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C00002 00002 ITINERARY for Doug and Merle Lenat, IJCAI-75 trip to USSR. As of 6/11/75.
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C00009 00004 Questions:
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ITINERARY for Doug and Merle Lenat, IJCAI-75 trip to USSR. As of 6/11/75.
DATE WHERE WHAT TIME PRICE Hotel Rate
Mon 1 SF→Moscow $611/2
SF→Chicago 1000-1552 American 182
Chic→Frank 1830- 855 Pan Am 58
Frank→Mosc 1125-1420 Aeroflot 577
1 night in Moscow. (above times are LOCAL) Season Moscow
Wed 3 Mosc→Tbilisi 640-1005 SU923 R31
Tbilisi (IJCAI) Indep. with Car
5 days and 4 nights in Tbilisi (Season Non-Mosc)
Iveria Hotel
Sun 7 Fly Tb→Ashkhabad 1744-2019 SU5226 R24 Season non-Mosc
Local time: (?) 1844-2219
1 day and 2 nights in Ashkhabad
Turkmenistan Hotel
Tue 9 Ashk→Samarkand 215-335 (Tue AM) SU7249 ~R16 Season non-Mosc
Samarkand→Bukhara 540-630 SU687 R 7
Local time: 415-535, 740-830
1 day and 1 night in Bukhara
Buk. Intourist Hotel
Wed 10 Buk→Samarkand 1535-1630 SU688 R 7 Season non-Mosc
Local time: 1735-1830
3 days and 3 nights in Samarkand
Samarkand Hotel
Sat 13 Sam→Mineralnye Vody 1453-1903 SU5135 R40 Resort rate
Local time: 1653-2003
2 days and 3 nights in spa area
Mashuk Hotel in Pyatigorsk, or Kislovadsk Motel in Kislovadsk
Specific request: Daytimes are as follows: Sun 14: Pyatigorsk
Mon 15: Kislovadsk
Tue 16 Min→Moscow 1320-1520 SU1214 R26 Season Moscow
Local time: leave 1420
3.5 days and 3 nights in Moscow
Intourist, else Ukraine
Reserve: Bolshoi Opera, Moiseyev's Folk Dance Ensemble
Specific request: Thu. daytime is taken up with a trip to Zagorsk.
Fri 19 Moscow→Leningrad 2355-825 (night train) ~R20 Season Moscow
Red Arrow train, soft class, sleeping car, twin-berth compartment.
Train compartment for Fri. nite (Sat. am): no hotel room.
3 days and 2 nights in Leningrad (plus 1 night spent on train)
Astoria, else Leningrad
Mon 22 Len.→Tallinn 2045-2145 SU8424 R 9 Season non-Mosc
1 day and 1 night in Tallinn
Hotel Viru
Tue 23 Tallin→Helsinki 2000-2245 (Sailing on MV Tallinn ~$20
(Cook's table 1227).
1 day and 2 nights in Helsinki
Thu 25 Helsinki→London 930-1500 (SOFA flight) $116
5 days and 4 nights in Britain: London,
Brighton,Colchester (Essex, Sussex): day trip
Stonehenge (stay over Sat. night in Salisbury)
Mon 29 London→Phl (APEX flight) $330/2
TWA 755 1100-1405
4 days and 3 nights in Phila
Thu Oct 2 Phl→San Francisco (Night Coach) $160 incl. taxes
American 397 2230-257
Expenses
Total travel costs: $630 + $116 + $20 + R173 = $766 + $216 = $982
Actual: $663.12 for APEX, incl. Mosc→Tb and Len→Tallinn and Phl stopover.
$116 for Helsinki→London charter, incl. ISIC card.
(R133) for the other intra-Soviet flights. ($166)
($20) for the Talin→Helsinki boat trip
($50) for intra-Russian transfers/tours (e.g., at Min.Voda)
($1000) actual total transportation cost
Approximate living expenses:
Inside USSR: Hotel, transfer, meals, local tour, misc: $30/day
($23 is probably a closer estimate (e.g., the "with-car"
rate in Tbilis and the "resort" rate in Sochi are $12+dinner))
In Finland and London: $25/day
Within USA, and planes bound to/from USA: $0
Total living expenses: ($30 x 21 nights in USSR) + ($25 x 6 nights in Hels, Lond)
= $630 + $150 = $780
(a more accurate figure is probably $23x31+... which is $200 less)
Combined approximate cost of trip: $1000 travel + $780 living = $1780
(a more accurate figure is about $250 less, but we must be conservative)
(a slight addition would be entailed for an excursion from Lond)
Questions:
1. Air:
How much is the fare from Ashkhabad to Samarkand (my estimate: 16 Roubles)?
2. Car:
If you rent a car in various places for a few days each, totalling 11 days,
do you pay only the 11-day rate or do you have to pay the 1-10-day rate?
Must you drive the car from the airport, or can you get it at your hotel?
3. Side trips
From our home base at Tbilisi (Sept 3-7) we may want to make an outing to
another city (e.g., train to Batumi and back that nite). Is this allowed?
Can it be a spur of the moment decision, or must it be planned over here?
4. Outside USSR:
Book Tallinn→Helsinki steamer. Price? Customs?
Book hotel in advance in Helsinki (Sept 23,24) for ~$10 per person per night
Book hotel in advance in London (Sept 25,26,28) in the Dolphin square complex
Also book hotel in Salisbury, Sept. 27.