Preparing for hard times

Winter is coming in, the heating season has started yesterday, October 16th.

So now it's time to reveal that we have passed the level 2 - survival training camp organized by EBA - European Business Agency - for all those who are currently stationed in Ukraine and want to survive till 2010.

So here the story goes - we all leave in 5 ships to our training camp - a well known pirate island in the Dnjepr, about 1 hour away from Kiev center. We pass by hundreds of Ukrainians who pass time with their favorite sport - fishing in a little boat on the Dnjepr.

We are told to arrive in Pirate's costumes, so that the inhabitants of the island will not recognize us as foreigners and eat us straight away. Some of us do quite well ...

On the island we learn how it is when you are far away from civilization, and you still have to make a living - and most of all - how to keep on fighintg.

We learn fighting -
1) The Ukrainian way in the line waiting for lunch and dinner









2) The Japanese way as Sumo-ringers














3) The Swiss way with hi-tec-archery.

















We did the trip after coming back from vacation from the warm and safe areas of Western Europe, this just to prepare any newcomers for the winter season!