On the roads of Kyiv

Asalamualikum (now that I am back in desi land) Bewafa Readers!

YES BEWAFA!!! I asked about your opinion here and except Farman (ofcourse!) nobody bothered to reply??? How rude!!!

Anyway, I am back now and I know how much you guys have been missing me and my awesome posts, even if you don't say it. So, my only commentor aka Farman said ke first I should wrap up my memories of Kyiv before I finally post my flight pictures so that is exactly what I am going to do.

Why I took so long to write a post? Well.. I spent my last days in Kyiv awaragardiying around and ofcourse, I got carried away with photos. I tell you 36 roll wala zamana was much better.. limited photos and QUALITY photos! Also, there were last minute dawats and plans since you know we were leaving (against my wishes may I add.. AGAIN!) -_-

I'll have you know it took me a GREAT deal of time to sort out and editing these photos. I haven't unpacked properly, my sleeping schedule is all messed up, my classes have started and not the mention the guests have been REALLY kind as to grace us with their company, all the time everytime. No no, that is NOT a complain -_- (Reasons why I haven't posted anything after my sad and against the wishes return!)

Tau where did I leave off? Ahan, zoo park! Zoo park ke ek do din baad Chotay Bhaiyya and I went to a fun-land type place. You know arcade games, air hockey, bowling stuff like that. Waise tau there is a famous aqua park there lekin we couldn't go because you HAVE to change into a swim suit to go inside and well, obviously THAT wasn't happening :P Besides, I wasn't even interested in taaring nangay putangay log esp. with Bhai around :-/ Khair tau I didn't take much pictures there except these: because 1. I didn't take my camera and 2. Bhai and I were having too much fun!!! Hahahaha! Even more than the kids around. I took a few with my phone entrance ki:

YEP! Halloween Mania!!! Jis din Halloween tha I asked Baray Bhaiyya if we can go out (zahir hai I wanted pictures no other reason) lekin he said log talli ho k nikle hotay hain and they tease foreigners. I said tau chalo koi mask wask pehan k nikalte hain unko kaise pata chalay ga k local hain ya foreigners and Bhai gave me his "You are a crazy lunatic" look. I was like whaaaaaattt it makes total sense =P Tau well, baat ye thi ke us waqt mere yani ke humare Abba Jee ki costumes ki dukaan nai khuli thi =D LOL! Itnay mai humare Chotay Bhaiyya ne suggestion dia that I should just wear smeared lipstick, roll my eyes and I'll be good to go -_-

Well.. these are good enough. So, bhai and I spent a crazy evening at the arcade. The one I went to in Donetsk was bigger and better than this one but phir bhi humne koi kasar nai chori. Wahan pe you play to win tickets (Bhai ne Deal No Deal khel khel ke meri jaan azaab kar di!) and then you can pick a gift of your choice in return for those (Yes, just like Sheldon in the last episode of TBBT =P ) I got these for myself and we also got a kiddie Toy Story watch.

I totally love my watch okay?

Apparently, I love me too! Why shouldn't I? I am awesome! =^_^=

We were supposed to go on the "tour" of Kyiv too that night but we actually spent quite a bit of time at the arcade much to the dismay of our Baray Bhaiyya. "Bachay ho tum log?", he said angrily on the phone. Humne kaha JESSS and then ROFLed =D

Don't worry. I didn't miss the tour of Kyiv. Well, not exactly. Two days later we did go lekin Chotay Bhaiyya ne us din apne itnay ziada plans bana liye k delay hotay hotay hum shaam k waqt niklay (which is 4.30pm jab maghrib ho jaati thi) even though plan dopehar ka tha.

Ye hai jee ... actually I am not sure what the name of this mall is exactly. I read it as Ocean Plaza - English wala. Sasha (our driver) calls it Okeean or Okan Plaza. If you read it Russian it should be pronounced as Ooseean Plaza. So whichever one is your favorite you can call it that =D This is a recent addition in Kyiv and I tell you it's GRAND!!! I loved the blue light show and look of it in general. Jab bhi hum isay cross karte thay mai kehti thi ruko yaar picture leni hai.. it was so beautiful. I didn't get a chance to see much from inside though bara hi itna tha and we didn't have much time =(

Independence Square

If you want you can read more about Independence Square here. It mentions Khreshchatyk Street.. on the weekends traffic is stopped on that street in the evening and people just walk and take a stroll sight seeing and stuff. We did too on the last visit and I remember it was COLD =D

All above are on the roads of Kyiv city center. City center actually mai inka pichli visit pe pura ghoomi thi. Too bad I didn't have a decent camera then because even THAT visit was at night -_-

From the car

Walk above

Rainbow Monument

 Isn't this tree beautiful? Can you guess the reason behind the black and white? =D

On our walk back

OKAY.. this place was NEW and TOTALLY AWESOME!!! Sabse pehle tau mere Chotay Bhaiyya ko daad deni chahiye ke he actually took me tp the top on MY WHEELCHAIR. Sure there were ramps lekin it was soooo steep even the ramps ke I actually told him ke chor do nai jatay. But he was determined haanpta kaanpta pohancha ke hi chora :') And it was worth the effort don't you agree?

Waise they also had "dodging cars" but wohi we didn't have the time. There was another super cool ride but agar mai baith jaati tau 6 mahinon tak mujhe migraine hota rehta -_- There were also, ofcourse, alot of couples getting chummy (I mean yeah I get it it's a nice view). The point is woh ek spot (which is usually perfect) pe chipak k kharay ho jatay hain phir banda picture kaise le hain? Oh and more about the Rainbow Monument here.

Hyatt bhi hai.. suna hai it's kaafi grand

 Yes, I know it's blurred. Sasha was in a hurry I suppose. Even though he knew I was taking pictures par majaal hai koi seedhi pace pe chala de!

Cerk - Bolay tau jahan circus hota

 Is baar we didn't see the circus but I have twice before so I don't think I missed much. So, kaisa laga night time in Kyiv? =D

Until next time. Ciao! ♥

No longer narangi firangi

Okay guys I need your opinion. Now that I am back.. mai posts order mai continue karon ya pehle I should show you my flight pictures.. maltab kya kya kaise? =P

PS. I miss Kyiv =(

Firangi Chirya Ghar

Salam people! I guess I am on a roll =P Actually, today (and I mean yesterday) was my day off after a long week so I got a chance to sort through some pictures. Boy oh boy, was that a task!

After my shopping fiascoes I told Bhai I don't want anything or want to go anywhere just send me to a park and take some awesome autumn pictures esp. of a red/orange tree and falling leaves =P Well, no red tree or falling leaves yet so I guess my brother owes me another visit to a park or something before I leave.

Last week on Wednesday my Chotay Bhaiyya decided that I should go to the Zoo Park for autumn pictures - bonus I'll get to see and click pictures of animals too. I wanted to go to the park I saw on my way back from a mall once. Obviously, I have no idea what it's called but I knew where to go but Chotay ne ki chalaki kun k woh thora durr tha. Khair, Zoo Park wasn't that far so I was like okay. 

 

The thing with their ZP is that they are HUGE. I remember when I went to ZP in Moscow and we spent about like 1.5-2 hours there and we barely even finished one corner. Us waqt Ammi tang ho gayeen theen and it was too cold so we came back. Basically you need alot of time and patience agar ap ne araam se ghoomna hai aur phir pictures ka bhi jab tak perfect angle shot nai hota tau you have to keep clicking and my Chotay Bhaiyya is really short on patience khaas taur pe when I click pictures.. mujhe pata tha 2 ghante baad shuru hojana hai us ne =P

Ye hai jee Kaca. Kaca bolay tau Counter. Upar likha hai Zoo Park. When I was in Moscow tau everytime I went somewhere either I got free entry or 50% off on tickets. Bhai ne kaha paise dene parain gay.. maine kaha pooch lo because in Moscow I got free entry. And sure enough, not just me they even allowed Bhai in without paying. Would it hurt that we do something similar back in Paki Land hain? Wahan tau bas dono haathon se loot'ay hain! Smh.

Yep, that's a zoo! =D

Black Swans - and they talk too!

I prefer our camels =P

Beautiful colors nai? SubhanAllah :')

I thought I was clicking it's picture along with it's ID but that's the came;'s information on the board =P

Okay guys, now tell me.. is this not a peacock? Maine bola peacock, Bhai ne bola nai. He even read the board and I have no idea what it said but he was adamant it's not a peacock! Tau aur kya haiiiiii?

Seriously, who got the time to draw on the floor? =P

Ye itnay baray ghar mai (below) ye jinab rehte hain.. can you see him? =P

Everytime (and I really mean everytime) I see a giraffe I think of the joke by Peanut (Jeff Dunham) where he talks about a giraffe throwing up ... it would take forever LOL! =P It sounds more funny in the video seriously -_-

This bum showing hippo reminded me of my visit to ZP in Moscow. Wahan pe mai jis jis jaanwar ki picture lene jaati they would turn around and show me their bums. And no, I am not kidding! Every single one of them esp. the monkeys! They were delighted (yes yes I can already read the comments in my head =P ) Even Ammi remembers!

Yehan pe weird thing happened.. Mai zebras ki picture le rahi thi and everyone was staring at me instead of looking at them. Bhai was laughing so hard kehne laga tumhain dekhne k liye mai ticket laga deta hon .. ha ha very funny! -_____-

Meet Richard Parker above and The Lion King family below =P Richard Parker was in a bad bad mood ek jagah khara hi nai ho raha tha and The Lion King family had just returned from their meditation session - so calm and peaceful =D

If anyone ever wants ke I have death by fear then they should lock me up in this part of the ZP (pictures below). *shudder* There was an enormous spider also but I couldn't even look at it let alone take a picture. Aisa lag raha tha cage tor ke mujh pe jump kar dega. Eek!

 

I am pretty sure this magarmach was dead or had given up on life at least. No, seriously! He didn't even move once! Believe me I tried.

Bhai really wanted to see the monkeys and gorillas but sadly we couldn't find them or they had moved them elsewhere from where he saw them last or removed them altogether. He wasn't sure. Bhai was sad so I took this picture at least =P

That's all the pictures for now. There are some animals jinke baray mai honestly mujhe kuch nai pata. Even if I had read the boards I wouldn't have remembered kun k there was so much information and there were so many animals! This time we did cover quite a good section of the park but still didn't see it all. Like I said HUGE and 2 ghante baad like I predicted Bhai ki bas hogayi thi but I still managed to stretch it to half an hour more with "acha na ek aakhri picture.. bas ye aakhri.. pakka ye wali last!" =P

I know you are thinking ke where are the trees and autumn pictures, right? Well, I have pictures lekin aisay thori dikhaon gi woh thoray alag style se paish hongi =D Aakhir first proper autumn hai mera bahi. Remember this and this ? The second one (You're Mine) maine Zoo Park mai hi li thi. Bas isi andaaz mai kahin na kahin namudaar hongi so wait for itttttttt ;-)

So, kaisa laga apko firangi chiriya ghar? I tau totally enjoyed it!

Until next time. Ciao! ♥