information on gommel

HI,

Could anyone give me information on gommel, how to get there from uk. Places to stay, where to go and places to avoid. Would i be made welcome travelling on my own as a white uk resident.

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If you are UK citizen you ust to have ukrainian visa.

From UK to Gomel:

by ryanair.com to: KAUNAS or VILNIUS (Lithuania) or RIGA (Latvia) and from this places by train.

Timetable of train: www.pkp.pl

departure place name: kaunas, vilnius, riga

arrive place name: GOMEL

Tickets ONLY on railways station. Book only %26quot;SPALNY VAGON%26quot; not %26quot;PLATSCARTNY%26quot; !!!.

You can to fly too to Minsk but this is not cheap.

Information about Gomel in www.wikipedia.org

The name of Gomel in wikipedia is %26quot;Homyel%26quot;.

I think to sleap in Gomel only in hotel %26quot;TOURIST%26quot; (Sovetskaya street)

http://www.belarustravel.by/en/Gomel/Tourist/

Transfer from railways station is very cheap by minibus %26quot;marshrutka%26quot;. I think line no 10. Cost is about 0,40 USD.

You can change many on the railways station or near in minibanks.

In Gomel is too some old wood houses.

jorgan@op.pl

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I have traveled alot in Belarus. You will be fine, except that you will not find alot of people who speak English.

We have written a travel guide about Belarus. Have a look at it and if you have any other questions, let us know.

The suggest to fly into vilnius and go by train is a good one. We make the same suggestion in our travel guide.

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I am surprised to learn that having a Ukrainian visa (that doesn%26#39;t exist for EU citizens anymore) one can reach Gomel, which is in Belarus, and therefore a Belarusian visa is needed.