
3 Aug 2012
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Brasov Romania
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Hmm
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Originally Posted by Toukakoukan
I went through moldova in the opposite direction.
The roads are awful, the road signs non existent and if I hadn't had an escort to Odessa (I was lucky enough to have a police chief who happened to be a bike enthusiast take me under his wing and whisk me through the transnistrian and Moldovan borders) I don't know if I'd ever have found the place!
As far as I could find out at the time (asking locals and the like) there are no border crossings from Ukraine to Romania on the Black Sea side of Moldova.
If you're going to take the Moldova route I'd dedicate at least an entire day to getting through the country, assuming you arrive at the border relatively early.
Personally I stayed in Chisinau overnight and then got MAJORLY lost (I couldn't find Romania!) but still managed to make it to Bucharest the same day.
If you do go the transnistria route bear in mind when the border guards ask "How much currency" they are NOT asking for importation purposes, they're asking for bribery purposes! If you say you have 150 USD they'll ask for a 150USD 'tax' if you say you have 10 euros they'll ask for a ten euro tax!
Though in my experience I found 'tax' was replaced with a suggestion to put a 'present' in the officers hat while he looked the other way.
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Chisnau to Bucharest in the same day!? I dont think so my friend sorry!
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