We made it in pretty good time to the Russia/Ukraine border, or at least within 5 km of it, this is when we got lost 3 times. Cory has the only working Russia Map in his GPS, and according to it, we were in the middle of the main road. The only problem was we were driving down a back alley past a dump.
After back tracking and asking 4 or 5 people, all who pointed in different directions, we got pointed in the right direction (although the GPS kept telling us to turn), and finally made it to the Border. This particular border, was actually pretty good, and the guards were friendly and helpful. We made it through in about an hour and a half, with no real issues, and were through to Ukraine.
We spent a few minutes at the border, speaking with a couple guys whose company is contracted by the US Department of Energy, who were at the border, installing US supplied radiation detectors. They are in the process of installing them at all the former borders to Russia to try and stop the proliferation of nuclear materials.
We call this the "MIG on a stick" monument. It's about the 5th or 6th one we've seen. I guess when the Cold War ended and you had all these extra Airplane parts, it made sense to make monuments out of them.
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