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The Ukraine-Georgia Black Sea ferry is no package tour

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SergeyAug 11th, 2008 - 16:46:32

erry connecting Ukraine and Georgia across the Black Sea is, depending on one's point of view, either a tourist experience from Hell, or one of the world's last properly adventurous sea voyages.

But either way, if you get a chance to ride the boat running between Poti, Georgia (a five-hour drive from the capital Tbilisi) and Ilychevsk, Ukraine (a 40-minute drive from the port of Odessa) there is not even a ghost of a chance you will see a package tour.

The Ukrainian-Bulgarian shipping company Ukrferry (www.ukrferry.com) operates five ferries on the Black Sea, of which only one, the Ukrainian-crewed Greifswald, performs regular runs between Poti and Ilychevsk.

The remaining four ferries, two Bulgarian and two Ukrainian, sail in a slow counterclockwise circle around the Black Sea, touching at Varna, Bulgaria; Constanza, Romania; and Istanbul, Turkey. These are working cargo ships carrying freight throughout the region, and their passengers are mostly lorry drivers or shipment escorts. For practical purposes, a tourist insistent enough to make his way on board will be nearly the only one.

On a recent run by the 40-passenger Bulgarian Geroiv Sevastopola (Heroes of

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Sergius from UkraineAug 11th, 2008 - 16:50:08

Gitler, Stalin, Putin Is children from one mother! The Chechen republic is already unable to resist there almost

anybody is not present! Now Georgia! Who s next?
On the single Russia cleans, and sometimes even it seems, that it has a good time the countries, applying for this

purpose various theses about struggle against terrorists which president Bush for some reason gives to Russia

free-of-charge though Russia with terrorists never struggle - she only used in the mercenary purposes the American

words. Russia also is the main terrorist on a planet!! If I have correctly understood, whether in America lives a

lot of Russian - not it is time to protect the Russian citizens in America?!! A good occasion for intrusion the

order in America - let Americans will see Russian tanks!! The western countries - it of the prostitute - Gitler,
Stalin, their Putin-this product of arts! If they would be noble people they never have admitted(allowed)
concentration camps in Europe and so much sufferings of millions people! White this white, black - it black! Russia
declares normal people in fascism, terrorism of all has passed to it Road! Mass media of Russia on all
continents do it the false information! Except for all Russia uses the Internet and other technological
opening in the world for achievement of the political dividends, Putin cleans the opponents with the help of poison

and other psychotropic means, которпые to find out it is impossible!Russian Mister Zhirinovsky has told very much
imple - America, almost ours!! While president Bush loves with Putin, in the world there were some changes! The
NATO - TRUST is impossible! Everyone is protected independently! And if me will call, as reserverman- I with a
plaesure shall go to shoot at animals! My opinion is necessary to the Western countries do it opportunity to punish
Russia once and for all!
Turkey has closed air-space for the Ukrainian planes with humanitarian cargoes?Why?

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HenkSep 4th, 2008 - 07:56:02

Hi
is there any ferry connection ro/ro for normal cars between Constanza and Poti? Could you advise about a website - costs etc. Thanks for any replies.

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