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The mysteriousness of Kiev, Ukraine during October

Great mix of photos. Thanks for sharing!

Great thread, reminds me a bit of Tbilisi in a couple of the pics. Just the vibe of the people and the funky bathroom lol. Were you staying in that place?

awesome!! thats one of my favorite sets in long while. whats the story behind the sh!tty looking bathtub? i like the look on the girl leaning up against the helicopter like "it will never fly.....safely......" and how about the dude on the park bench with the liquor? is he selling shots??

I love it. Such a bizarre set. The photo thread equivalent of a Philip Glass piece.

Interesting city as well as photos :)

Very interesting tour.

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Originally Posted by pdxtex (Post 5963629)

To answer your questions, and many others, I was born there, and lived until I was 10.

The bathtub basically was not cleaned for over 1 year. It's someone's apartment who is not well in the head, so no, normal people don't live with 1" worth of mold over there.

The girl is a student from National Aviation Institute, and that is the airplane hanger there!

The dude is my friend Yura. We drank all of this stuff, it's mostly beer and liquor. The cost of it all is about $20

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"Selling Sushi by the meter. 1 meter = $11 :)"

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This girl actually walked up to me and said why was I taking photos of run down areas with such a nice camera. I had a few passerby's do it. Simply because they are not used to seeing things like this. It's really easy to feel wealthy just because everyone is so poor.

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Total cost: $2. And chips over there are made with sunflower oil, not corn oil.

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ANYTHING having to do with US has a large US flag accompanying it. Basically the mentality of Ukrainians is USA = exotic, wealth, freedom.. Not surprising really.

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"Here we understand you" is turned into "Here we undress you" by crossing out some letters! I would not object!

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This meal costs about $7. Not including liter-beer that is being brought over.

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soviet key

A fascinating candid look at Kiev. The colourful older parts are a nice surprise.

What's with the filthy bathtub, they don't clean over there?
Edit: I read your answer above.

Excellent thread and I love your commentary it really helps put the pictures in context.....
thx

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They must not sell Scrubbing Bubbles in the Ukraine.....:uhh: lol

Great thread!

Interesting mix, of an unknown place and its people. What got me was the cars and the adverage pay of $200 a month. We in the US are blessed, and to think of all the money spent here on vice and bottled water..:???::shrug::(

Awesome tour of Kiev. Those old soviet trains have character.

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Originally Posted by Yorkie (Post 5987304)

It's easy to feel blessed as you say but on the other hand these people don't know what America is all about. They just see stuff on TV. And considering the financial crisis and the state of US economy public opinion is not what it was in the 90's.

Don't get me wrong, about half the (young) people would jump at the chance of moving to US but a lot have this opinion "why do I need this America for? / why would America want me?"

There are a LOT of wealthy people. Millionaires (in US$). But they all steal money, from the state budget, from their fellow people if they have the right connections, bribery is rampant. There is no way you can make this money legally. 90% though, live poorly. Here are some of the cars these "Kiev millionaires" drive.

There is probably a 50% split between ultra luxury cars on the road and regular hondas and toyotas - which are also not cheap by any means..

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I believe a new escalade costs something from $100-$150k. Not to mention gas is $1.30/L

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Most people, just ride these lovely things:
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The ones that have cars like these above, probably took out a huge loan and had to pay it off in 5+ years. After all, a big van can carry your family, carry products to the weekly market which allow you to feed your family. The same goes for taxi drivers. Most take loans on cars like daewoo or some Chinese car, and drive on propane. Only after 5 years they can pay their car off.

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