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Lonely Planet Publications

The West cheered heartily for Ukraines mutiny in orange the flashiest colour revolution

by far and a rousing sense of rebellion and thirst for change still lingers in the air here.

You can feel it when youre in the awesome, frenetic capital Kyiv, where peaceful but pas-

sionate protests break out at the drop of a hat, and where citizens flaunt bold fashions and

fresh attitudes as they smoke, drink, dance and sing wherever and whenever they want. You

can see it along the resort-speckled coasts Odesa and Crimea, where reconstructions and

renovations are turning the run-down architectural pearls of the Black Sea into eye-catching

beauties, ready and eager for your business. And you can hear it in the super-nationalisticwestern region, where the purest strains of the Ukrainian language are spoken with zeal

under the Gothic eaves of Old World cafs.

Its an exciting time to be here, to bear witness to it all. And they want you here. Ever

since this hulking giant of a country broke through the chains of repression and corruption,

its been striking poses and flexing its muscles at the West. Visas are no longer required for

most Westerners, so theres no good reason you shouldnt accept the invitation and take

your explorations to the very edges of Eastern Europe.

Ukraine

FAST FACTS

Area603,700 sq km

CapitalKyiv (Kiev)

Currencyhryvnia (hry); 1 = 6.44hry; US$1

= 5.05hry; UK = 9.47hry; A$1 = 3.82hry;

100 = 4.51hry; NZ$1 =3.12hry Famous forOrange Revolution, poisoned

president, Chornobyl, football striker Andriy

Shevchenko

Official LanguageUkrainian

PhrasesDoh-brih dyen(hello), ya nih rah-zoo-mee- yu(I dont understand),dya-koo-yoo(thanks)

Population46.5 million

Telephone codescountry code%

38;international access code%8+ 10

Visarequired for Australians and New

Zealanders, arrange in advance ($80-290),

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