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MOLDOVA

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Republic of Moldova
Country #72
Date first visited: 1st August 2018
Date last visited: 4th August 2018
Cities visited: Chisinau 
Currency Moldovan Leu (£1 = 21.36 MDL)

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HOW TO GET FROM CHISINAU TO KIEV

I was venturing back into the former USSR to get a Moldova and Ukraine in my passport. I flew to Iasi took a minibus to Chisinau and then came my options

My first option would be to take the 7am train to Odesa that goes through Tranistrian land

or Option B) Take a bus to Kiev and see if it goes through that disputed zone.

To get a bus out of Chisinau, one must get to Gard Nore Bus Station. This is a bit far out of town in the North of the city. I just walked it.

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THE CHISINAU DIARY

It was July 2013. I stood at Bucharest Central Station. I had just spent the night at a horrible hotel across the road for £24 with plastic sheets and a remote that wouldn't work!
my choice for today was: 1) Wait till the evening and get the train to Chisinau Moldova at night
2) Get the morning train to Sofia and arrive in the evening.

It took me 5 years to come back to Romania so I could overland it to Moldova and make it my 72nd nation

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​HOW TO GET FROM IASI TO CHISINAU 

I had been wanting to visit Moldova since I skipped out on it in 2013, the flights between UK in Chisinau were always going to be expensive. But a cheap flight to Iasi and a 40 Leu Mini van got me to my 72nd nation

ABOUT OVERLAND METALHEAD

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HI EVERYONE!

I'm Martin Anthony AKA the Overland Metalhead!

I'm a British Metalhead (Born in Sydney) who enjoys the way of overlanding.


 I have been travelling solo since April 2010 when I spent 6 weeks in North America. Since then I have visited 84 nations and 100+ cities.

I have lived in Sydney, New York, Birmingham, Melbourne, London and Stockholm!

I have visited Parliament Haus in Port Moresby , spent a week on the Trans Siberian Railway,  visited Commonwealth War Graves around the world, met Joanna Lumley in Melbourne, swapped a European phrasebook for a Jackie Collins novel in Bangkok and I travelled 15,000km from Vladivostok to London without flying

I am the proud Author of "Journal of a Metalhead" Vol I & II that are out now 



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