General Info

hi burni

thnks 4 ur report

regarding the tirasopol some local friends told me

better not to go there coz control by mafia

& if the c a turist the rip his pocket off

so better nt to look 4 trouble

essi

DG69

No I am not from Moldova, just a visitor.
I met lvely women, the place is just so poor though. I was supposed to go back this sumer, but it fell through. Got to go back in Spring though.

If you are interested this web site might be useful.

www.moldovaguide.cjb.net

I know I keep plugging it but it has useful info.

Burnie, Thanks for the info.

Language info: Bit of a bummer -- even the college kids don't speak Romski or English??

What about visa for US citizen?

What about accommodation?

Places to go/avoid?

How long is the bus ride?

Do you think they take Visa cards there (just a joke :) )

Thanks a lot!

RoPickle

Romanian or English is of no use there. During my three day visit I found nobody (!) who spoke any of it. Of course you may find some if you look real hard, but if your goal is to talk up any pretty woman you see on the street, in a bar etc, Russian is the only choice.

As for visa regulations, the visa for the Republic of Moldova, tyhat you need to go to Chisinau is valid in Tiraspol as well. Bus ride takes 2,5 hr.

Places: This is a poor Russian provincial town. Don't expect that you'll need a city guide over there to get it covered. There are some bars and restaurants in the center, all with a peculiar soviet flair to it. Anyway, if you hook up with the locals, you will spend no time in public places, but will be invited over and over to their parties, which take place in private places (Attention: Lots of vodka involved!!).

Accomodation: I don't know of any hotels, so maybe you can google it up? I stayed in a private home, where I was invited. I advise you to do the same..:). Try to find a chick over the net, you'll have a place to stay.
And don't worry about the mafia stuff, this is almost always overdone. I walked the streets alone at night in many Russian/Romanian cities, I am easily invited to go to private places, and in almost ten years I've never had a single dangerous encounter (if I didn't provoke one, that is..)

Language -

If you hook up with proper students, they will speak English. Almost all kids are taught English and it is almost a given at Universities. English is very highly regarded, not least as it is essential to be able to get a well paid job with a posible route to the west.

Romanian and Russian are about equally spoken. If you can speak Italian then you will inderstand what is going on around you and will be able to communicate a little.

OTOH uneducated *****s claiming to be students will not speak English.
Almost everyone speaks Russian but not everyone speaks Romanian. I hope that helps clear things up.

Yes I was there last year, living with students in student accomodation. Trust me, I know!

Burnie-
the visa for Moldova is NOT valid for Transdniestria. If you are allowed in, and not all foreigners are! It is because the border guards decided to let you in.

The usual practice is to give you 3 hours to visit. When I went we had to give the guards a mobile phone number. They called us half an hour before our expected return to remind us!

If on the other hand you enter Moldova through Transdniestria you will not need any kind of visa. That is because the Moldavian government does not recognise the enclave and so does not ask for visas at the border. This is useful if you are a smuggler comimg and going through the Ukraine as many do. Its a big issue with the EU who are trying to sort it out.

Well, I had no such touble at the transniestrian border two years ago. Also I am sure that a foreigner can easily be 'allowed in' if he gives the border guard some little bribe.....

I am also sure that you'll find English speaking students if you look for them. The idea with the university dormitories is nice! It also relieves you from looking for a hotel. Maybe I'll try that trick the next time I'll go there next spring!

But I really don't believe that half of the Tiraspol population speaks Romanian. As I wrote, I spend three days in Tiraspol and nobody spoke eiteher english or Romanian, I met about 25 people, and none of them were hookers, just normal people lioving in the usual blocks. For a Romanian-speaker, its much safer in Chisinau, where even the Rusiian population has oftentimes learned Romanian by now. So you are not limited to the universities for your hunting, but can go out to the living quarters of Chisinau too, and talk to the girls in the bars and on the streets. They are very very approachable for western guys....

Burnie
I apologise. I was talking about language in Moldova. Transdniestria is Russian. I had missed that you were referring to the enclave...

The visa is up and up though. You may well have been lucky. I would not have wanted to be you though if you were picked up by any uniforms...

All this talk of Transnister is making me very curious! I think i will give it a spin and see what happens. Let me drum up a business trip to Chisinau so i can get within shooting distance.

Bernie, I will def. do the internet thing. Good idea.

Belsty (city in Moldova): I think there is a lot of nice pussy up there waiting to be liberated. I met several on the net, one of whom i met in Chisinau.

A real fox, and she told me the whole place is textile factories. This means young, females.

Ropickle.

I can second that!
I lived in Sibiu and nearby (20 km) is a small town called Talmaciu and there are several clothing factories.(also In Sibiu)
Let me tell you in that town (about 20.000 people) were MANY younger girls (16-22) from all over the Judetsul (province) of Sibiu and even further away.
There were two mayor "disco's"....hmmm more grand barns actualywith a bar inside and some lights.....but for the RO it was a "disco"...

Lots of puzz there let me tell you. Problem was at THAT time my ex-wife was with me like a Mega Jar of Superglue:-(
So I could NOT fuck something on the side:-(

LEARN SO RO and GO for it!!!!

I sure love to try out Moldova.(if things don't work out in Colombia)

Find some"pisda footashaosa" (sorry if the spelling isn't 100% correct)and stick your pulla inside;-)


Johan.

hi guys

i m surprise how this messeg borde increace a lot

if any one can tell me the best chat with moldanian?

so far jst try the odigo & i found 2 nice girls willing to meat

i rly to miss going again soon

cnt wait

essi

Essi,

ICQ works great.

Just make sure you always set up the dates just for 1 hour so you can get out of there if they suck.

If you get a good one, work it hard and blow off the others.

A bird in the hand is always worth more than 2 in the bush.


RP

Hi guys,

I now I asked before but that was at a time this forum was nearly dead. I think I will visit Chisinau in the end of this year (I guess 26th of December to 6th of January), but I have no plan where I can get an accomodation. I would prefer a private appartment can someone give me a Tel. No or email address of a person who provide such appartments? Or can someone recommend me a girlfriendly and not too expensive Hotel there?
If you search non pros in advance, than you can look www.atareks.com (you can write thr girls there free of charge). IMHO the Moldavian girls there are not too pretty and they use mostly a interpreter (maybe marriage agency) but they are mostly real. Avoid the girls from Lugansk and Kasan thats definetly a marriage agency but a rip off, the girls there a mostly fakes, especially if they are pretty.

Hasta Luego

Dieter

Try:
Adresa B-dul Negruzzi 1, tel. (+373-2) 26 64 14/26 46 98, tel./fax (+373-2) 26 20 96. Open 09:00 - 21:00, Sat 09:00 - 18:00.

THere are links to hotels at:

[url]www.moldovaguide.cjb.net[url/]

I had a friend looking for places for me this summer. As soon as the landlord got the idea that a foreigner was involved prices went right up. I was looking at $400 per month, same price for less.

This agency will be able to help or google search it.

Dieter,Guys...

Some inside info on RO/Moldovian methods in renting appartment to forreigners.
In my days in Sibiu a RO family (mostly) paid nothing to rent because most people OWNED an appartment. (one of the very few GOOD things Communism did left to the contry!)
BUT if they rent one...say hookers or businessmen they surely paid not more then 50 US $ a month...that is OUTSIDE Bucarest or Constanta in Summertime;-)Now we are NOT talking PRIME A Locations here;-) You can find a shitty 2/3 room app. for maybe 300 dollars in Bucarest. But I would prefer a hotelroom any day;-)

However IF you are a forreigner (so in RO eyes VERY RICH..LOL) you pay at least 200-300 US $ a month for a shady appartment.

In fact in Bucarest prices are even higher as in Most Western European Countries!!!!!! I know in the neighborhood of the embassies in Bucarest allready in 1997 a 3 room app. were sold for US $ 40.000,-!!! And their state was NOT spik and span;-)

So make sure you have a RO "friend" do the talking when you are out for appartment renting;-)
And even then when the landlord gets suspicious he can easely double/triple the rent when he "smells" that there is a forreigner involved!

NOw who said RO was ready to join the EU????? HAHA.
2007?? I think this better could be 2070...!!


Johan.

PS: Dieter IF you do NOT speak RO I would NOT go to Moldova to find a serious lifemate.The studenst you would run into are all more or less hookers and intrested in $$$$/€€€€. Not to talk about the strippers/girls in the nightclubs;-)
Normal decent girls (I guess) don't speak english/German.
That is MY opinion. Dieter....don't forget to bring WARM clothing!!!!;-) It is normal in those countries that the heathing breaks off many times during wintertime...LOL.

But if you want to Plant your "flag" there....just go ahead!!!!;-)
Lots of fun...and not expensive:-)