Hello,

Well, I'm going back to Yalta this April. The last trip I blogged the people I met, and the things I did (www.SundayisFunday.com) to help the other travelers. I will blog this next trip starting now. It will prove useful as a way to prepare for a trip. And by the way, I think it will be useful for any trip overseas.

The Ukraine no longer requires a United Staes citizen to have a Visa. But You will need your passport, some other ID, and some bank cards (I prefer to use the ATM debit (mc\visa) card). I thought ahead from my last trip, and brought back to America some cash (Hrivnya: "Griv - Na"). Now when I land in Simferopol or Kiev, I have money for the airport and unforseen needs (like a taxi transfer to another airport when the plane lands at the wrong airport! It happened to me! Read the story on my other blog link at www.SundayisFunday.com (click "Yalta Tour 2005").

So, I have thought about my trip, and told the girl I was coming. Her name is Valentina. I will see her in Yalta, and maybe perhaps some other girls. My tour guide is named Tanya, and I secured her friendship in the last trip. She is a great person, and will be very valuable in my adventure into the city of Yalta, for the second time (She was indespensible the first time!).
I e-mailed my Travel Planner (for airline tickets). I scheduled my vacation, and as it turned out, the dates I took off do not exactly match the dates the airline leaves. I can either make adjustments to have a longer vacation or a shorte vacation. Since it is my second time, and I know I have the resources to go back, I will choose the shorter vacation (I like the "home" feeling).

At this point today, I am waiting for my Travel Agent (Barbara Barros working for www.GoToRussia.com : e-mail her only when you are ready to buy tickets at a very cheap rate...this will be my third time with her, the first time I also used this company to secure my Visa. I recommend them).

So, I will plan to be there the weekend from April 5 to April 10 (originally it looked as though I would be there from April 1 to April 10...you can only watch so much Russian TV without understanding one word in English!).

So, my trip will get more fun and more exciting as the vacation approaches. I will post pictures too (when possible). Which brings me to my next decision. If I stay at an apartment, it will be cheaper and I will have kitchen. Also, most importantly, the girls will not come to Hotel room (that is lie, but it is a huge obsyacle to work around). The problem I have with the apartment is that I need to be connected to the internet to write my blog and show pictures. The apartment does not have this feature yet. By the way, you probably won't need or like the kitchen anyways. Going to the store and finding food you recognize is not easy. Then when will you find the time to cook? You will mostly be taking girls out to restaurants and bars! (If your aim is to have a lot of sex, get the apartment, there I said it).

I think I will ask Tanya to set up the Hotel Oreanda, or Bristol. I will look on internet at these places, and decide. I do not need Tanya to make reservations for me, but I think it is wise for me to have local help (remember the airport is in Simferopol. 100 miles away from Yalta. It would not be good to trust hotel alone with my four wheel mountain adventure to Yalta.
WhatI have done today is to get a blank piece of paper, and write down two things I need to do soon. 1. Test my laptop computer to see if my camera works with it to send pictures to the blog. Take passcodes with you. I always send pics from the home computer, so this is why I need to test the laptop. 2. Decide which hotel Oreanda or Bristol. Write (email) Tanya and let her know.

Okay, That is it for now. I will post this blog to MySpace and to Blogger. My name is Gary, aka: the Compusician. I am an artist, musician, computer musician, singer, and an adventurer now I guess. I dream how fun it would be to travel the world, meet new girls and learn new customs. And then report my findings to the blog. Sort of an "insiders" view. If you are a TV producer reading this, contact me. If you are a girl alone in a country needing an American man to have as friend and to visit and learn, contact me (you can star in my blog). If you are you and have questions about trying adventures like these, contact me. When I have time, I will answer questions or find where the answers are!

Please note that I am a songwriter and poet too. So forgive me ahead of time when I display my talents (talents?). :)

I got my list, and I got my go....Here goes!!!

www.SundayisFunday.com email: TheCompusician@yahoo.com