Quote: (12-09-2010 06:43 PM)speakeasy Wrote:
Quote: (12-09-2010 05:33 PM)kerouac Wrote:
The impression I've gotten of Russia is that it is a mob-infested country where the most important thing is who you know and how much money you have. I can only handle corruption to a certain degree...
While some of you may be down for that sort of adventure, I think I'll stick to Western & Central Europe, and maybe the Balkans. Not really down to worry about having my head chopped off on video and have that posted on Youtube so that Russia can stay for Russians. Fuck that. If that's what Russia is the Russians can keep it!
Russia sounds like hell on earth to me. I'd rather go to the poorest country in Africa before I'd go to Russia. I read one guy's tale that he simply said "hi" to some guy in the street in Moscow and the dude cold cocked him. I guess being boisterous with random strangers in Russia is a big no-no. At least in Mali, people would be waving and happy that I came to visit their country. Fuck Russia. And it's a joke that they were given the world cup given all the skinheads and hooligans that show up at the games there. I feel sorry for non-whites who go there for the games not knowing what awaits them. I will definitely not be attending that one.
There is no comparison dude. Jesus. Africa compared to Russia? Fucking hell, spoken like someone who has never been to either.
If you are dark skinned or African, Russia is a dangerous place to be going. Just like Africa is a dangerous place for a white man to be going unless you are a white native and you know the place. Comparing Russia to Africa is like comparing the earth to the moon. The levels of poverty, corruption, crime and violence in Africa make Russia look like it might as well be heaven on earth.
I have been to Russia enough times to know that you need to be street smart if you want to avoid trouble. Loud, brash Yanks and Poms are asking for trouble there. At the same time, they are not going to take kindly to black men or dark skinned men hitting on their women. They have a habit of beating them senseless and then leaving them in the snow. I know a bunch of englishmen who were befriended by locals, only to be drugged, robbed and woken up on a shipping container that docked at a Finish port.
At the same time, I fucked my lungs out in that country and other than Latvia and Estonia, I have never seen hotter women in my life. Their women cannot be topped in either looks or their ways. Untouchable. Its an awesome place to travel too. You could spend 10 years there and not scratch the surface.
If you went there as a tourist and you are black, you wont have many problems. Go there as some mack daddy hitting up the bars and trying to fuck everything in a skirt and you are going to get your arse handed to you big time. You go there you show respect for their culture and you be tolerant of their outlook on life or you can expect to find trouble there.
If you cant handle yourself in Russia, I suggest you avoid Africa. Egypt, Morroco, South Africa if you are very careful, Botswana maybe. Kenya and Tanzania are stable at the moment? The rest of Africa? Make sure you have your will sorted out if you have any intentions of going off the beaten path