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- Kiev
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- Hryvnia (UAH)
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Travel Blogs from Ukraine
Mizhgirya to Bustyna
Saturday 14 July Woke up at 7am by security and cycled into town and ate breakfast under cover as it was drizzling. Next town tried to get some some cash from bank but not working so local called on dodgy money changer to help so he changed 20 dollars ...
Train trip to Alchevesk today
Bad night of sleep last night- bad mattress. Our neighbors are very vocal at 1:30 A.M. every night as well. We bought our train tickets to go to the region where Sergei lives. We are trying to adopt Anastasia's brother. He is at a orphanage in a ...
Time flies even if you don't have fun...
So unexpectedly, time here has gone by so quickly. Already, my time in training is coming to an end and I'm still here surviving. I came to my training site with a handful of Ukrainian words and I will leave it able to comfortably have a ...
Oh Kharkov, looks can be deceiving!!
... zone or even comparable to parts of Detroit. But I think it is scarier looking than it actually is. People forget that Ukraine suffered more than almost every country involved in WWII and they are still recovering from it. Ukraine and Poland had some of ...
Lineups and Giggles
I am not sure that any of us slept all that well, but we slept, repacked then made our way down the dark and slightly smelly hallway to the front of the building. It was raining, we weren't as prepared for that, especially the curly-haired gals. ...
The big birthday in Odessa, lovely city by the sea
Odessa has been lovely so far. There's not a whole lot to see except the people watching is incredible! The women here really do look like supermodels, six feet tall, tons of makeup and fancy (though tacky) clothes, and stiletto heels. they walk very ...
Getting there
Tough journey. went for work with all my luggage, but then it is so much closer form the airport than my house... Even got a lift from a collegue who lives close by. Flight only left at eleven pm, arrived at borispol airport 4 hours later, 5 am local ...
Party at the orphanage
All the passport papaerwork has been turned in and we are set to get the passport tomorrow in Lugansk. Today we had a going away party for Sergei. Lancie took cake and ice cream. She also made goodie bags for the kids in his class. Sergei was a bit ...
Rest in Crimea. Services of interpreter and driver
Hi, my name is Sergey. I am from Ukraine, Crimea. I'm interpreter (german, english), and work also as driver. Have a look for tourist information offices, travel bureaus or other businesses (people, who fly to Crimea), which help people to go to Crimea ...