Travel Pictures

Many of the pictures here are meant to compliment this travel journal. Please note that some galleries have a second page of pictures, and that once you have clicked on a thumbnail, you can click on the picture again to get the maximum viewing size.

  • Kherson

    Kherson (36)

    This is the city I lived in during Peace Corps. It is a mid-sized Ukrainian city (300,000), and regional seat of government. The city and region are known for their shipping industry, and even more for their agricultural industry.
     
  • The Carpathians

    The Carpathians (40)

    Pictures from the Carpathian mountains and villages surrounding them.
     
  • Donetsk

    Donetsk (9)

    Scenes from Slagtown
     
  • The Crimea

    The Crimea (48)

    Pictures from Sevastopol, Bakhchisaray, Foros, Yalta, Sudak, Noviy Svit, Kara Dag and more.
     
  • Chornobyl - Chernobyl

    Chornobyl - Chernobyl (59)

    Site of the most famous nuclear accident in world history. Pictures from the trip my wife and I took there with some friends on November 13, 2004. Read the story behind the pictures in "Traveling around Ukraine".
     
  • Andreyivsky Uzviz

    Andreyivsky Uzviz (13)

    Andrew's Descent (named for the Church of St. Andrew's at the top). Kyiv's twisted little historical market street, now a good place to buy Oakland Raiders matrioshka dolls.
     
  • Pechersk Lavra

    Pechersk Lavra (12)

    The Caves Monastery, built over nine hundred years ago.
     
  • Pirogova

    Pirogova (50)

    A fabulous outdoor museum of Ukrainian architecture, located just south of Kyiv.
     
  • The Water Information Center

    The Water Information Center (8)

    Perhaps the worst named children's museum ever. All in all, a lot of fun in an Exploratorium kind of way.
     
  • The Kyiv Zoo

    The Kyiv Zoo (39)

    Zoos are always fun.
     
  • Kyiv People and Landmarks

    Kyiv People and Landmarks (46)

    Some pictures of the people of Kyiv and the landmarks of their city.
     
  • Kyiv Botanical Gardens

    Kyiv Botanical Gardens (23)

    Two attractive but run-down botanical gardens in Kyiv: the Universitet gardens in the center, and the Grishko botanical garden along the Dnipro in the Vidubichi district.
     
  • Central Kyiv

    Central Kyiv (8)

    A sequence of pictures showcasing the common sites of central Kyiv.
     
  • KVN

    KVN (15)

    Lesya and I saw the KVN Ukrainian National Quarter-Finals in Kyiv on April 14. Essentially KVN is contest/game that has been going on across the FSU since it was the SU. It involves groups of young college students competing in what is essentially an all comedy, song, and dance contest.
     
  • Odesa - Odessa

    Odesa - Odessa (39)

    The majority of pictures are from Odesa's famous April 1st Celebration (2005). Here is the "Humor Capital of the FSU" on its big day, and a few relatively normal days.