(Update October 19, 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the evacuation of citizens from the nearby occupied city of Kherson, Ukraine.)

(Since February 2022, the city of Kherson, near the Oleshkivski Sands, has been a battleground between the defensive Ukranian troops and the attacking Russian armed forces.)



In an unlikely country, Ukraine lays claim to the largest sand dunes in Europe.

The Oleshky Sands (a.k.a Oleshkivski) is an arid, windswept area in south Ukraine. An actual semi-desert area of 160 sq. km., the Sands was fertile land until a century ago. That was until sheep grazed the pastures bone dry.

Now a National Park, the Oleshky Sands has a short walking trail through the dunes that is entertaining for the whole family. Matt certainly had a blast during a sunrise stroll, after camping at the desert's edge.


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