The last natural reservoir
I first came to Tiraspol in the summer of 2003; I was on the search for the poorest white russian speaking neighborhood (I have a competitive advantage from having learned Russian from my St-Petersbourg days 10 years ago and my subsequent (pretty good for about 4 years) mariage with my then local russian girlfriend). After reading "beating the Moldovans at tennis" (I'm a competitive player myself), the narrative was extremely appealing; dangerous, adventurous, "a shithole"... all that I was looking for was in Tiraspol :-))
It turns out to be a lovely quiet green "city" of about 150.000. Pace is soooo slow here, sometimes you would think you are set back 30 years in the old sovjet union. I now feel very comfortable and am not afraid of walking around at all, but I must say it was not so at the beginning.
I started correpondances through the well known marriage agencies as [url]www.loveme.com[/url] and a refined search for all the tiraspol girls. From that, a first encounter brought me my first local girlfriend for about a month or two, but my objective was to "master the playground" with her help and then move to something "higher end"...
Working myself through various channels, the second time I came, I became a "celebrity" as national TV came to interview me at a point of contact. That is how EMPTY this place was still only three years ago. To make it to the news just for being a western guy interested in the place, it tells you where this place stood back then.
What a couple of years a difference make... Back then "two rooms" appartments were selling for about 7.000 $ in the center. As they now stand at about 450 $ /sq meter, it trippled in three years. I did not have much money back then, having only started a very lucrative London city job. After a couple of years and a nice severance package, I decided to move here and was domiciled here from April 2005. To contradict earlier reports a foreigner CAN BUY appartments. Houses are more difficult (though I concentrate on them now). I bought my first appartment (walking distance to the university :-)) back in february 2005 to anticipate my London exit.
The whole place is now BOOMING on the central avenue 25 octobre with prices rising "by the week"... for local commercial real estate.
How about this board's central theme... ok... back then it was "cheap" and very very easy. I once held a party with 30 18-21 aged girls at "cherry" all you can drink champagne (not the french one!!!), "marojne", and even a genuine bottle of amaretto... quite a memory for everyone and quite an impression I left. Price tag : 185$ for the evening. I loved it. I had a second local girlfriend by then and did not take any one from that party, but 70 % were available "on command"; when I read the post about the new Plazma etc, I can only say that it all depends on what you are looking for ... I am NOT interested in P4P and outside of a couple of massages in Vietnam earlier last year, that is as "far" as I get on that universe of girls. I am only interested in young (as in 18) innocent girls with no prior experiences preferably for a medium term relationship of a couple of years... actually after settling here, I decided to invest A LOT (> 500 hours) of time and energy to find an absolute perfect 10 on all fronts and marry again. As I put so much effort into it trhough various avenues, I ended up finding just that diamond, but by then I was soooo sure and happy that I ended up overbidding and that scared her away. I mean, for a girl with no previous flirting experience whatsoever having a guy twice her age making such a pushy overture became too much rather quickly. I had to "force" a commitment fast though, or risk losing my then steady girl with whom I still live close to Odessa on the black sea.
I did come accross a site of interest though for the local semi or full P4P :
[url]http://love.tiraspol.org.ua/[/url]
You will need to register (for free) and have some help from a russian speaking person to guide you through but I am very sure you will not be disapointed with what you will find and encounter. Scroll through the Bender girls as well...
Economics 101 : Pridnistrovia still has the lowest GDP/capita of the "white" world. That's a guarantee, but won't last another 5 years. What does it bring you? It immediately puts you "in play". What you need however is TIME and a local contact. I would recommend to start correspondances from marriage agencies and meet the girls here, until you are a bit more confident about the place. Also, you will need to REGISTER if you stay for more than 24 hours (Ul. Luxembourg, after 17h is better, less crowded). Either you stay at TIMOTY hotel (ask for manager Tatiana) for that and they will do it for you, or you must be accompanied/registered with a local resident for the length of your stay. REGISTER FOR LONGER (up to 45 days), if possible... one never knows.
I can answer most questions about the place as a help. On the real estate side however, I can put you in touch with a very knowledgeable girl and general guide, but it comes as a (cheap) paid consultation.
Places of interest :
- to eat : my favorite FARAON : On Ul. 25 Octobre right in from of the white parlement "Dom Sovjetov"; pelmeni not bad; english menu...
-Higher end is also "Evropa", but quite dead unless there s a banquet. english menu as well.
- In the summer : to eat : Eidelbergh on "centralne ploshet", a nice terrace with lot's of "foreigners/important people", hence here again english menu.
-dicso's : the well-known high end Plazma (not recommended). In the summer, my favorite is chaoc show in the parc. Boy two blonde girls are dancing there in their cages : a miracle to the eyes. I could have had a setup with one of them, but not my profile as I said. This disco supposably moves to "dom officier" in the winter on karla libnitsa Ul. A local favorite is "7 dien", but since it got renovated a couple fo months ago, it became less afordable for the students that used to go there and this seriously handicapped the women/men ratio. My favorite is still "cherry", BUT you must come accompanied as it can be dead in early evenings, and generally speaking, be VERY careful that a girl is not acccompanied before you make a move anywhere. Some people mention Scorpion, but I hate this old place. The restaurant Faraon becomes a disco later in the night with entrance fee and probably some working girls there.
IN BENDER (17 km), a new club opened whish I heard is quited good. Ecuador I think it is called. That would be recommendation number 1. Taxi will cost you about 8 $ at present rates.
- regular girls pick-up in the summer : NABERIJNA : from "centralne ploshet", walk to the Dniester and all the girls are there waiting for some action. Two foreigners of which one speaks decent russian is the best to score. Ask where some action is, and then invite them for whatever place they suggest. 50% response rate, I'd guess and from there it all depends on your charms (NOT money). What they want is the perspective of a long term steady relationship with a nice foreigner.
-real estate : send me private mail if interested for arrangements. I am now done with my purchases; some still are in "remont" or construction status, but I can let the crowd in on this one... without fearing losing out to competition.
news links :
[url]http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/[/url]
[url]http://www.azi.md/en.html[/url]
[url]http://www.infotag.md/news_en_2/[/url]
Ua Freak
Please post your Tiraspol Real estate contacts!
Ua Freak,
Please post or pm me your Tiraspol contacts for real estate etc. I can not pm you.
Thank you very much!