Hello,

This is Kyle from Kiev, Ukraine. I will be back this weekend around the 1st and 2nd of November. It has been a long wait but if God willing, I pick up my visa on the 31st of October and catch a train that night. 12 hours later I will be home.

I have lots of stories to tell and wish that I could get going right now.

I will say that Ukraine is not Russia! I will be talking in the future about multiple of differences that are obvious between the two countries. I have walked a lot of kilometers the last few weeks all over Kiev. (I will tell you I miss Moscow.) The two cities are two different worlds.

The posts will be coming after I get a decent internet connection again. I have struggled with getting things to work and right now I am on my backup system and using Puppy Linux. I have to admit that Puppy Linux is one of the best rescue disks and main operating systems that I have ever used.

The last time we went through the Israel border the computer got jostled around pretty hard and I had issues with things working correctly. I have got everything backed up and working thanks to Puppy!

I was dual booting Windows XP and Xubuntu. Windows XP refused to boot after the border and Xubuntu was marginal at the best. I had the Puppy disc as a rescue disc and I am glad I did. After booting Puppy Linux I was able to cut cds of all pictures and apply the pictures to flash drives. (We got lots of pictures.)

I am not sure what happened at the border crossing but somehow I think that I picked up a virus on the windows side at the airport WiFi, because the wireless drivers were corrupt as the first issue that came up.

Since I have been here in Kiev I have seen while walking, about a dozen car wrecks. (I thought Russians were bad drivers.) Ukraine drivers give a new meaning to: red light means run fast and accelerate, A cross walk means: see how many pedestrians you can hit and a sidewalk is just another main road to get around other car traffic.

Gotta run the Internet bill is running off the scale right now! This little post will cost me around 20 American dollars. That is just to steep for my tastes.

So hello to everyone and thanks for the comments that have come in and I will get to answer them when I get back to Moscow.

Kyle

comments always welcome.

Hello,

My wife has made it home to Russia and I am stuck in Kiev, Ukraine due to technical reasons. Somewhere around the first of the month (Nov.) I will be back in Russia.

It is a long story and as soon as I get proper internet I will explain the whole story.

So for now: I am living in the Slavutich Hotel with very limited internet connection. I have had lots of long walks and have seen very interesting things. (Like a grocery store robbery with the bad guys (Lada) car being shoot full of holes by the police….) The car looked like Swiss Cheese when the cops were done. ……

That is a story I will tell when I get better connection and no I did not have my camera! (I wish)

Gotta go for now the cost of internet in this Hotel is outrageous.

Kyle

comments always welcome.

PS: Yes, we have lots of pictures of Israel and this time I did not lose them. I have them cut to cd’s and put on flash drives.

This is our hotel: The Dead Sea Gardens Hotel.

The first site of the Dead Sea Beach.

Me floating and soaking up the sunshine.

Svet and I explored the Beach and found salt, salt, salt, salt, salt and more salt!

The Hotels are in a Oasis like area.

The great American Tourist.

Mountains (faint background), more salt and the Dead Sea.

First Burger King in over two years for me, first ever for Svet.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures and there will be more. We are having a blast and Svet says that it is the best ever vacation. I agree!

Kyle & Svet

comments always welcome.

Hello,

We are still running around Israel. Svet and I are at the Dead Sea today. It is fabulous, fantastic and wonderful, all rolled up together!

So after a good night sleep and a float (hard to swim) in the Dead Sea. I plan on posting an article with pictures and all. We are staying at the Garden hotel and plan on staying 3 nights here.

So stay tuned for a good post tomorrow….

Kyle & Svet

comments always welcome.