Enschede (The Netherlands, 14-05-2000) till Jenkovce (Slowakia, 25-05-2000)

Finally I left home on Sunday 14 may 2000, just one day after the fireworks explosion in our town (20 people died). Fortunately not in our area, but it had definitely an impact on my departure .

Via Germany, Czech republic and Slovakia, I'm in the Ukraine at the moment and planned to arrive in Odessa today when I discovered this Internet access.

I really love the Ukraine, the weather is great so there's really nothing to complain about. After a couple of days rest, I'm heading on to the Crimea and into Russia.

I'm really sorry, I haven't informed you all, about my departure but we had to keep the telephone lines free for use by the officials in the rescue after the explosion.