These events happened on October 3rd, 2021. Our Booking host in Heniches’k named Yuri offered to do a day trip with us down the Arabat Spit to visit some hot springs and a pink lake. This eventually turned into a little adventure with even more spontaneous stops and detours along the way. The Arabat Spit is geographically part of the Crimean Peninsula, but administratively it’s Kherson Oblast. Russia didn’t annex this part of Crimea back in 2014. Contents1 Ukrainian-Controlled Crimea: Is it Safe?2 Taking a Bus Down the Arabat Spit?3 Driving Down the Arabat Spit (Арабатська Стрілка) with Yuri4 Heniches’kContinue reading