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well good morning friends I am having
the most spectacular day currently on a
ski lift all by myself in the Carpathian
Mountains here in Bukavu so as I've
mentioned in Prior videos I actually
haven't done a lot of exploring of
Ukraine even though I was born in this
country because usually I just go to
Kiev to visit my family now that I'm a
full time travel youtuber I very luckily
get to see so much more of this country
and I knew that boo Cavell was
definitely one of the places I wanted to
go because not only do I love to be in
the mountains to be in nature but I do
love to snowboard and have been doing it
well at least once or twice every year
for probably the last decade so I
wouldn't say that I'm amazing but I can
also get down the hill pretty good so
I'm excited to be here and see what
Ukraine really has to offer in terms of
ski resorts because this is supposed to
be their premiere sort of one and so far
it has been amazing it is a beautiful
like ski village around the hills
there's sixteen lifts sixty eight
kilometers of slopes so I'm only on my
third run of the day I have a full day
pass all the way until like 8:30 at
night they also have night skiing so
hopefully my legs will last the day and
I can show you guys this amazing place
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we go up get it's no surprise we know
that
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if you want my dad to stay
it is just gorgeous out here
I am fairly high up and I see in front
of me an even higher Hill and what's
interesting about this place is because
they have like so many lifts you almost
have to have like a game plan before you
started like start on one edge and then
slowly keep taking the different slopes
that will take you to other chairlifts
you're not like jumping around and
having to carry your board between the
hills that's what I have learned today
so one thing I also want to mention
about the equipment that I rented here
is that I think it's really cool that
they actually have different grades that
you can get because these boots are so
much more comfortable and hold so much
better with these kinds of locks than
other sorts of boots that I've gotten
other times when I've gone to
snowboarding I hate when my boots just
constantly come undone or like pinch
really bad so I will just say that they
do like that you can choose your grade
of equipment and pay not too much more
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I just wanna be
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just want to do
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all right guys so I'm actually at the
very top of one of the mountains this is
Mount the hole I think I'm saying that
right and the view is absolutely
stupendous the peaks really go on
forever in every direction and this is
at the top of lift 12 and I feel like
I'm more than halfway through the lifts
there's still kind of the other side
that I want to do as much of as I can
before the sunsets but yeah amazing
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the stars in the sky did we ever stop
and wonder why
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the night just you and me bake until the
mall the mall
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good morning friends it is the day after
my snowboarding escapades and to say
that it is difficult to move would be an
understatement so today I'm really going
to take it easy I may actually go to the
hot springs that are fairly close to the
city center here called voda Club which
is like water club but what I wanted to
do with this particular part of the
video is to give you guys an idea of how
you actually come to buca ville and just
some details about it so the first thing
that I really wanted to make you guys
aware of is that the prices here in
Bukavu are significantly more than in
the rest of Ukraine having said that I
do think it's worth it if you're from
the West or have a lot of money it is a
really cool place to come but just keep
that in mind that you are most likely
going to be paying at least 150 dollars
for accommodation if you want to stay
here in the city center which is called
podium itza and you want your own place
but at the same time if you are on a
budget there are other options available
to you you can either kind of stay
outside of the city center basically the
farther away you go from the hill the
lower the prices drop but also keep in
mind that if you're doing that you're
gonna have to take a taxi to get you to
the hill and that the taxi itself is
actually more expensive than you think
but if you are okay with staying in a
hostel and keep in mind there's very few
of them out here for example the one
that I'm staying at it's called gora
which is Park Hotel part hostel but is
literally just like a shoebox style of
room with two bunk beds
no communal kitchen or no other bells
and whistles of usual hostels but it's
only twenty dollars a night and that is
by far the best deal that I have seen
for accommodation if you're okay with
you know sharing a room obviously and to
be fairly close to the amenities now as
for how to get here you do have a few
options available to you you can fly in
and
I believe Ivana Franco is the closest
kind of larger airport from which you
would either get some kind of transfer
some of the nicer hotels here do offer
transfers from the main train stations
or the airports but if you are looking
to come by train which probably would be
the most budget-friendly option you can
get out at Vitosha which is the station
that I got off at and that's about 25 30
kilometers from this main site and you
can just get a regular sort of taxi they
usually will be waiting by the station
when trains come in and I paid
approximately I think it was 350
grievance which is about 1718 Canadian
dollars for that ride so obviously much
more than you would pay for you know
taxis even in you know Kiev but another
way that I would actually also recommend
if you do have an international driver's
license and do feel comfortable driving
is to rent a car
this would honestly be one of the best
places in Ukraine if you are travelling
for a significant amount of time to
actually have a car because there are so
many different sites kind of around this
area that are much more easily seen if
you have your own transit and then just
one last note that I wanted to make on
the main attraction of coming here in
the winter which is obviously the skiing
and snowboarding is that it is really a
full-service sort of experience here
where you can get speed passes for a
whole bunch of different lengths you can
get half days you can get full days
there's like an early bird special if
you come get your pass before 8:30 a.m.
and as far as rentals go they really
have a fantastic range of equipment here
you can get skis snowboarding equipment
and you can even rent kind of like
winter wear so even if you don't have
like a winter jacket ski pants goggles
all that kind of stuff you can rent that
here too but like I said before even
though it is expensive for Ukraine
prices I really do think they did a
fantastic job in building this area and
as a tourist friendly as possible and if
you are a fan of ski and snowboarding I
think this is an absolute must
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so I'm having the best time I'm here
just chillin with a coffee in this very
cool lounge in the Votto club and you
guys I did not think that I would enjoy
this place as much as I am I thought I
would get forward after like an hour and
a half just like go swim in the pools
whatever but no it is nice there is like
the one main pool with the bar inside
then you can go outside in the pool
there's Jacuzzi tubs there's like four
different saunas a salt cave and then a
space about and then this kind of like
relaxing lounge where you can get any
kind of like food or drinks or whatever
brought to you and it's really good
service so for $30 for three hours I
would say that this is actually a steal
as you guys probably got the sense of I
highly recommend boo Cavell so I hope
you guys got an idea with this video of
some things to see and do how much
things cost and actually drop a comment
below if you guys have been here and
have any suggestions because I myself am
new to it this is just my first
experience but I hope you guys did enjoy
this video I hope you're having an
amazing day I hope hear as relaxed as I
am and stay tuned because I do have
another Ukrainian city that I'm going to
tomorrow so that will be the next video
and I hope you guys are having an
amazing day keep eating your own kind of
beautiful and I will see you soon bye
guys
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