget but even then it's not cheap.
2. Don't expect prices to drop too much in the provinces. The issue is lack of choice. I rocked up in Kotlas and the only central hotel I found charged 50 pounds a night and it was utterly shit,no sheets and situated above a club that blasted music until 5 am. I might have found another but after 24 hours on a train I could not be assed hitting the streets searching. Your best bet for cheap food are canteens where 5 pounds can get you a semi decent meal and drink of juice.
3. The shit holes are rough. Groups of Gopniks stroll about and eye you. Taxi drivers try to rip you off. Service staff are utterly rude. I asked one waitress in a cafe if she could repeat something slower as I don't speak great Russian. Her reply was "you are in my country,I'll speak as fast as I want". It can wear you down after a while and all you want is to see a friendly face or meet a friendly open person to communicate with.
4. Pretty much no women in the provinces gives a shit that you are foreign. Not once did a waitress or hotel worker hear my accent and ask where I was from. I spent 24 hours in a train carriage with a girl from a shit hole called Syktyvkar. Not once in those hours did she ask where I was from. Moscovites are more inquisitive than hell hole residents.
5. You have to be up for doing approaches. If not then stay home or use Mamba. Nothing falls into your lap in Russia. Don't think that as a foreigner women will come over to you,you have to be an approach machine. If you are not confident in approaching go elsewhere. Everything that happened I had to make happen.
6. Take a laptop with you. I was expecting everywhere I went to have internet cafes. I was wrong and it cost me big time as I could not use Mamba to pipeline. A city as large as Vorkuta had no internet cafe. I had wifi in places but could not use Mamba on my phone so had to struggle. I don't use Mamba as a rule but when it's minus 30c you need it as street game is tough.
7. In the shit holes you must be switched on all the time. Hesitate and you lose an approach opportunity. If a girl looks and smiles at you go straight in,another invitation might not happen for a week. Example: I got a taxi ride in my first hour in Kotlas. Three girls on a side walk saw me drive past and started waiving and smiling ( they know a foreigner when they see one ). I hesitated to tell the driver to stop by which time we were down the road out of sight. Wrong decision,I never met any friendly types in the town after that. Stay switched on and pounce immediately. When I did I had success more so then cold approaching without first getting a smile.
8. The shit holes are boring as hell. I have a mate who once told me how he had met good looking girls in Russian towns but it was so dull there that he could not physically bring himself to hang around for the dating ritual. I snorted at that idea a little. Then I number closed a nice 20 year old girl in a shit hole called Vorgashor. Kind of girl you'd marry back home. We had a date and told me she would like to go to a club with me on Friday. The problem was it was Tuesday and I could not bring myself to wait. It was so utterly dull there. If you are hitting shit holes take a wing who speaks your language. You will have a much better time. I would have been much more high energy with a good mate to have a laugh with. Would have done better too.
9. Eye fucking happens a lot but it does not equate to interest necessarily. In my country when eye fucked I can go in expecting a positive response from the girl. In Russia I was eye fucked a lot but when I then approached I often got little response. In the end I stopped noticing.
10. Negging worked less well than at home. It worked but I had to do it much gentler. It's not true that it does not work at all but be careful.
11. Dress for the weather! I unexpectedly went to the Arctic and only had European clothes. It's hard to be motivated when your feet are freezing and you are shivering with cold.
12. English levels in the provinces are appalling. I never met one girl in 9 days who I could have a decent conversation with in English. My Russian was always better than their English. I could work with that but if you speak zero Russian I think you'd be fucked unless you struck lucky.
13. You need to be in the country for at least 10 days to get anywhere or at least I do. It was only on my last two days that I was well into my rhythm and doing well. The provinces I got no action but numbers and dates but again I could not stay long enough to follow through. A native can probably get a close after three dates. I felt I would need 4 or 5.
14. Moscow is epic! If it had Kiev prices I'd be there now. Unfortunately it's too rich for my blood but my god what a city full of opportunities. Everyone should go once. Better attitudes than Kiev too in my experience. Never had bitchy attitudes when I chatted to women although I never hit exclusive clubs so might be different there.
17. Despite any negatives I have painted of provincial types I experienced acts of incredible generosity and kindness from random people I met. People shared their food and drink with me. Insisted on showing me their towns. Took me out for meals. Russians are incredibly hospitable far more than in the west. I was on a train carriage full of rough miners covered in prison tattoos,tough menacing looking types who were drunk and fighting with each other ( some got carted off the train by police at Yaroslavl ) but when they found out I was foreign they were generous to a fault and respectful and would not swear in my presence. The women were also sweet and feminine and fun to chat to or go on a date with but they are conservative. MUCH more than in my country.
Overall a great trip. I saw the kinds of places I had always wanted to and now know never to return. Remember I was third/fourth tier not second like Krasnoyarsk or Nizhny Novgorod. It was tough up there on my own. I saw that if I had 2 weeks in a town I would do ok and close a deal but I struggled with boredom after two days in these places so it is unrealistic. The women were also not as hot on average as in Moscow although of course there were exceptions. One great thing that happened was that my language skills progressed on the trip. I have finally reached the magical tipping point where you suddenly get an ear for the language. From now on it will be easier to converse.
My plan is now to enter a university language programme in the FSU. I was thinking MGU in Moscow but I simply can't afford the silly costs so will hit either Belarus or Ukraine.
The Russian provinces are the place maybe to find a wife or LTR but not for bangs. I think we have all discussed this before so new insight there but worth repeating. Also it really is rough travelling there and not for newbies to the region. Hit Ukrainian provincials before Russian ones as they are more accessible and friendly.
Glad I've done it. Seen the very south and very north of Russia and proffered the south by far. Ossetia trumps the north.
Edit: A final thought...There are some incredibly hot older women in Russia. You see women in their 30's who are as hot as anything. I know we all dream of the 19 year old chick but don't rule out these older chicks. I am studying Russian as it will be an investment in my future happiness. I see that if I get fluent and stay in shape I will still be fucking hot 30-somethings well into my 50's whilst my compatriots at home in the UK will be having to make do with washed up old women that nobody else wants. Russian language will be my pension scheme of quality pussy.
1. It is expensive. No I mean really expensive! Moscow is stupid. Paying 5 or 6 pounds for a pint of beer is normal on places like Tverskaya street or other central areas. Hit the suburbs if you are on a budget but even then it's not cheap.
2. Don't expect prices to drop too much in the provinces. The issue is lack of choice. I rocked up in Kotlas and the only central hotel I found charged 50 pounds a night and it was utterly shit,no sheets and situated above a club that blasted music until 5 am. I might have found another but after 24 hours on a train I could not be assed hitting the streets searching. Your best bet for cheap food are canteens where 5 pounds can get you a semi decent meal and drink of juice.
3. The shit holes are rough. Groups of Gopniks stroll about and eye you. Taxi drivers try to rip you off. Service staff are utterly rude. I asked one waitress in a cafe if she could repeat something slower as I don't speak great Russian. Her reply was "you are in my country,I'll speak as fast as I want". It can wear you down after a while and all you want is to see a friendly face or meet a friendly open person to communicate with.
4. Pretty much no women in the provinces gives a shit that you are foreign. Not once did a waitress or hotel worker hear my accent and ask where I was from. I spent 24 hours in a train carriage with a girl from a shit hole called Syktyvkar. Not once in those hours did she ask where I was from. Moscovites are more inquisitive than hell hole residents.
5. You have to be up for doing approaches. If not then stay home or use Mamba. Nothing falls into your lap in Russia. Don't think that as a foreigner women will come over to you,you have to be an approach machine. If you are not confident in approaching go elsewhere. Everything that happened I had to make happen.
6. Take a laptop with you. I was expecting everywhere I went to have internet cafes. I was wrong and it cost me big time as I could not use Mamba to pipeline. A city as large as Vorkuta had no internet cafe. I had wifi in places but could not use Mamba on my phone so had to struggle. I don't use Mamba as a rule but when it's minus 30c you need it as street game is tough.
7. In the shit holes you must be switched on all the time. Hesitate and you lose an approach opportunity. If a girl looks and smiles at you go straight in,another invitation might not happen for a week. Example: I got a taxi ride in my first hour in Kotlas. Three girls on a side walk saw me drive past and started waiving and smiling ( they know a foreigner when they see one ). I hesitated to tell the driver to stop by which time we were down the road out of sight. Wrong decision,I never met any friendly types in the town after that. Stay switched on and pounce immediately. When I did I had success more so then cold approaching without first getting a smile.
8. The shit holes are boring as hell. I have a mate who once told me how he had met good looking girls in Russian towns but it was so dull there that he could not physically bring himself to hang around for the dating ritual. I snorted at that idea a little. Then I number closed a nice 20 year old girl in a shit hole called Vorgashor. Kind of girl you'd marry back home. We had a date and told me she would like to go to a club with me on Friday. The problem was it was Tuesday and I could not bring myself to wait. It was so utterly dull there. If you are hitting shit holes take a wing who speaks your language. You will have a much better time. I would have been much more high energy with a good mate to have a laugh with. Would have done better too.
9. Eye fucking happens a lot but it does not equate to interest necessarily. In my country when eye fucked I can go in expecting a positive response from the girl. In Russia I was eye fucked a lot but when I then approached I often got little response. In the end I stopped noticing.
10. Negging worked less well than at home. It worked but I had to do it much gentler. It's not true that it does not work at all but be careful.
11. Dress for the weather! I unexpectedly went to the Arctic and only had European clothes. It's hard to be motivated when your feet are freezing and you are shivering with cold.
12. English levels in the provinces are appalling. I never met one girl in 9 days who I could have a decent conversation with in English. My Russian was always better than their English. I could work with that but if you speak zero Russian I think you'd be fucked unless you struck lucky.
13. You need to be in the country for at least 10 days to get anywhere or at least I do. It was only on my last two days that I was well into my rhythm and doing well. The provinces I got no action but numbers and dates but again I could not stay long enough to follow through. A native can probably get a close after three dates. I felt I would need 4 or 5.
14. Moscow is epic! If it had Kiev prices I'd be there now. Unfortunately it's too rich for my blood but my god what a city full of opportunities. Everyone should go once. Better attitudes than Kiev too in my experience. Never had bitchy attitudes when I chatted to women although I never hit exclusive clubs so might be different there.
17. Despite any negatives I have painted of provincial types I experienced acts of incredible generosity and kindness from random people I met. People shared their food and drink with me. Insisted on showing me their towns. Took me out for meals. Russians are incredibly hospitable far more than in the west. I was on a train carriage full of rough miners covered in prison tattoos,tough menacing looking types who were drunk and fighting with each other ( some got carted off the train by police at Yaroslavl ) but when they found out I was foreign they were generous to a fault and respectful and would not swear in my presence. The women were also sweet and feminine and fun to chat to or go on a date with but they are conservative. MUCH more than in my country.
Overall a great trip. I saw the kinds of places I had always wanted to and now know never to return. Remember I was third/fourth tier not second like Krasnoyarsk or Nizhny Novgorod. It was tough up there on my own. I saw that if I had 2 weeks in a town I would do ok and close a deal but I struggled with boredom after two days in these places so it is unrealistic. The women were also not as hot on average as in Moscow although of course there were exceptions. One great thing that happened was that my language skills progressed on the trip. I have finally reached the magical tipping point where you suddenly get an ear for the language. From now on it will be easier to converse.
My plan is now to enter a university language programme in the FSU. I was thinking MGU in Moscow but I simply can't afford the silly costs so will hit either Belarus or Ukraine.
The Russian provinces are the place maybe to find a wife or LTR but not for bangs. I think we have all discussed this before so new insight there but worth repeating. Also it really is rough travelling there and not for newbies to the region. Hit Ukrainian provincials before Russian ones as they are more accessible and friendly.
Glad I've done it. Seen the very south and very north of Russia and proffered the south by far. Ossetia trumps the north.
Edit: A final thought...There are some incredibly hot older women in Russia. You see women in their 30's who are as hot as anything. I know we all dream of the 19 year old chick but don't rule out these older chicks. I am studying Russian as it will be an investment in my future happiness. I see that if I get fluent and stay in shape I will still be fucking hot 30-somethings well into my 50's whilst my compatriots at home in the UK will be having to make do with washed up old women that nobody else wants. Russian language will be my pension scheme of quality pussy.
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