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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rono, post: 787059, member: 6492&quot;]Howdy,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In &#039;92 we visited Russia on a tour - Moscow, St.Pete., etc.&nbsp; It was a whole bunch set up by a local travel agent.&nbsp; She had a russian lady come and do a series of shows touting the trip.&nbsp; We were encouraged to take goods to use in lieu of $ tips.&nbsp; They (like Cuba today) were running parallel economies - one with local currency where very little was available and one with &#039;hard currencies&#039; where a lot of stuff was for sale.&nbsp; Even so, some things were impossible.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I stashed picnic salt&amp;pepper sets, soap, shampoo, cigarettes.&nbsp; A pack of marlboros was cab fare anywhere in moscow.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>whatever works,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>rono[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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