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As I wrote in yesterday’s post, Nokia’s Ovi Maps was an invaluable tool to navigate the (not so) mean streets of Moscow. But the city’s vast Metro system is a beast unto itself.
Fortunately I had a little offline app that I’ve been using since my first trip to Tokyo in 2001. It’s called Métro — think of it as crowd-sourced navigation for mass rail transit worldwide…
“I should warn you, the Tretyakov Gallery is a bit tricky to find.”
“Don’t worry, I got it.”
Such chutzpah in a foreign city with a different language — and alphabet, even — could only be possible with Ovi Maps on my Nokia handset…
Readers of my previous blog might remember my revelation that Nokia’s high-end camera phones — and specifically the N86 — had become good enough to replace my dedicated point-and-shoot while travelling abroad.
And on my trip to Moscow this month my N86 continued to impress. Here are a few samples of what it delivered…
With a couple of exceptions I’ve kept a steady Monday to Friday posting schedule on this humble blog since starting it up January 1st. Unfortunately, that won’t be the case for the next week and a bit…
Sorry, no proper post today. My presence is required at the Russian Consulate to hand in paperwork for a Russian tourist Visa — I’m planning to visit Moscow for a big holiday there in May…
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