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World Champs 2007

17.8.2007 Kiev: The exotic World Champs in Ukraine are about to begin. The organizers appear to have done a good job what comes to model events. Practical arrangements are little bit difficult to understand for the western people...Exotic in Ukraines WOC means that youll face special things in the forest…
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(culture, climate, dumps and dogs in the forest etc.). I faced one yesterday in a training in Obukhiv. I met a couple (big black dog and older woman) in the forest and the more beautiful one decided to defend his/her hostess and bite me in the calf. Nothing crucial damage didnt occur, but in the real races I wont be that animal-loving anymore... Dumps and other trashness we have got uset to as well as the ukrainian mapping style. Practical arrangements like traveling to the competitions by public transportation (metro and bus) are different here, but those only bright up…

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