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Home  >  Ukraine 2023 Trip Report  >  Bladders Of Steel On The Kyiv – Warsaw Bus
Ukraine 2023 Trip Report

Bladders Of Steel On The Kyiv – Warsaw Bus

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 27, 2023February 27, 2023 10 Comments

This week I’m “liveblogging” my trip to Ukraine. Unlike traditional reports, these posts will be shorter and more frequent.


I must say I’m impressed by the Ukrainian people and their bladders of steel. Here, I’m not even being facetious. We went five hours on the bus before we stopped for a bathroom break.

The Dearth Of Bathroom Breaks On My Kyiv – Warsaw Bus

I’m not a frequent bus traveler and when I did regularly use the bus (in law school), my journey from Philadelphia to Washington, DC would always be on Megabus, which did feature a restroom onboard.

So I guess I came unprepared. Guilty as charged. At the hotel, I had two coffees, two glasses of orange juice, and two berry smoothies. At Bruce and Aimee’s I had a large glass of water.

And so even though I did use the restroom before stepping on the bus, it wasn’t long before I had to go again. But unless I wanted to find a bottle somewhere, I was going to have to be patient.

About three hours into our journey we did pull into a rest stop, but there were over 100 women waiting in line to use the toilets (and the line stretched outdoors in the bitter rain), so the driver did not even stop and we kept going.

Finally, two hours later, so five hours into the journey, we stopped in a city called Rivne. There, the driver came up and said something in Ukrainian. Then he handed each of us a business card, presumably with a telephone number to call in case the bus left us behind?

Prosto Bus Plus
False advertising. Avoid this bus company…

Passengers scooted off. So did I.

The facilities were rancid, but I was so thankful for them.

Someone brought a hot ham and cheese sandwich onboard and a pleasant aroma filled the bus. I came prepared with nuts, beef jerky, and fruit and unlike my train ride into Kyiv during which I fasted, this time I was hungry and began eating my “picnic” dinner.

But I didn’t open my bottle of water. Who knows when the next stop will be…

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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10 Comments

  1. PolishKnight Reply
    February 27, 2023 at 12:19 pm

    Matt, there are “restooms” located among all the bushes and trees in the middle of the night if you’re resourceful enough. My wife finds them quite quickly. 🙂

    Funny story: A friend of mine was at the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow and needed to respond to nature’s call so he went to the end of the parking lot and… a plane full of passengers landed right in front of him.

    It appears you’re off for quite an adventure! You’re only about 1/3d of the way there.

  2. Jake K Reply
    February 27, 2023 at 1:12 pm

    Just reading about how much you drank before going on the bus made me have to go to the bathroom 🙂 I wonder how the 50+ years-olds like me on the bus are able to hold it for 5 hours.

  3. Mitch Cumstein Reply
    February 27, 2023 at 1:14 pm

    Prostate Bus?

    • Adil Reply
      February 27, 2023 at 1:58 pm

      Brilliant, sir, brilliant!

  4. Greg T Reply
    February 27, 2023 at 2:47 pm

    Crumbs you did well not to leave a puddle on the seat. Neither my wife or me could have lasted that long.

  5. Euro Reply
    February 27, 2023 at 6:03 pm

    This is why I loathe long-distance bus journeys. Or going with tour groups that travel from one place to another by bus…

    “Yes, there’s a bathroom in the back but if you need to use it please let us know beforehand, we’ll try to pull over and find a restroom for you to use instead.”

  6. MeanMeosh Reply
    February 27, 2023 at 10:38 pm

    That’s rough. Even in India in 1996, the long-distance buses would stop every 90 minutes or so at a big clump of trees and bushes…

  7. Disgruntled. Reply
    March 1, 2023 at 9:56 am

    This is a disgraceful article and the epitome of privilege. Have you no shame?

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      March 1, 2023 at 10:25 am

      What makes disgraceful to you?

  8. Mrs C Reply
    March 10, 2023 at 9:47 pm

    I’m from Philly.! Did you go to law school in Philly?

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