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Originally Posted by AnTyx
Unlike Narva, you don't need waypoints because you're not going out of your way.
By the way, I would recommend crossing not at Shumilkino, but at Koidula, into Pechory. It's a big crossing, equipped for lots of traffic. There's a brief and dumb "toll road" on the Russian side, but you can stop and have a look at both Pechory and Izborsk - two very ancient Russian cities, more preserved than Pskov, which just has the old Kremlin and not much else of note.
Let me know when you're passing through Estonia. 
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Hi!
I saw that crossing, wish I had taken it last time. I have a rule to return to a target country at the same crossing that I left it... so Shumilkino it will be. I was thinking to visit both Pechory and Izborsk.
I have less than 9 weeks to reach Magadan so I'll be passing straight through the EU countries, no time for stopping I'm afraid
I laughed when you mentioned a Russian toll road. I once got onto a road heading south from Pskov to the Belarussian border. I was flabbergasted to be asked for money to use a road (first time in many thousands of kms in Russia), and then just laughed to see that the road was really sh*t and hadn't even been cleared of snow, so was far worse than regular toll-free Russian roads. But then in Russia the old adage 'you get what you pay for' rarely applies.
Cheers
EO
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