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.

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
Мap of the route
 * Ethiopia: Addis Ababa, Sodo, Arba Mynch, Conso (transit), Briley (transit), Jinka, Bishoftu.
 * Egypt: Cairo, Nawa, Dahshur, Saqqara, Faiyum.

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).

Links
Newspaper articles (in Russian):