The purpose – in general to meet the most known cities of Ukraine (unfortunately, because of shortage of time it it was not possible to visit Lvov). To have a rest on the sea.
Terms – 5.09.2004. – 21.09.2004. Returning date was not planned.
The car – Nissan-Patrol GR Y60 1993 of century During a trip no problems with the device existing. The connected forward bridge was useful at trips on «a wild beach». There are passed 7 860 km
The route passed through the cities of Perms – Ufa - Samara-Tolyatti – Tambov – Bryansk – Chernigov – Kiev – Odessa – the Pike perch – Kerch – Slavyansk on Kuban – Volgograd – Samara - Perm. From the Pike perch went to Sevastopol and various places of mountain Crimea and coast.
That saw. In Kiev, Odessa, Sevastopol took the guide and by the car made sightseeing tours. Kiev – Kievo-Pecherskaja Monastery, Mihajlovsky and Sofia cathedrals. Odessa – the historical centre, Arcady, opera and ballet theatre. Sevastopol – Balaklava, the Panorama, Chersonese. To the Pike-perch have arrived to the "velvet" season beginning. Ten days there was an excellent weather, bathed, sunbathed, went to the pedestrian excursions: New light – the native land of "the Soviet champagne», cape. meganom, sea walks to an extinct volcano the Penalty – Dag, the delphinarium to bathe went on a wild beach where fell under water with divers (divers on ours). When weather has deteriorated – have gone home.
GAI – DAI. Both in Russia, and in Ukraine behaved correctly, except for the Saratov area – most otjavlennye boors live there, the conclusions of two-year-old prescription made at returning from Anapa have proved to be true. The penalty paid for all trip only once. Around Nikolaev has been stopped for excess of speed in city boundaries on 24 km. 20 griven have settled incident. The deepest respect is deserved by street traffic controllers in Kiev for a profound knowledge of gestures and virtuosity of execution. Ecologists. The phenomenon to Russians not the known. Tried to check up the car engine on dymnost or to sell the ecological passport. Without results. Having convinced, what is it not DaI-shniki left, despite protests.
Customs. There - customs transition «Three sisters» have passed for 40 minutes both customs. Back - Kerch – 20 minutes - Ukrainian. It is more than hour - Russian. On Ukrainian the customs officer has modestly asked something on magarych if we do not wish to fill the declaration. This service cost to us 12 griven.
Hotels. Best of in whom stopped. Russia - "Slavjanovsky" in Tambov (smartly arranged 2 room number with all conveniences, parking place, free maksi a bar with champagne, vodka and snack. Bed-clothes from a satiny fabric. 4000 rbl.). Ukraine – the Pike perch new hotel "Forum" (2 room number with all conveniences, the big balcony and a breakfast at the most dark blue sea. 280 griven).
Refuellings. The best at "Yukos".
Contacts to the population. At movement on a route there were only polite, benevolently adjusted people, excepting ecologists and the Saratov GAI officers.
Impressions. The full freedom of movement, possibility to change plans depending on mood or weather is an excellent rest. Next time I will take with myself the laptop with GPRS th mobile phone for an exit in the Internet is will facilitate explaining the ground and will give the chance to extract operatively the necessary information for the qualitative organisation of rest.