Gwilym's Adventure Blog

Ah Romania, thank you for having some decent roads. A very early start 5:45 from Moldova saw me through the border and into Romania by 7am.  I have to say, I am not impressed with the border back into the EU. All the barriers were up so anyone could drive through un checked, the customs lady really couldn't give a monkeys and was so half hearted at looking in vehicles and she had no interest in checking my bike paperwork. And the Romanian street dogs started chasing me less then 100m from the border gate. Arrrrgh. Within an hour, things started to look up. I saw hills in the distance and the road started to wind its way through them. First the DN11, then the DN73 and finally the DN73C that delivered me to my campsite here at 5.30pm. A long day. It was hot today with temps in the mid thirties so I rode for a few hours then hid in a cafe to cool down. This was repeated 4 times and I arrived in a very sweaty dehydrated mess. got more of the same to look forward to t...

I left Kiev at 6am and yes the roads are as bad as I was told. Huge holes that a bike could disappear into, random grooves that track you off into the verge and truck/car drivers that still want to be doing 90kph. It was stick with them and hold on tight. Glad I have off road setting and comfort suspension. Even so, I spent a fair part of the day standing up.  I got to the Moldovian border at 10:42. This was a much smaller and more relaxed affair than where I entered. Behind my in the queue was a horse and cart! It was also my quickest border with me out the other side by 12.10. However, that my be because they don't do things inside the border!  Once out I had to go  and get some local currency and sort insurance (5 euro) and a road vignette (86 lei about 4.5 euro). Once out the other side,Ii was off to find some food and coffee before heading to my campsite here for the night. Duruita Camping That is where things got better. Not onl...