Hobo tourism/First creative trip of Viktor Pinchuk to Africa

The first creative trip to Africa is a project of the Russian traveler Viktor Pinchuk. The route included part of Ethiopia and lasted two weeks. The main objective is to photograph the peoples of Africa, who have preserved the customs and traditions of their ancestors, for a personal photo exhibition.

In the city of Sodo

Ethiopian Airlines Ticket

Letter of introduction to the Ethiopian Consulate

General information

• Duration: 14 days.
• Period: 9.04. 2006 - 22. 04. 2006.
• Idea: Viktor Pinchuk.
• Number of participants: 1 (one).
• Starting point: Addis Ababa.
• Transit through: Moscow.
• Number of countries visited: 2 (two).
• Way to hit: plane.
• Modes of transport: land transport, pedestrian routes.
• Nature of the journey: creative trip.
• Purpose: to collect material about exotic tribes.
• Format: hobo tour.

Places visited

• Ethiopia: Addis Ababa, Sodo, Arba Mynch, Conso (transit), Briley (transit), Jinka, Bishoftu.
• Egypt: Cairo, Nawa, Dahshur, Saqqara, Faiyum.

Мap of the route

The methods used

In the process of moving along the route the following accommodation options were used:

• In low-budget locations designed to accommodate the African poor.

Outcomes and results

Author’s articles in periodicals (in Russian):

• «Эфиопия глазами путешественника» — Crimea. ru: newspaper. — 15.08.2007. — № 56 (163);
• «Почему эфиопы не любят фотографов, или Цена эфиопской души» — South Capital: newspaper. — 23.05.2008. — № 20 (853);
• «Симферополь — Аддис-Абеба» — The evening city: newspaper. — 06. 07. 2007. — № 47 (66);
• «Один день в египетской деревне» — Crimean Observer: newspaper. — 19.02.2008. — № 7 (237);
• «Пирамиды за колючей проволокой» — Crimean Observer: newspaper. — 9.09.2008. — № 36 (266);
• «Дебре-Зэйт — посёлок у семи озёр» — Crimean time: newspaper. — 18.09.2008. — № 101 (2633);
• «Эфиоп и Я» — ProX: magazine. — 2007 — № 7 (10);
• «Мечта об Африке, или девять дней в Эфиопии» — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — 4. 10. 2007. — № 31 (760);
• «Пешком через пустыню» — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — 25. 03. 2010. — № 11 (872);
• «Незнакомый Египет» — Republic of Crimea: newspaper. — 13. 05. 2010. — № 17 (878).

• Personal photo exhibition "Ethiopia through the eyes of the traveler" took place in October 2006; venue — House of Artist (Simferopol).

Gallery

• 
  Angry
  Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
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  Dwelling
  Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
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  The meal
  Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
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  Returning from the field
  Nawa village (Egypt)
• 
  "Dishwasher"
  Nawa village (Egypt)

Links

Newspaper articles (in Russian):

• Viktor Pinchuk. "Ethiopia through the eyes of the traveler — Crimea. ru: newspaper. — 15.08.2007. — № 56 (163)". upload.wikimedia.org (in Russian). Retrieved April 22, 2023.
• Viktor Pinchuk. "Simferopol — Addis Ababa — The evening city: newspaper. — 06. 07. 2007. — № 47 (66)". upload.wikimedia.org (in Russian). Retrieved April 22, 2023.
• Alexey Vasiliev. "Naked with machine guns — Crimean time: newspaper. — 2.11.2006. — №123 (2361)". upload.wikimedia.org (in Russian). Retrieved April 22, 2023.