I was surprised how many people asked me if I was crazy and/or scared about going to Chernobyl. I was nothing but intrigued. I took a group tour that left about an hour after my train arrived overnight from Odessa, so the timing was good. The only downside to this tour was that I was…
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En route to Odessa, we passed through a place that has different names, depending on your viewpoint. The breakaway republic of Pridnestrovia / the state of Transnistria in Moldova is a former war zone and up-in-the-air situation. Because they don’t think they’re Moldova, they don’t stamp your passport going ‘out’ as you leave for Ukraine….
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It’s not often that I leave a place early, but Chisinau was less than I’d expected and quite boring. I flew to Chisinau intending to spend a few days before taking the train to Odessa, Ukraine. I still did the latter but not the former. My hostel’s employees had some really crazy stories about lots…
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After arriving on the bus from Riga, I had a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend letting me sleep on his couch. However, he informed me that he wouldn’t be able to hang out much, because he had a badminton tournament that weekend. Yes, badminton. I managed to take the local bus from the bus station in the wrong direction,…
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I flew to Riga for 2 days before taking a bus to Vilnius, Lithuania for another 2 days on a 4-day weekend from work. It was freezing!!! but a good trip. The first night, I walked around taking pictures, trying to keep moving to keep warm. The second day, I saw more of central Riga…
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