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Gomel Tour Report - October 2000 - Tom

The Trip Over:

Being a veteran of night shift work. I realized the need to try to adjust my sleep pattern
before the trip. Gomel Belarus is 7 hours ahead of EST. If you normally go to bed at 10PM
you would need to go to bed at 3PM to keep the same sleep pattern 12 noon on the west coast.
And for most people this is not feasible. What can be attempted is. Two weeks before your
departure date get up a little earlier each morning and go to bed a little earlier. If you
are able to adjust your sleep only two or three hours this will make your first few days
much more pleasant. The eight hour flight from Newark NJ to Warsaw Poland is uneventful. I
take two Tylenol PM's put in my ear plugs and put on my eye mask and sleep four hours. After
a brief layover in Warsaw I am on a plane for a one hour flight to Minsk Belarus. As the
plane descends I look out over a beautiful countryside long expanses of fields and forests.
The Minsk airport is small. I believe my flight was the only active flight on the field.
We taxi up to the gate and off I go. Other than the steep grade of the jet-way it was just
like many other airports. I follow the other passengers down the stairs to the visa and
passport check. This is a station of three lines. I finally get up to the window slide my
passport under the glass. To a man dress in an army green uniform. He looks at me stamps my
passport and waves me by. I have been told you can obtain your visa at the airport. However
I was more comfortable obtaining mine at the Belarus Embassy in Washington DC.
(http://www.belarusembassy.org). Next stop Customs declaration. I walk up to a writing
table sort through the forms until I find one in English. The form is simple to complete
the major question is how much money are you carrying. Remember you can not leave with more
than you brought in. Retrieved my suit case and preceded to customs. The lady looked at
my declaration stamped it and waved me by. I fold the declaration reach inside my shirt
and place into the neck wallet I am wearing. I recommend you purchase a neck wallet for
your money tickets and passport. I purchase mine along with a voltage power converter
from http://voltagevalet.com. I walk through a door and into a sea of people. I scan
the faces and am relieved to see my driver holding a welcome sign for me. This was just
as they had promised. I tell the driver I need to use the toilet. And get my first
experience with public toilets in Belarus. They are not for the weak of heart. A 3 1/2
hour car ride through some beautiful countryside. And we arrive in Gomel. There I am met
by The Manager in Gomel, Vitaly. We go to my apartment to unload my stuff. Then to an
Italian restaurant only a few blocks from his office for dinner. This restaurant will
prove to be one of my favorite meeting places. After dinner we exchange $200 USD for
208,000 Belarus Rubles. Vitaly escorts me back to my apartment and I settle in for my
first night. As I go off to sleep I wonder what adventures await me.

The First Day:

I awake to explore my new apartment ( flat ). There are photos at http://www.bluesapphires.net/apt.html
I stayed in #2. The flat is old and worn but clean remember you are in Belarus not the
Hilton. The flat is on the forth floor of a four story apartment building. The building
is old and in need of repair as all buildings in Gomel. But I felt safe and the flat became
my home. Other than a grandmother opening her door and peaking at me as I came and went.
No one as much as spoke to me in the building. I came and went at my will all hours of
the day and night. Bring a small pin flash light not to many street lights. My first
pleasant experience came when my house keeper Zhanna arrived. Zhanna is a sweet pleasant
young lady. And exemplifies the good qualities of the ladies in Gomel. ( sorry she is
married ). Although my flat is not the Hilton the service is 5 star. Zhanna cooked me
breakfast, cleaned the flat and washed and pressed my clothes. On the issue of clothes.
I recommend four changes. There is no clothes dryer Zhanna washes and hangs them on the
small sun porch to dry. Although it is up to you to select your style of dress. I was
glad I brought dress slacks shirts and ties. I never wore my bluejeans. The ladies who
met me were all dressed very nicely. Zhanna proved to be a great asset. She purchased
and delivered gifts for me, exchanged money arranged for a massage therapist for my
back. She ask me daily if there was anything I needed. Almost any item you need can
be purchased in Gomel cheaply. After breakfast Zhanna takes me to a local photographer
to get my photo so that my passport can be registered with the local police. Then we
walk to the office. The Ryerose office is on the third floor of another old building
very close to the main park. It is a 15 minute walk from my flat. This walk several
times a day proved to be one of my many pleasures in Gomel. Beautiful ladies on every
block. I do recommend you wear good walking shoes the sidewalks are a little ruff. We
arrive at the office and I meet my translators and we review my schedule for the day.
I am given a print out of all the ladies that I am to meet over the next two weeks.
This printout includes a thumb nail photo and description of each lady. This will prove
to be very useful. Believe me keeping up with 29 different ladies is not easy. I am also
provided a list of who I am to met today and tomorrow. My first meeting is at 12 noon
today. So I nervously wait for that first meeting.

The Ladies:

As I set foot in the office in Gomel, awaiting my first meeting, my mind wonders what to
expect. But soon the time passes and my first lady walks through the door. I must admit
that I was a little nervous but my interpreters helped greatly in smoothing things out.
To be totally honest I do not remember who I met first. I know this may sound crazy but
29 ladies in 15 days will make any man forget. Every lady was more beautiful than the
last and soon I was overwhelmed. For the most part the first few days were a blur. I soon
regained my posture and started keeping notes. I recommend a small pocket note pad write
down your thoughts of each lady. This will be useful when you start deciding who to see
again. I started off all my meetings by speaking the 6 words of Russian that I knew. This
seemed to break the ice and put the ladies a little at ease. It was a common theme for the
ladies to apologize for there lack of English knowledge. I was quick to admit that I knew
no Russian. Most meetings started by walking to the main city part in Gomel this is a
beautiful park only a few blocks from the Ryerose office. The park was once a private
estate of a Duke. There is a nice church which I attended twice and a palace. We would
walk and talk I would ask them question and they would ask me. I brought along a small
photo album and pictures that explained my job also a small map of the USA. All these
proved to be extremely useful. I wish that I had brought more photos. The ladies were
very interested in my life. The average meeting lasted 2 hours and my interpreters were
very good about keeping me on time. At first it was a little uncomfortable to tell a
lady that you must leave for your next meeting. But they realized this and were very
gracious. Only one lady seemed to be up set at the fact I was meeting other ladies.
If it was close to lunch time we would walk to the local pizza place. This is ran by
two Italian guys and the food is good. But sometimes a little too salty. I met 3 of
4 ladies a day. For the first few days I took my last date of the day to dinner.
After a few days I started re-inviting ladies from previous days to dinner. Guys I
will admit that I was guilty of trying to micro plan my trip. The best advise That
I can give any man is just go. I was the first foreigner many of the ladies had ever
met. And these ladies are everything you could dream and hope for in a woman. I met
ladies that ranged in age from 25 to 43 I am 40. Ladies in their late 20's and up
had no problem with my age. If anything they seem to find it odd that I even ask
them if it mattered. They would look at me as if the say ( why in the hell would
you ask such a stupid question ). All these ladies seem to want is a gentleman
who will love them and be kind and tender. As one lady said to me ( our men
Russian are very severe, they don't think about woman very much, they can't give
us much. Especially if we are waiting for tenderness, softness and attention ). I
have never had so many beautiful ladies trying to win my heart. To steal a line
from a recent book on dating Russian women. The American author said of him self
( I am the prize ). And the sooner you realize this the more options you will have.
I never felt like I needed to kiss these ladies feet just to have dinner. All I
needed to be was a gentleman. Well guys this will end my posting for this trip.
My next trip has all ready been booked. I leave on December 22 to re-meet 3 very
special ladies.

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