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Originally Posted by Effendi
The idea to go to Moldova was when I was in Odessa and couldn't find any way to go north (no bus, no train, no cars on rent).
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I don't understand "no train"? I checked a timetable at poezda.net and I found 3 direct trains a day from Odessa to Lviv. Do you mean that all the trains were 100% booked?
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Originally Posted by Effendi
From there there's no crossing to Romania, and anyway Moldova was more on the way to Lviv and I was seriously interested to see the Trasndnestr "unofficial" Republic in Tiraspol, but then we found a terrible night bus to Kiev where I arrived at 4am... (but could "see" the 2 Moldovan GSM networks on the way)
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Well, it seems that in order to get from Odessa to Romania it's necessary to cross Moldova anyway unless there's a ferry border crossing in the delta of Danube :unsure: .
You told before that you needed a visa to enter Moldova. I heard that Moldovan visas are not required from Polish citizens and I thought that the same may apply to all the EU citizens.... After all, going to Transnistria/Pridnestrovie might be even more difficult. AFAIK the train traffic via that strange territory is suspended and I have no idea about their visa policy - after all, an appropriate amount of euros or dollars would be the key :P
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Originally Posted by Effendi
The pic with Lenin is on one of my friends camera, but he's in the country now. Maybe I see him tonight otherwise you'll have to wait for next weekend!  Anyway it's strange how in Crimea all street names are still the Soviet ones and Lenin's statues are still at their places, |
Soviet influence is also visible in the names of the cities like Kirovohrad (named after Sergey Kirov,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Kirov) or Dniprodzerynsk (named after Felix Dzerzhinsky, one of the most infamous Poles ever
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_E...h_Dzerzhinsky)
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Originally Posted by Effendi
ROAMING
I used my Wind card just for data with the Mega300 option and my K600i. Wind tended to use UMC network whose GPRS was terribly slow so I put Kyivstar
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And how about voice roaming with Callblue (AFAIR it's the only international SIM you have with free incoming calls in Ukraine)?