This Travel Tramp guide will show you how to travel from Chisinau to Kiev. I travelled from Chisinau, Moldova to Kiev, Ukraine, a long journey and one made all the more longer by the ridiculous number of border checks. Here’s my guide on how to travel from...
Moldova is the poorest country in Europe. It’s landlocked, there’s conflict with breakaway territories and most of the population live below the poverty line. It’s got its problems and during my stay in the capital Chisinau, I learnt first hand that...
Transnistria. The perfect location for a get away holiday. Far from the madding crowds, really far from anywhere at all in fact. There’s beaches, cognac and KGB agents. The breakaway republic truly is a destination like no other. Read on if you too want the...
I was the only tourist in Moldova. Probably. I was visiting Chisinau, the inelegant, yet chaotically transfixing capital of this small state on the edge of Europe and there wasn’t another visitor in sight. That meant that all the abandoned theme parks,...
I can’t think of a great many better places to spend a few relaxing days on holiday than the heavily armed breakaway Republic of Transnistria. This is a country which doesn’t, technically, even exist. This unrecognised recognised nation is lost...
Along the Borders chronicles my multi-year journey along Britain's borders, boundaries and frontiers. Published by Penguin Random House, and available now!
