# My Trip To Ukraine - August 2009 **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [July 31, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814 "2009-07-31T15:46:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/1 "2009-07-31T15:46:22Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/2 "2009-07-31T16:09:53Z")
fuckkkkk offfffffffffffffffffffffff ---
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/3 "2009-07-31T16:54:28Z")
Safe trip man, enjoy your time at “home” ---
**Author:** ![dkid15](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dkid15/32/6398_2.png) [@dkid15](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dkid15)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/4 "2009-07-31T17:04:29Z")
make sure to take pics of chernobyl. Ive always wanted to see the epicenter of that accident but i will never go. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/5 "2009-07-31T19:04:48Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![kromwell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kromwell/32/6338_2.png) [@kromwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kromwell)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/6 "2009-08-01T07:31:57Z")
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](http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v580/191/59/1524413289/n1524413289_93278_9281.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/7 "2009-08-17T17:39:51Z")
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/CIMG0009.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0036.jpg](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0036.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0040.jpg](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0040.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0050.jpg](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0050.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0051.jpg](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0051.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6596.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/CIMG0011.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0012.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/CIMG0028.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0032.jpg](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0032.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0035.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/CIMG0013.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0014.jpg](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0014.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0039.jpg](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0039.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0043.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_6551.JPG) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6557.JPG](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6557.JPG) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6564.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/CIMG0027.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0018.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/CIMG0005.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0006.jpg](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0006.jpg) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0007.jpg](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0007.jpg) Me - ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0042.jpg](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_6534.JPG) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6536.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_6717.JPG) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6725.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](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6728.JPG) (English Channel) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6735.JPG](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6735.JPG) (Flight Info) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6739.JPG](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6739.JPG) (Above Newark, about to land) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6741.JPG](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_6537.JPG) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6538.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_6549.JPG) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6550.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_6552.JPG) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6567.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_6568.JPG) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6569.JPG](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6569.JPG) ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6585.JPG](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6585.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![tougethisDB1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tougethisdb1/32/6358_2.png) [@tougethisDB1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tougethisDB1)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/8 "2009-08-17T19:44:06Z")
i could kick all those dudes asses at once. with one hand. blind folded. and drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/9 "2009-08-17T19:47:28Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/10 "2009-08-17T19:51:41Z")
Looks classy ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/11 "2009-08-17T19:52:57Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/12 "2009-08-17T19:53:57Z")
> [@/\*-/\*-/\*-/\*-/\*-/\*-/\*-/\*-/\*-/\*-/\*-Russian offroading -\*\\-\*\\-\*\\-\*\\-\*\\-\*\\-\*\\-\*\\-\*\\-\*\\](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/russian-offroading/21764/6): > > So here’s some of the pictures I took. > > City of Ternopil (Various Pics) - 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. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/13 "2009-08-17T19:57:46Z")
wayne I’m pretty sure that’s modeled after Pripyat. which is a city that was wiped out after chernobyl. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/14 "2009-08-17T19:58:35Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/15 "2009-08-17T20:43:49Z")
Yeah I know what you’re talkin bout Wayne. Haha. Didn’t think of it but yeah it’s pretty damn close. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/16 "2009-08-17T21:13:18Z")
![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6568.JPG](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/IMG_6568.JPG) this guy must be american hes got a beer gut ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/17 "2009-08-17T21:15:49Z")
Nah. He’s wearing sandals and white socks. Definitely a slavic person…haha. ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/18 "2009-08-17T21:53:23Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/19 "2009-08-17T21:54:24Z")
Well we are neighbors. I saw plenty of cars with Polish plates. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/20 "2009-08-17T21:54:24Z")
that airport in german looks DOPE [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814.md?page=2)