About 5am some fisherman came and pumped up
their little inflatables and headed off onto the lake. When they
returned empty handed they had a chat to john, As we were leaving one
of the guys tried to give John a pocket knife. Such generous people.
Chatted to Chris and helped him with his spreed sheet.
Nice to be able to help.
Left
for the town of Belgorod and printing. A couple of places listed on
google maps but could not find them. A lady selling sewing
paraphernalia in a small shop in big building printed the two visas
for me. Off for the border just 30 km.
Getting
out of Russia was fast and only a cursory glance inside. Entering
Ukraine was a little slow. Initially we were put in the truck queue
with the words cargo. I argued saying "not cargo" but Dom (house)
didn’t work. We sat in queue going nowhere. John went back to ask
the gate guy again. It was a different guy so got to change lanes. A
bit quicker here but we held everyone up as it took a while to
process the vehicle. Another cursory check inside and in the lockers
and we were through.
At
the outskirts of Kharkiv I managed to find an ATM and get 1000UAH
out (AU$50) when I got back to the vehicle John was chatting to a couple
of guys who spoke English. One helped us put money on the phone.
Bought some broccoli and drawled over the other fresh veggies - but
don't have time to eat them.
Found
a camp by a lake in the middle of town. Wonderful twisted trees. Had
a wander around and plenty of camp sites, a motor cross track, and
lots of guys fishing.
117km Camp site 118m alt.
117km Camp site 118m alt.