Pictures

Well...it took about 15-20 minutes to load each of these pictures, and I kept getting error messages on the next one. I guess I will try one picture a day.

Things that are different here:

1. Almost Everybody Smokes...Everywhere...There are no areas that are non-smoking.
2. There are no lane markers and no turn lanes. Everyone from taxi's to buses to trucks drive in whatever lane happens to be open at the time or drive to avoid the potholes.(You think Michigan is bad....these roads make Michigan roads a dream) Today we were at an intersection where 4 cars were lined up one next to another to all make the same left turn. They pass on the wrong side of the road all the time...in fact since there are no center lines, I guess it's not the wrong side of the road.
3. You can buy beer anywhere. There are little kiosks on every street corner and right next to the coke cooler is a beer cooler....and there is no drinking age. In fact on the airline here(we flew on Aerosvit, the Ukrainan airline) when they served breakfast they also served beer, wine, vodka and brandy drinks along with the coffee, tea, soda, and juice. And it was no additional charge...and they weren't the little bottles, they had whole bottles and fifths and had to get more bottles from the back.

Later,
S