What a couple of weeks.
Visa: We went into the Russian Embassy to get our Visa. It was closed - but they hadn't bothered to put it on their website.
So we went into the Russian Embassy and the Travel Agent hadn't given us all the forms. It seems you have to account for every day with a voucher saying where you are every day!!
So we went into the Russian Embassy and the Travel Agent hadn't given us all the forms - again.
So we went into the Russian Embassy and the Travel Agent hadn't given us all the forms - again - but this time before we went in we went through the forms and rang her and said we believed some were still missing. She said no they were all there - the problem is that they were in Russian - but of course she was wrong - again.
So with us needing our Passports for our trip to Fiji and them taking 10 working days to action them we ran out of time and we had to pay double the amount to get urgent ones.
Who are the Agents - United Travel Lower Hutt. Will never use them again. Then again we will do our own bookings in future - I think they are all hopeless.
The other point was that when they went out to do the booking the hotel prices they tried to palm us off with were twice what we could get online.
However the Russians are still in the Soviet era - no idea of trying to attract tourists. The Chinese and Vietnamese were fantastic compared to them
Quiz: What a bummer. Bonus question was asked and we put in our answer but as I thought it through I realised the correct answer but of course it was too late. Bugger.
SeniorNet: Attended a Management Concepts day. It was terrific.
Well Fiji here we come. I wonder what can go wrong!
