just one last thing that surprised me Larissa,, was on the Asian dating site i use.. when you open a profile of a girl.. you see some photos of her friends.. and one thing that amazed me was the amount of young nice looking men they had! .. what surprised me was ? really i would have thought they would be in relationships in their own countries.. there were a lot of Americans as well as Australians and a good amount of Europeans too..and quite young, so it looks like to me.. that many men of all ages are interested in going there too . anyway.. something to answer your question a little more. I know a friend from England who i met on my first trip to Russia, also said this to me in 2008.. he is going to Asia, he was not bothered with Russia anymore! he said.. a waste of time and money, but i still kept looking in Russia.. until now)) So all the best.... I wont be commenting on here anymore.. i think i annoyed some people..sorry about that everyone... so its best i stop reading this forum.