Photos from Zaporizhzhya

Not the best picture! But -it gives a general idea! This picture was taken about 9am... about a block from the orphanage, and near the internet cafe, every morning they would start lining up the glass bottles from (I assume!) the night before! They were probably paid 1 ko-peck (about 1/20 of a cent USD) for each - depending on the size and brand! By the end of the afternoon - it would be completely lined full of bottles! At first we thought it was a great idea seeing that there was always garbage everywhere. Later, we started noticing how many people would hang around the dumpsters at the apartment building we stayed at. As soon as you dumped your garbage, there was usually someone nearby heading over to go through it. It was really sad. It really did amaze us that you would be walking around at 8 or 9 am and men would already be chugging away at a beer on the street! But, after a month - we were not even fazed! haha! We did buy a bottle of the beer, just to try - and it was pretty good... STRONG but good!