Plenty of travelers and tourists come to Romania but they tend to fall into two categories – those that fly into the country and then (maybe) go on short road trips or poor backpackers who hitchhike and see amazing things but rarely blog. Today we’re all in for a rare treat as my friend and his wife went on a 2,656-kilometer roadtrip last year to … Continue reading An Epic 2000-Mile Roadtrip Through Romania
Looking from the outside, it’s hard to understand why RM is so tolerant of Transnistria. After all, Transnistrian cars circulate freely here (in RM proper), Transnistrian businesses are everywhere, it’s easy to get a bus or train to Transnistria, and there are street signs pointing to destinations in Transnistria. Furthermore, Moldova doesn’t even guard or control its border with Transnistria. But who so lax? Transnistria … Continue reading Power Profits
Here’s a very interesting story: A 25-year-old woman who left discreetly for Romania last month, with her 61-year-old mother, was supposedly going to meet a man she had met online. She and her mother, Madam Foo Li Kheng, have been missing for 10 days, and their family’s attempts to contact them have been futile. Her father, who wanted to be known only as Mr Yap, … Continue reading Escape to Romania
I’m always looking out for interesting blogs from visitors who come to Romania. If you understand French, I highly recommend this one, written by a young woman from France who decided to spend 9 months in Romania instead of spending her “gap year” backpacking around Europe. She lives near Sibiu and seems like a really nice person: “Ma mission est orientée sur les relations interculturelles … Continue reading 9 Mois en Roumanie
Well this is spooky. Just a day after the IMF published a report crediting the Moldovan Central Bank for doing a remarkable job of containing problems: Prosecutors say a grenade was lobbed and exploded at the house of the outgoing governor of Moldova’s central bank. There were no casualties. Prosecutors said windows were broken and the house’s exterior was damaged in the attack which they … Continue reading Throwing Grenades at a Banker
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