# 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:** 3
**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 19, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/41 "2009-08-19T14:38:31Z")
Okay here’s some pics. The girl that I didn’t meet but was on his thumb drive: ![http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5714/171424593huge1.jpg](http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5714/171424593huge1.jpg) ![http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4935/173457987huge1.jpg](http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4935/173457987huge1.jpg) ![http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3792/874.jpg](http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3792/874.jpg) ![http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2521/55202387.jpg](http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2521/55202387.jpg) Girls I did meet: Tanya (in this pic the guys are cut off but the guy on the right was my cousin Serge - I went out with this one on 3 occasions) - ![http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2459/062a.jpg](http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2459/062a.jpg) Sasha (worked out with her a couple of times) - ![http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8673/pict0012mck.jpg](http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8673/pict0012mck.jpg) ---
**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 19, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/42 "2009-08-19T14:41:04Z")
ok. I’m just going to say it. :bs ---
**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 19, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/43 "2009-08-19T14:42:55Z")
Say whatever you want. Why would I lie? I have nothing to prove to you guys lol. Those two last ones I actually met. The first two I did not, but they were on his thumb drive, and are slavic (Ukrainian/Russian). I worked out at the same damn gym with the last two. You can even see the Tanya in one of the pics of my cousins lifting. The glare is covering part of her head though. EDIT: This pic: ![http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0018.jpg](http://www.ilyakol.com/Ilya/Ukraine/CIMG0018.jpg) ---
**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 19, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/44 "2009-08-19T17:49:40Z")
Calm down ---
**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 19, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/45 "2009-08-19T20:25:44Z")
Hah. $20 = $160 of their money. That is quite a bit of money over there. But no, I don’t bang. I come from a different culture/up-bringing than you guys and have a slightly different set of morals/values. It is what it is. Ya’ll can stop asking me that. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/46 "2009-08-21T09:27:31Z")
> [@Ilya"](#): > > Okay here’s some pics. > > The girl that I didn’t meet but was on his thumb drive: NICE ! excellent :bowdown ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/47 "2009-08-21T09:37:09Z")
Awesome pics. Makes me want to go back to Ireland. ☹ ---
**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 21, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/48 "2009-08-21T13:09:52Z")
Okay…nuff of this BS. Back to pictures of Ukraine, otherwise stfu. ---
**Author:** ![n\_cole](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n_cole/32/6382_2.png) [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/49 "2009-08-21T13:13:17Z")
So, back to the chickens… do they eat them or wat? ---
**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 21, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/50 "2009-08-21T13:34:50Z")
No. It’s for the eggs. ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/51 "2009-08-25T06:11:24Z")
oh man…i just went HELLA nostalgic. damnit. ---
**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 25, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/52 "2009-08-25T06:45:42Z")
Heh. Go visit man. You got any family over there still? ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/53 "2009-08-25T07:07:15Z")
Yea, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Australia, Israel. All over the goddamn place, man. I need to go visit my friends back home, also the ones that moved to Moscow. My cousin is there too, I think I can find a place to stay 🙂 ---
**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 25, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/54 "2009-08-25T07:26:37Z")
That’s the best way to travel, when you can stay at someones home instead of paying for a hotel. I took $550 with me to Ukraine. I bought whatever pleased my eye…went out every night…and came home with $350 lol. ---
**Author:** ![n\_cole](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n_cole/32/6382_2.png) [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/55 "2009-08-25T07:27:52Z")
I’m sure it helps when $20 = $160. ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/56 "2009-08-25T07:32:11Z")
haha, Ilya, thats awesome. I plan to have some fun there as well. I miss my friends. I want to go see how my city changed over the last decade. ---
**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 25, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/57 "2009-08-25T07:48:30Z")
Yeah man. It changes a lot. My street, when I was a kid, was NICE. I’d consider it for that time period a ‘ritzy’ neighborhood. Now it’s a sheer dump. The street is over grown. Weeds on both sides, etc. I don’t remember the roads being that bad when I was 6 and used to walk to school (up hill both ways lol jk). Now the roads are HORRIBLE. I wouldn’t dare import my Maxima if I was to spend a year there (for example). ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/58 "2009-08-25T07:57:18Z")
I remember our roads being shit, riding in my dad’s car. we had two actually, one was my grandfathers Moskvich sedan and my dad’s model 4 wagon. i sometimes used to climb into the back and ride in the trunk so i could look out the back window and wave at people. forget seatbelts or safety of any kind LOL, i was 4, didnt give a shit. but i remember riding bikes with my friends and getting rides on a motorcycle from my sister’s friend, roads were shitty. LOTS of bumps and cracks and potholes. ---
**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 25, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/59 "2009-08-25T08:08:46Z")
They still don’t wear seat belts. I was there two weeks and didn’t touch a seat belt. And they drive CRAZY over there. They’ll randomly pass in the city with traffic going the other way (causing the other traffic to move over). There is no painted lines on the roads. It’s an interesting mess lol. ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814/60 "2009-08-25T08:30:55Z")
oh, totally! st petersburg has 3 lanes painted both ways theres like 6 lanes of traffic moving in each direction, go figure that one out! haha. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-trip-to-ukraine-august-2009/245814.md?page=4)