I finally got my act together and uploaded the rest of my photos from Ukraine. Got a few more Ukraine-related posts and then I’ll start on the Poland photos.

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1. Ukraine/Poland ‘07 Roundup Yeah, I’m finally done writing about this trip. Only took me four months. Still, that’s a significant improvement over last year’s trip to the Caucasus, which I didn’t finish writing about until December. I haven’t the slightest idea why it takes me so much time to write about places...
2. Ukraine Photos: Touring the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone I’ve uploaded all 220 of my photos from our “ecological tour” of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, including reactor no. 4 and the “ghost city” of Pripyat: I’ll post more about the tour later. Read more about the tour: 1. Dispatches from Chernobyl, Part I: Dude, where’s your Geiger counter?...
3. Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Kiev Monastery of the Caves) I’m accumulating a rather impressive collection of head scarves due to my travels throughout the former Soviet Union. It’s not that I actually collect head scarves, or even wear them, but I always forget to pack one and am thus forced to purchase yet another before heading into an...
4. Lessons from the former Soviet Union: How to park your car in Kiev If you were under the impression that sidewalks existed solely for the use of pedestrians, you would be wrong. At least if you were in Kiev, where it is quite common for drivers to park on sidewalks. With Kiev’s horrendous traffic, you’re also likely to see cars driving down...
5. Kiev: You’ve seen one Rodina Mat, you’ve seen ‘em all One thing the Soviet Union excelled at (besides sending dogs into space, building intercontinental ballistic missiles, and producing awesome holiday cards) was designing some rather impressive war memorials. Due to my interest in the Eastern front of World War II (or, as they say in the former USSR, The...