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A Load of Hot Air!
Take a balloon ride and see Ukraine from a different perspective
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Full of Hot Air
Growing up, I was always a passionate reader of Jules Verne, and having reached the tender age of 25, I’ve still yet to fall out with the adventurous spirit all of his books are imbued with. What I’ve found, however, is that the excitement and serenity that exist between the pages of those books can be had in real life, all you have to do is make an appointment.
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Mr. Nobody (in English)
Directed by Jaco Van Dormael
Drama, Fantasy, Romance – Belgium, England, France 2009
Starring Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Sarah Polley
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence at his wife Elise and their 3 children’s side until the day when reality skids and he wakes up an old man in the year 2092. At 120, Mr. Nobody is both the oldest man in the world and the last mortal of a new mankind where nobody dies anymore.
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A Techno Dare-devil
 Being witness to the crazy sounds coming from the I Am Techno party held out at the Kyiv Expo Plaza last weekend, What’s On spotted a highly professional young man behind the turntable. Going in for a closer look, turns out that DJ Sender’s real name is Eugene Evtukhov, and getting him over on the sofa for a little R&R, we get the goods on all of the messages DJ Sender is sending out to his fans.
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 This week we’re off to San Sebastian in the Basque region of Spain with this great photo taken outside the Cathedral del Buen Pastor. The photo was sent to us by Natalya Maiboroda who was there recently and just couldn’t put down her What’s On the whole time, judging by the photos she sent. Below we have a great photo of a horse and carriage trotting past the famous and very beautiful Winter Palace in St. Petersburg sent by Abder Cheikh from Sweden.
Every month we will be giving away a pair of tickets to any scheduled Ukraine International Airlines destination absolutely free! And these excellent photos from Natasha and Abder are now in the running. But do you think you can do better?
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 The great thing about looking through the entries for this wonderful competition is that you find out about landmarks you didn’t know existed! Take this photo above sent to us by Diana Carbane of Diamond Rock just south of Fort de France on the Caribbean island of Martinique. We’d never heard of it before, but now we know. Thanks Diane. Our second entry this week is from Steve Smith and is of a very well known landmark - Table Mountin in Cape Town! Great stuff!
Every month we will be giving away a pair of tickets to any scheduled Ukraine International Airlines destination absolutely free! And these excellent photos from Diana and Steve are now in the running. But do you think you can do better?
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 Look at that! That’s Maureen Kolla (shame her parents didn’t call her Koka) and David Gilbert getting married ‘neath Cascade Mountain in Banff, Canada. And so in love with our magazine and our competition are they, they took it with them so it can be in their wedding album. And below we have a great photo from Olga Sushcenko of her reading her favourite magazine at the salt flats in Pamukkale, Turkey - a great place to eat fish and chips!
Every month we will be giving away a pair of tickets to any scheduled Ukraine International Airlines destination absolutely free! And these excellent photos from David and Maureen, and Olga are now in the running. But do you think you can do better?
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 That’s Veronika Rastvortsev proudly holding her What’s On high on a boat darting between the Miami Islands, home to many a star, when she and her husband Roman were there recently. And below, we have a photo sent to us by the Air Attache for India in Ukraine, Group Captain Prashant Patange, of his daughter Archana in front of the Tsar Gun at the Kremlin. That’s a pretty big gun! We’re wondering if the Tsar who had this one made was lacking in some aspects of his life.
Every month we will be giving away a pair of tickets to any scheduled Ukraine International Airlines destination absolutely free! And these excellent photos from Veronika and Prashant are now in the running. But do you think you can do better?
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 The Trevi Fountain in Rome featured heavily in Fellini’s move, La Dolce Vita, so it has to be more than a coincidence that Olga Labunska sent us the above photo with Okean Elzy on the cover of What’s On when they launched their album with the same title. Well done, Olga! Below we have a photo sent to us by Ian Bearder of Yulia reading What’s On in front of the European Parliament and illustrated sections of the Berlin Wall that have been erected there.
Every month we will be giving away a pair of tickets to any scheduled Ukraine International Airlines destination absolutely free! And these excellent photos from Olga and Ian are now in the running. But do you think you can do better?
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 Our winner for the month of April is Franz Wittman who was lucky enough to spend some time in Bavaria, Germany at the Neuschwanstein Castle. And while it was very difficult to choose from the flood of pictures we received from all of you this month, we thought that this was a pretty good effort. Because Mr. Wittman is gallivanting through the Salzkammergut in Austria this week, What’s On Marketing Manager Tanya Sianko presented his brother-in-law, Andrei Didenko, with his prize – two tickets to anywhere UIA flies!
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 Standing in front of the Sorbonne on one of her recent trips to Paris is Olena Shulga, where she had fun sipping champagne, eating escargot and showing off one of the best magazines in the world. We’ve also got Solomon Wang hanging out in the airport in Sri Lanka who got a little camera-happy taking pictures of signs all over the place. Unfortunately, he had so much fun snapping photos of the airport that he filled up his camera’s memory and wasn’t able to get any cool shots of the country. Poor guy!
Every month we will be giving away a pair of tickets to any scheduled Ukraine International Airlines destination absolutely free! And these excellent photos from Olena and Solomon are now in the running. But do you think you can do better?
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 Tatiana Chupkova was in Los Angeles California recently, and whenever she goes travelling she always takes What’s On with her. Therefore, it was easy for her to snap this photo on the Walk of Fame, the place everyone has to visit on a trip to the city. And below we have a photo of the Colloseum in Rome taken by Denis Kats when he was there recently. We have it on good authority that the gladiators use to read What’s On while waiting to die.
Every month we will be giving away a pair of tickets to any scheduled Ukraine International Airlines destination absolutely free! And these excellent photos from Tatiana and Denis are now in the running. But do you think you can do better?
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 Our winner for the month of March is Galyna Kovalevskaya who made it to the illustrious metropolis, Shanghai. Grabbing a few locals to brighten the pic, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower is what frames the backdrop. While it was very difficult to choose from the various photographs we received from you, our loyal readers, we thought that this was a pretty good effort. If you think you can do better, start snapping and send us your best; you may just be the next owner of a couple of tickets to anywhere UIA flies!
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 Last week we were in Antartica, and keeping to our theme of icy places, this week we’re in the Nepal Himalayas on the top of Gokyo Ri at 5360 metres (over 17,500 ft). This amazing photo was sent to us by Svetlana Graf and she reckons this is the highest What’s On has ever been. And we’re pretty sure she’s right. By the way, that’s the peak of Everest showing just to the right of her head, and if anyone sends us a photo from the summit they’re sure to win.
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| Kyiv Culture |
Corruption: Good or Bad?
Corruption is endemic in Ukraine, of that there is no doubt, and its presence in the higher echelons of government is dragging the country down to its knees. But it permeates all levels of society, and is often the way many a low paid government official provides for himself and his family. And if you ask most Ukrainians about corruption they will smile and say, “If the answer is no, and you really need it to be yes, you can make it yes.”
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A Wine Story
I read somewhere that the motivation behind the drinking of wine equals five: the arrival of a friend, one’s present or future thirst, the excellence of the wine, or any other reason. It certainly could be argued that the first, second, third and/or fifth reasons are excellent arguments as to why the good people of Ukraine treat themselves with this little indulgence. With regards to the fourth, however, the jury is still out.
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