Denis Maldonado, Ecuador. "When I was a child, I saw a strange script on the building of the Russian embassy and wanted to know what it says". Going to study in Russia, Denis Dayanara Maldonado packed a suitcase full of warm clothes. Her friends told her: prepare yourself, otherwise you will get frostbite on your nose or feet. But when Denis arrived in Tomsk, she experienced a real Siberian summer. It turned out that it could be no less hot than in her native Ecuador. Now Denis is in her third year of studying biology at the Tomsk State University...

No matter how much I appreciate independence in my movements around the world, I regularly use the services of private guides that I find on Tripster — the service brings the traveler and local residents together directly, who conduct an individual tour for you. The service has several chips that I recently learned about. That's what I want to tell you about them. TRIPSTER It's not so easy to get to know a local resident who will take you by the hand and guide you through all the iconic places, show the city as it is, and not as tourists see it...