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I arrived in Ukraine last Sunday and came to Kremenchug to meet two girls I was chatting with while in Los Angeles. It seems to be a nice enough and large city but not speaking the language is a definite hindrance. I would not believe the stories you hear about Ukrainian women looking for foreign men. I find the women to be just as indifferent to men and seems to be dressing more to impress each other than to attract and keep a man. Good luck though. I came from Dnepropetrovsk on the slow train - 176 km took five hours to cover - left at 6:50 p.m. and arrived at midnight. It appears as though from Kiev the distance is about the same. The Kremin Hotel and others are not expensive but no one seems to know where a laundry-mat is and the language barrier inadvertently made me pay 57.00 USd for a simple load of laundry, lol. Live and learn I guess. Oh yeah if you stay at the Kremin Hotel do get the free breakfast option. It is also very loud with kids (and drunks)hanging out nearby and people in general walking back and forth (talking loud and clicking high heels) to the beach bars. Local buses are cheap (3 grivnas = about .30 cents) but it is difficult to know where many of them actually go other than eventually to some downtown central location.
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