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		<title>Sochi Virus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Web surfing takes me places&#8230;
Yesterday I found out there&#8217;s a computer virus Virus.DOS.Sochi.703, which apparently was dedicated to Sochi&#8217;s 2002 Olympics bid — the virus contains the text *Ks&#38;I* Sochi Olympic Games 2002.
While trying to get more information on this I stumpled on a real biologic virus called Dobrava-Sochi virus (DOBV-Ap) &#8211; separate lineage of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ski resorts in Krasnaya Polyana: Laura (Gazprom)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Laura&#8221; (Gazprom) ski resort
Горно-туристический комплекс “Лаура” (Газпром)
About:
&#8220;Laura&#8221; (name came from the name of the local river) ski resort was built by Gazprom company, and is second most popular ski park in Krasnaya Polyana. Today they have 16 trails, and more (higher up the mountain) are under construction.
Pros: new resort &#8211; modern lifts and infrastructure.
Cons: during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ski resorts in Krasnaya Polyana: Alpika Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Alpika Service&#8221; ski resort
ККД «Альпика-Сервис»
About:
&#8220;Alpika&#8221; ski lifts were first in Krasnaya Polyana. Today they have four queues of ski lifts servicing 1698 meters drop (from 540  до 2238 meters above sea level). First lift queue was built in 1992, and fourth in 2004.
Pros: great slopes, an location for skiing.
Cons: old and slow lifts. Also, many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ski resorts in Krasnaya Polyana</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since there&#8217;s still some time left in current skiing this season, I&#8217;ll post details on all ski resorts of Krasnaya Polyana the next few articles.
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		<title>Whitelines Snowboarding Magazine: From Russia with Love</title>
		<link>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/whitelines-snowboarding-magazine-in-krasnaya-polyana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/whitelines-snowboarding-magazine-in-krasnaya-polyana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently stumbled on a Whitelines Snowboarding Magazine article about a snowboarding trip to Sochi&#8217;s Krasnaya Polyana published back in 2006. The authors&#8217; feedback in this article about Russia, Russians, and Sochi is very negative. Nonetheless, it&#8217;s a view of a person who actually went to Sochi, and it has a right to exist. So, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our trip to Khosta</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post about a trip to Khosta &#8211; district in Sochi and my home town &#8211; from Robert MacDonald, an American living in Russia since 2000. You can read another article about this trip on his blog: An October Summer in Sochi&#8230; 10 days away from St Petersburg rain and snow!
The other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sochi quick fact: Telephone codes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Landline telephone code of Sochi is 8622, and all numbers are six digits. Telephone code of Russia is 7, so to call a number in Sochi you dial +7-8622-##-##-##.
Mobile operator&#8217;s codes are all different, and the numbers consist of three digit code and seven digits number. Here are telephone codes of major mobile operators in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What happened to the High-Speed train to Sochi plans</title>
		<link>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/high-speed-sochi-train-plans-revived/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/high-speed-sochi-train-plans-revived/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a recent comment to a year old post about plans of a high-speed train from Moscow to Sochi, I decided to collect bits and pieces of what I know on a subject into a post.
&#8220;Sapsan&#8221;

 Russian Railways already sign a contract to buy 8 highspeed trains (&#8220;Sapsan&#8221; / Velaro RUS platform) from Siemens. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Design best Sochi 2014 credit card and go see Vancouver Olympics!</title>
		<link>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/sochi-credit-card-design-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/sochi-credit-card-design-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Olympics 2014]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia&#8217;s Sberbank, which was earlier selected as an official partner of Olympics in Sochi, is holding public competition for the best Sochi 2014 credit card design. The main prize: a trip to Vancouver in February 2010
The official website for the competition is sochi-card.ru
Unfortunately for most of the visitors of this blog the competition is open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 4 000 exotic fish die at Sochi&#8217;s customs</title>
		<link>http://www.sochi-travel.info/articles/tropical-fish-died-in-sochi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 4,000 exotic tropical fish died at an airport in Sochi after being kept in customs for hours in the summer heat. “The 18-ton cargo, containing over 4,000 exotic fish from China, was standing at customs at Sochi Airport for more than 14 hours in quite hot weather”&#8230; customs deny it was their fault, and [...]]]></description>
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