Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Ukraine: Danube Delta 2008

A sampling of images from my work retreat trip at the beginning of June. Thanks to my colleagues for their photos too (Sylvia, Andreas, Horatiu, David, Katya).

The car ferry across the Danube between Calarasi, Romania, and Silistra, Bulgaria.



It seems they take bribery very seriously at the border control in Bulgaria!

We are still wondering how that airplane ended up in front of the apartment block.



Sunset on the Danube.

Silistra, Bulgaria

Vilcovo, Ukraine
Tataru Island, a location of one of our restoration projects.

The team touring Tataru Island.


Lunch on Tataru...


Daily special...Danube fish!


And homemade strawberry wine.


My boss, Tine, and I.

In spite of all the beautiful things in the Danube Delta, you still find environmental disappointments, like this waste dump site.

A fisherman in Vilcovo, Ukraine


Think this is up to code?


Vilcovo, Ukraine


The cabins in our campsite.

Tine, Lisa and I at the beach party - a fun end to our meeting!


We don't need a DJ, we have live music for our beach party!

The boat port and border crossing at Izmail, Ukraine.

After the beach party and traveling through the night by bus, we all sleep on the boat back to Romania.