My Trip To Ukraine - August 2009

No, I haven’t gone yet. I am leaving tomorrow at 11am. I will be returning 11pm on the 15th.

I will post pics (hopefully lots, I’m taking two 2GB SD cards with me) when I return.

Have a good two weeks everyone!

fuckkkkk offfffffffffffffffffffffff

Safe trip man, enjoy your time at “home”

make sure to take pics of chernobyl. Ive always wanted to see the epicenter of that accident but i will never go.

Ha I won’t be anywhere near Chernobyl. lol.

I’m going to Ternopil (where I was born) for a week and Borislav (where I lived for about 2 years of my life infant/baby life) for a week.

That sounds like an awesome trip!! I’m Ukrainian too! My grandparents on my father’s side came over after WWII.

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v580/191/59/1524413289/n1524413289_93278_9281.jpg

So here’s some of the pictures I took.

City of Ternopil (Various Pics) -

http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0009.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0036.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0040.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0050.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0051.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6596.JPG

Basic Store in Ternopil -

http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0011.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0012.jpg

Nicer Store in Ternopil (just like our Price Choppers, etc.) -

http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0028.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0032.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0035.jpg

Cars in Ukraine -

http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0013.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0014.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0039.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0043.jpg (two of my cousins drive these for a living)
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6551.JPG
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6557.JPG
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6564.JPG

My Cousins (Weight Lifting Champions of Ukraine) -

http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0027.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0018.jpg (that’s like 200+ kg)
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0005.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0006.jpg
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0007.jpg

Me -

http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0042.jpg (benching 80kg or 170lbs)

In The Air -

http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6534.JPG
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6536.JPG
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6717.JPG
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6725.JPG (best food I’ve ever had on an international flight. Lufthansa for the win)
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6728.JPG (English Channel)
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6735.JPG (Flight Info)
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6739.JPG (Above Newark, about to land)
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6741.JPG (ditto)

Munich, Germany Airport -

http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6537.JPG
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6538.JPG

Lvov, Ukraine Airport -

http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6549.JPG
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6550.JPG

City of Lvov, Ukraine -

http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6552.JPG
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6567.JPG
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6568.JPG
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6569.JPG
http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6585.JPG

i could kick all those dudes asses at once. with one hand. blind folded. and drunk.

Of course you could. I could too. I just didn’t want to make them look bad in front of the crazy number of beautiful Ukrainian girls (if they ever send me the pics they took, I’ll post em up).

Looks classy

It’s actually quite the dump. 98% of the cars have blown shocks and other suspension parts lol. The government is corrupt beyond belief, there is very little work, the economy is much worse than ours. I’m glad I’m a US citizen with a good IT job.

This looks exactly like that city level on COD4. The one with the 2 buildings and the courtyard in the middle. lol. i want to shoot stuff there.

wayne I’m pretty sure that’s modeled after Pripyat. which is a city that was wiped out after chernobyl.

yea but don’t that look like the one part of the level on the side of the building… where you sneak under the wall…

Yeah I know what you’re talkin bout Wayne. Haha. Didn’t think of it but yeah it’s pretty damn close.

http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6568.JPG

this guy must be american hes got a beer gut

Nah. He’s wearing sandals and white socks. Definitely a slavic person…haha.

scenery looks almost identical to what it looks like in Augustow poland, but a bit more “touristy”

if i didn’t just buy a new car i would’ve gone this summer.

oh well, i’m most likely going next summer it looks like.

Well we are neighbors. I saw plenty of cars with Polish plates.

that airport in german looks DOPE