Odessa
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| Odessa | |
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| Country: |  Ukraine
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| State: | Odessa Oblast |
| Population: | 1,000,000 |
| Licence Plate: | - |
| Motorways: | M05 |
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Odessa or Odesa (Ukrainian: Одеса; Russian: Одесса; Romanian: Odesa; Greek: Οδησσός; Yiddish: אדעס ) is located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,000,000.
On 789, 7 August of 2009, the 789 Festival took place in Odessa. A hundred hitchhikers from all over the world gathered in Odessa to promote hitchhiking.
[edit] Hitching out
[edit] North to Uman', Kiev (M05/E95)
Take trolleybus 8 from in front of the Central Railway Station. Ask the ticket seller for the stop Kievskaya trasa. From near the stop you can see a road signposted for Kiev.
Participants of the 789 Festival found this a challenging direction to hitchhike, with waiting times typically around 3-5 hours. The road soon becomes a modern motorway where cars are moving far too quickly to stop, so you cannot be easily dropped off and continue onwards. Try to get a lift all the way to your destination.
