ukraine

On The Way to Odessa: The Road Is Life

Anonymous Hitchhiker — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:48:20 +0000

The road caught us, flexible and free like a cat. Its yellow, silently smiling eyes followed us. Sooner than I realized, we were guided by the flow of the events.

The Importance of Border Stamps

Anonymous Hitchhiker — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:05:32 +0000

Still filled with happiness in our hearts from the last ride, we walk up to the Ukrainian border guard. Hmmm, we could have known better. We give him our passports and as he flicks through them he says: "Where is your arrival stamp for the Ukraine?"

"We didn't get one", I answered.
"Impossible", was his simple reply.

Border crossing in Transnistria

Anonymous Hitchhiker — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:12:32 +0000

Today started as early as possible. I had no time to waste. I was heading to Odesa (Ukraina) from Chisinau (Moldava) for the 789 hitchhiking festival, a trip of only 180 kilometers. But I was up for a big challenge: crossing the borders of a country that officially doesn't even exist and that has scary stories attached to it.