Ukraine Off The Beaten Path

Camp Myaak on the seashore

by Myaak

The Sea of Azov is a great location, largely undiscovered by the west. Camp Myaak, about 45 minutes from Melitopol, is a beautiful Christ-centered summer camp that's making a difference in the lives of kids and families alike. It is often available for family drop-ins, and is a great location for church groups to take short-term mission trips.

About foreign currency and Grivna

by catnl

After the independence of Ukraine the "kypon"was their currency followed by the current "Grivna".There are bills for 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 Hryvnias. Coins are called 'kopiyka' for 1, 2 ,5 10, 25, and 50 kopiykas. (1 kopiyka is equal to 1/100 of Hryvnia.) U can take US dollars or Euros with u.The last time in Febr.2002 Euros already were accepted. In 2000 I took traveler cheques with me to Ukraine. It was very hard to cash in. I walked for 2 hours at Lviv to change those cheques into US $, 4 banks i visited refused to change.Its better to take cash with you in US $ or DM. with which you can pay almost everywhere.Sometimes you get more grivna for your dollars exchanging at marketplaces or at shops than at the banks or at a hotel. What amazed me is, that almost nowhere you can buy postcards to send or to take home. Only in the big cities like Lviv and Kiev; they had many at the...

Berditschew - small town far...

by Marcin75

Berditschew - small town far away from all points of interest, on the railroad from Lviv to Kiyv. You can see the church where Honore de Balzac married a local beauty, old, very picturesque catholic monastery on the riverside hill and an interesting synagogue. Breath the atmosphere of Ukrainian province!

Places I've been that you...

by Shoel

Places I've been that you might miss: Gurzuf, Bakhchiseray, Sudak, Kaniv. Basically when you get out of the four main centres for tourists - Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv and the Bol'shaya Yalta area of Crimea - you'll be the only tourist around and enjoy the freedom that gives you. Anywhere on the steppe around the Dnipro would give you a taste of the rich traditions of poor people in rural areas, and the landscape is very photogenic. Same goes for the Carpathian mountains.

Go to the Carpathians in the...

by EskiMoe

Go to the Carpathians in the very west of Ukraine. The mountains and hills with beautiful woods and lakes deserves a visit. This is the most 'Ukrainian' part of the country, where people speak Ukrainian, and not Russian, as you will mostly hear in Kyiv and the eastern part of the country. I myself had a fantastic time when going hunting for boar in the deep forests.

The country side is very...

by EskiMoe

The country side is very different from the big cities. If you have a chance, take a drive out of the cities and see how life is here. You'll see that life here has far from developed in the same speed as in the cities. Here on this picture is a wooden church we found somewhere outside Chernigiv.

BRIDES FROM UKRAINE A comment...

by Michael_D

BRIDES FROM UKRAINE A comment on the phenomenon of Ukraine mail-order brides etc. I am often emailed and asked about 'how to' go about finding a Ukranian wife, as it is a huge phenomenon in America and a huge industry in Ukraine. Literally millions of American men have accessed any one of 1,000 sites online that sell names/address, have pictures, translating services and elaborate schemes to fly and meet. In my small rural county alone there are 12 such marriages. While it has lead to many cunsummations, be aware it all of this comes at a price and the price varies. In my case I DID meet my future wife in Kiev, but she was decidedly BRITISH. In my travels around Ukraine A surprising number of young ladies offerred to 'marry me' and it wasnt always in jest. BUT, it isnt always the case. The one lady I really thought was wonderfull could have cared less. She got married, had children, got...

Kamyanets Podilsky

by Enzyme_X

My Kamyanets Podilsky Page

avdb1948's Off The Beaten Path Tip

by avdb1948

avdb1948's Off The Beaten Path Tip

by avdb1948