"Having served as Lonely Planet’s Moldova expert for seven years, I’m all too familiar with the unpolished, scrappy appeal of Moldova. Virtually no aspect of the country has been orchestrated for mass tourism or even practical convenience. Experiences here are earned, without being overly demanding. Want to see the breathtaking cave monastery perched above a winding valley at Orheiul Vechi? Get into an over-stuffed, abused minibus and bounce down busted up roads squashed in the back row between villagers returning from shopping in Chisinau. Looking for Soviet-loving, communist-era Moscow immersion in the breakaway republic of Transdniestr? Queue up at the infernal border crossing and sweat out the formalities like everybody else."
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:00:26 +0000
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