Nach einer halbjährigen Pause hatten die beiden vor, eine Asientour zu unternehmen, die sie auch durch Russland geführt hätte. Daraus wird nun offenbar nichts, weil auch Russland inzwischen verlangt, dass Visa im Heimatland beantragt werden:
5/6/11 We have now almost given up on a visit to Russia this trip. After correspondence with a couple of visa agencies in Europe it appears that none of them can obtain a Russian visa for us outside of our own country. The visa has to be applied for in Australia. Quite a disappointment as it was to be the main thrust for this trip and now leaves us at a loose end with excess time. We have been to Russia twice before and were perhaps a little relaxed with our planning, assuming the visa situation would be the same as on the last two occasions, where, after obtaining an invitation we could obtain a visa at any Russian embassy, but alas the regulations had changed. This need to obtain a visa in your home country is starting to creep into some countries visa requirements and, like the need to have an onward airline ticket, will likely slowly strangle spontaneous overland travel. Said goodbye to Stephen and Sheryl, visited Merv and Ruth for morning tea, and rode down the highway to Folkestone on the coast near Dover for tomorrows ferry crossing. Folkestone has lost its former glory but people still come here for a day at the beach or a cheap holiday weekend and today, in lovely weather, the coastal walkway was crowded on the last weekend of the mid spring holidays.
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Ich erinnere mich, dass wir diese Diskussion im Wüstenschiff in den vergangenen Monaten schon mehrfach hatten, zuletzt vor allem mit Blick auf Westafrika.
Aber auch Syrien verlangt in der Regel die Beantragung im Heimatland, wobei jüngst beispielsweise Visa in Khartum ausgestellt wurden.
Vielleicht können wir diese Entwicklung, die aus meiner Sicht das Langzeitreisen künftig komplizierter machen wird, hier mal diskutieren.
Viele Grüße
Achim



