May 28 2008
How to buy a SIM card in Russia
At last I’ve managed to buy a Russian SIM card! You need to register with a hotel first, show your passport with this very important registration to the shop assistant and fill a few forms in duplicate. Russian citizens have similar constraints! I filled the forms in English and I’m sure all this could have easily been forged but what mattered is that we followed the protocol!
i have a card with Internet access but it’s 15 times more expensive than in Ukraine: about £10 for 100MB in Russia instead of £8 for 1GB in Ukraine!
Back to cycling now with Olivier. We’re leaving Rostov in the afternoon after a last visit at Alliance Francaise. Hopefully the russian villages we’re about to cross will be less hectic than Rostov!
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Bonjour,
Super pour la carte SIM.
Je viens vous souhaiter une bonne route à toi et Olivier.
J’espère que vous aurez du beau temps, et que vous serez bien accueilli tout au long de la route.
Soyez prudent.
Sportivement.
Phew! that’s great news, was worried we wouldn’t be able to get any exciting updates from you whilst in Russia, thanks and go go Arnie, you are the best!!PS how are you doing with the language? Bet you could have just filled in the forms in Russian!
Merci Sandrine!
Fede: my Russian is still very basic, and Olivier usually achieves more in speaking French to everyone. I’ll definitely try that at the next border crossing!