Oct 31, 2007 - БРЭСТ - Brest

It all went a bit Pete in Brest, if there is a more godforsaken city on the planet then I hope I don't find it. ... I took a detour via the main street of Brest to check it out - it looks like Minsk during World War II, I guess they must be upgrading it but at the moment the whole street, which has to be a kilometre long has been dug up, with craters, potholes and piles of rubble everywhere. ... Why couldn't the first one make it so obvious? 18:30 was nearly 6 hours away and I was thoroughly bored with Brest so I came back to my room and had a few hours kip (I'm full of cold yet again - all say ahh) and watched some Belarusian TV. ... At 18:30 prompt I reappeared at the booking office and relief, the god one was still there, she remembered me and booked the ticket straight away, my sigh of relief was huge, I had visions of being stuck in Brest forever and having to commit some crime to get myself deported. ... I escaped unscathed this morning, I thought I might have problems with customs (no customs declaration form on entry) and problems with Immigration (no visa registration in Brest). ...