TRANSNISTRIA (Geography Go)

Seriously, we hitchhiked in.
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[@GeographyNow]

This is the type of content I love making. I'd rather "DO" geography than talk about it in a studio.

[@ChrisFan890]

You actually did some territory/province 😮

[@leozebiLeonArmy]

lets goo i always wanted to see this ''country''

[@modmaker7617]

English - Transnistria Russian - Pridnestrovie Polish - Naddniestrze

[@PalauBallEdits]

Yea I agree! No matter what we will watch your content! But it’s your channel so do whatever you want!

[@rakiahbaker5589]

Maybe you can visit the Micronations too.

[@jgreg3596]

Barbs has now joined the pantheon of “KZbinrs who went to Transnistria to see what the Soviet Union was like”

[@sahiblindberg]

Barb and Bankrupt

[@user-gu8qi4me8x]

​@@sahiblindbergI actually genuinely agree with you

[@prime1337_]

Now go to Russia to see what Soviet Union is like.

[@user-gu8qi4me8x]

@@prime1337_ there's always that one person in the comment section

[@ViJoker1]

​@@prime1337_ you mean when the Soviet Union is gone, like, literally.

[@alexander1989x]

As a Romanian, the fact that you had to drive back 6 hours to get a freaking permit to cross a border screams typical Romanian bureaucracy. Enjoy😂

[@unreal4good367]

i would've cried if that happened to me.

[@thetruechaby]

Though, he did mention it was his fault, meaning he knew about it.

[@dova238]

Also don’t forget if ur a family travelling and the husband is not present they will make it a big deal out of it until they give them proof that they’re divorced. Or the usual bribing amount. Always has been a headache whenever we’ve had to cross the border into Romania and out. Especially when I was young I had no clue we was stopped at the border for such long periods of time.

[@LauRoman]

ma gandeam ca avea documentele facute pe baza ETIAS si probabil nu avea voie sa inchirieze masina in moldova, dar se pare ca nu, pentru ca ETIAS inca nu e complet implementat

[@Knjazat]

nope, if you are renting a car and crossing into another country you should be asking that first when you rent the car... it's like that everywhere, even Schengen

[@wholesomebaker5410]

Man you missing so much on Transnistria lore. Like the fact that the whole place is basically ruled by one man, ex-KGB officer and now oligarch, nicknamed "Sheriff" who owns anything that is profitable in Transnistria. All his businesses are also of course called "Sheriff"

[@MrSlowFloww]

Yep. All the supermarkets, gas stations, the only mobile network operator, etc.

[@GeographyNow]

Yep, there’s even a whole stadium named after him

[@deepowls]

This was what I wanted more content about. I first learned about Sheriff about a dozen years ago when I tried to figure out how European soccer/football worked. FC Sheriff Tiraspol has won, I believe, 21 of the last 23 championships in the top tier of the Moldovan football. That was interesting in that they were plaing in Tiraspol (except, recently, for European competitions after the most recent Russian invasion of Ukraine). That differs from Georgia where the clubs from South Ossetia and Abkhazia were clubs in exile. Top flight Georgian team FC Gagra plays its matches in Tbilisi, rather than Gagra, Abkhazia. While reading about FC Sheriff Tiraspol, I learned about Sheriff and its omnipresence in Transnistria. I was hoping to hear more about it. The little I've read didn't look great to my USian eyes.

[@ryderfolsom6806]

​@@GeographyNow not just that. They have a soccer team that beat Real Madrid one time. Legend (truth) says that they were bribed to lose. It's crazy.

[@marcusfridh8489]

Just like Russia, also ruled by an old KGB officer, Putin himself

[@bcube865]

One thing I notice IMMEDIATELY is that when I went to Tiraspol in October 2022 the three flagpoles in the main square (seen at min 09:14) were displaying the only 3 countries that recognise Transnistria as a legit: Abkhazia, South Ossetia aaaand....Nagorno Karabakh. I see that now the flag of Artsakh is missing as the country stopped existing. Kinda heavy.

[@komododragon410]

Has Azerbaijan really got complete control this time? I mean no resistance what's so ever?

[@bcube865]

@@komododragon410yep absolutely no chance it has been completely dismantled. Wikipedia says it’s officially dead since 1/1/24. Google Maps doesn’t even shows the area as a dotted line, which is the case for South Ossetia, Abkhazia and even Kosovo.

[@BH-gh6qm]

oh cool we were there around that time... maybe sept. idk i know we left a day before that big anniversary of independence celebration.

[@ianeons9278]

R. I. P. Artsakh 🕊️🙏

[@eligoldman9200]

None of those countries are even recognized lmaooo. Solidarity I guess.

[@mickyslowtrain8476]

“flights to Moldova are very expensive” in Europe we have something called trains which cross borders and the train from Bucharest to Chisinau is an awesome experience

[@janariviik2634]

Sounds like Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers... That said, I've taken that train and it was quite magical. More fun than my following train from Chisinau to Moscow.

[@Yuta_Yabko]

and a good song to)

[@GeographyNow]

Sure, but I’m coming from halfway across the world, not Europe

[@mickyslowtrain8476]

@@GeographyNow I understand that, of course most of the time you have to fly to your destinations. However you could have taking a train for the last leg of your journey from Bucharest, or even an extra train from Istanbul (if you don’t have too strict time constraints of course). I am a massive fan of your channel, it’s possibly my favourite youtube channel, but I feel it’s a shame that a geography channel completely disregards any discussion about climate change and the impact of flying on it.

[@alengrm7488]

Most sleeper trains are more expensive than flights tho

[@samfeldstein4498]

I like how the polar bear on the Milk Burger wrapper is celebrating a birthday and this video was uploaded on my birthday and polar bears are my favorite animals

[@GeographyNow]

I swear I deliberately meant to do that

[@andrasiboti]

Happy Birthday :D

[@Gizem0]

It's actually a Turkish brand, but there's no polar bear celebrating a birthday in Türkiye, which is a bit sad.I hope they add us too

[@christineh4192]

Oh Barbs....how thoughtful!

[@CSmith22]

@@GeographyNow Dude, Milk Burger looks pretty much like Eastern Bloc ChocoPie 😂😂😂

[@davideisenberg1702]

Even before the war with Ukraine you couldn't use foreign credit cards in Transnistria. Their currency (Transnistrian Rubles) can't be traded within the international financial system. For the same reason you can't use foreign cards at ATM's. There are however more currency exchange places than anywhere I've ever been. You just go to any of them and you can easily exchange currency (USD, EUR, Romanian or Moldovan leu, Ukrainian hryvnia, Russian rubles, Polish zloty, etc.) The rates are generally very fair.

[@docjanos]

Yep, I learned that when I was heading out towards Ukraine (years before the war) and still had a ton of their rubles. Spent them on beer and vodka.

[@rubenbinnendijk]

You cannot exchange Romanian leu, because of politics. All the others, no problem.

[@davideisenberg1702]

@@docjanos Next time go for the wine or brandy ("cognac"). KVINT is an enormous (by Transnistrian standards) business producing both and their brandy in particular is of very high quality. When purchased within the borders of Transnistria it's also dirt cheap.

[@ethanherxmedia]

I’ve never seen a more Danish looking Dane than Gus

[@sammymarrco2]

so stereotypical that dude

[@mellowcorpsep6665]

nose isnt red enough

[@crashiecorbashie]

look up holger rune

[@Kuemmernis66]

Actually really handsome

[@PhuckYT12]

@@Kuemmernis66 Most Danes I've met are annoyingly handsome or beautiful. Scandinavians have some good genes.

[@user-ft9ul5ul5v]

7:18 it's not a yugo! It's a VAZ-2101 'penny'! It is the start of Zhiguli/lada model line. It was modeled on FIAT-124 and produced in Togliatti Samara province

[@ZakkWyldeman]

Front engine rear wheel drive just like a Mercedes 😁

[@zobug6493]

I visited Transnistria in May and had a very similar experience where everyone was extremely confused as to why I was there. When I crossed into Transnistria near bender, at the border, the guards kept questioning me about why I wanted to visit when I was an American and said I was the first female American solo traveling there. (I went on a day trip). I highly recommend taking a matrushka from chisinau to tiraspol in the future as it’s what most locals do and is an experience in itself!

[@ghost21501]

Marsherutka*

[@GeographyNow]

Yeah, We considered the bus option, but found it a much slower option and we were kind of on a time crunch, lol. But yes that’s a great option too!

[@zobug6493]

@@GeographyNow ooh interesting! I didn’t find it to be slow at all- they leave every 15 or 30 minutes and it’s probably 45 minutes on it? but compared to driving I’m not sure how much time it would be

[@zobug6493]

@@ghost21501 Thank you haha I can’t spell for the life of me

[@zobug6493]

@@Nostalgia- wait that? you don’t know me so I’m not sure why you are assuming that? I don’t blog or have followers or anything- I travel because I want to experience things and I had wanted to visit transnistria for years so when I went to Moldova I challenged my self that if I could find the right minibus I would go

[@kjul.]

It's hilarious how absolutely non-existent your planning for this trip was, I mean geez :D

[@GeographyNow]

Lol, I got the basics down, everything else I could figure out along the way.

[@ALEXdeKING8]

Ikr… totally unprepared

[@Hexagonian]

@@GeographyNow I find it a shame that we didn't see much exploration, many locals, nothing outside the capital. I understand money was tight though. Perhaps it was impossible to stay for more than a day.

[@sameoldpanda5707]

8:16 apparently that's a moldovan police officer who died in the Transnistrian war. RIP

[@thebeatoftravel249]

Yes, i was kind of dissapointed of Barbs reaction on that tombstone. With a little search on google he could found out that, not reacted like a funny thing...

[@imhxll]

It's very common in Hungary that people plant tombstones near roads and highways if their relative have lost their life in a road incident. Even in Budapest you can see them on the sidewalks and everything. I don't know if they do that in other places in eastern europe, but my best guess is that they do. I was also a bit weirded out by that reaction, especially since where I come from it's a common sight.

[@Rudy_Play]

​​@@imhxllIn Russia, we do the same thing, although I haven't seen it in the cities. However, on the way to my dacha, I pass three tombstones.

[@t6ra]

@@imhxll in the us we have a similar thing called roadside memorials. i have never seen an actual stone but they can be pretty elaborate.

[@progamingofficialpenguin2601]

​@@imhxll the same in Romania

[@nwt229]

Oh my god!!!! as a geography geek, I always wondered how this partially unrecognised territories looked like inside... Thanks Barbs for showing us!!!

[@GeographyNow]

Thanks for enjoying this video!

[@docjanos]

My bucklet list thing is to visit all the unrecognized countries, still got a few to get to,

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@docjanos Have you been to any yet?

[@kacperwoch4368]

I can imagine how much preparation Barbs did before going. He said "I'm going to Soviet Union" and that was the whole plan.

[@quilmesdave]

Hahahahahahaha!!! That;s what I said to myself.

[@cele8464]

oh my god PLEASE do more of these stupidly planned travel videos with Gus, they're your best videos and good post-Zimbabwe material.

[@GeographyNow]

Trust me, this isn’t the last you’ve seen of us collaborating

[@AlexanderTheEvenGreater]

@@GeographyNow I hope you'll go to Zimbabwe for that episode. You can't not! (And maybe go to Zambia as well!) ;-)

[@gonnabefree]

There is actually an American tour guide called Tim that lives in Transnistria. He tours vilages and the soviet remains. Really cool guy

[@bonnerescutv]

man I would have loved to have met this guy while I was living in Moldova. He would have been so awesome to learn from!

[@t6ra]

his youtube is Tim Tiraspol if anyone is interested!

[@user-mk3wg2de3u]

Ty

[@Camel9991]

I wanted to write about Tim too. Seems like a poor research before the trip.

[@denisevlogiev]

I'm not surprised you liked the Romanian people they are great I've met a few and as a Bulgarian I'm proud to have them as neighbours. The whole Transnistria trip seemed like a cool holiday and it's nice to see a place rarely anyone visits or talks about.

[@Groaznic]

No, you guys are the best!

[@VladVlad-ul1io]

Never again shall we be in conflict with each other! Slava Bogu!

[@AndresLeonRangel]

I heard Bulgarians are super kind and hospitable people too…

[@SiVlog1989]

I had a similar, albeit less extreme example, when I went with my sister to Derry, Northern Ireland in 2022. After flying from London to (the inaccurately named, in my view) Belfast International Airport, we took a coach to Derry. From the bus station, we got a taxi to the Air BNB we were staying in for the week and the Taxi driver asked us "what brings you to Derry?" My sister said that she is a huge fan of the show "Derry Girls," and I said that I found the history of the city and Ireland as a whole fascinating. I highly recommend it, thoroughly enjoyed it :)

[@GeographyNow]

I can imagine the show has done wonders for them tourism wise

[@SiVlog1989]

@GeographyNow definitely, there were several tours related to sites for the show, the one that struck me the most was related to the Bogside area of the city. In the car park for the Museum of Free Derry, preserved in a frame, is a stretch of wall from the block of flats that used to occupy the site. In the preserved stretch of wall are bullet holes, specifically from the third Bloody Sunday in Irish History, January 30th 1972. I must admit that although I'd heard of all 3 Bloody Sundays from Irish history, seeing the bullet holes was genuinely both moving and shocking at the same time. I pretty much had tears well up in my eyes when our tour guide told us that their father was killed on January 30th 1972

[@techvoyagers]

As a Romanian (from Iași, very close to Sculeni or Albița, If you crossed the border there), I laughed when you found the milk burger. Also, bureaucracy in Romania is simply genius. 😂

[@mobo7420]

It actually make me pick up milk burger to try it (also live in the vicinity)

[@julianmarco4185]

This man just went through the Romanian experience, Moldovan Experience and Transnistrian experience all in 2-3 days!! Lol, I nearly spit my water all across my keyboard... lol Sorry you had to go through all that, Babs! We are still working on it! It's a "work in progress."

[@ValueNetwork]

I just finished your Korea heritage trip, and was deeply moved by your Journey of overcoming your past to redeem and appreciate your heritage… But that also makes this new video an insane bit of tonal whiplash, it was an emotional roller coaster to see a happy go lucky vlog after all that!

[@jwwwjwm]

5:40 Barbz being totally sober 🥰

[@andreakusalova9038]

You've reminded me my trip there - I visited Transnistria in 2021before the war started. Had an amazing local tourist guide,who made the visit unforgettable 🙏

[@samberry6202]

Barbs this is yet another great video! I love the way you are so honest with the viewers. Other presenters would have edited the video to make it look seamless, like nothing went wrong but you were happy to share issues with the viewers. This is so refreshing and very rare (especially on KZbin). Such a nice video about a fascinating part of the world. 😊

[@GeographyNow]

It makes the story more interesting in my opinion, lol

[@blabudu4110]

No way Barbs almost recognised Transnistria

[@alexpotts6520]

Barbs entering his villain arc...

[@Karriemisskylie]

Loved this episode. It felt so organic and 'real' thanks for doing it Barbs

[@alaskaface7147]

Lmao the guy in the grocery store giving you the disapproving dad glare 😂

[@ruahruah2154]

that was security

[@GeographyNow]

He knew something was up 😂

[@belakovdoj]

There is a wired post-Sowiet tradition to create a memorial right on the road. It is not a thumb, just a reminder that a person was died here. And maybe such memorials reminds people to drive safe.

[@zakuraiyadesu]

Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!

[@dinoman]

Great video Barbs! Glad to see you do what you love to do!

[@laurentiueana5129]

Woooah, I love to see you made it to my home country Romania, Barbs! Love the content!

[@GeographyNow]

Although it was brief, I enjoyed the time I was there. At LEAST had some Palinka 😅

[@julianmarco4185]

@GeographyNow Romania has a lot of types of alchohol: Palinca, tuica("fire water"), vodka, Rakiu, brandy, wine, beer, sweet liquor, etc.

[@askalemuralia]

@@julianmarco4185 by sweet liquor you mean vișinată?

[@julianmarco4185]

@@askalemuralia yes.

[@Charlesbakowski]

This is the fantasy adventure Ive always wanted and even as a longtime fan, my favorite episode yet.

[@HistoryHustle]

Awesome! Went there in 2018. Such a fascinating place. Great coverage.

[@Noidonteatbabiesstopasking]

Hey HistoryHustle! Love your videos

[@beanieduchet2928]

Best episode ever, really, loved your persistence and positivity 🎉

[@shawnbarron2455]

Hey awesome video as always, I've been to Moldova which was is filled with really great people. It's always good to remember how many people just due to where they're born may have to deal with all sorts of issues based on the whims of other countries.

[@GeographyNow]

Moldova was wonderful

[@chazmatic_]

I always love these "kind-of-country" reviews. It's so fascinating to see how a breakaway state handles its government without any international recognition or even connection.

[@thecursed01]

like taiwan. also best example of how mainland taiwan can just bully the whole world into submission.

[@GeographyNow]

I love them too

[@lucianboar3489]

Transnistria is definitely the most special, since it didn't split all the way from Moldova. For example regarding the football (soccer) championships. And that was a genius move for both Moldova and Transnistria, since Sheriff Tiraspol is quite successful internationally, which brings UEFA money for both Transnistria and the rest of Moldova.

[@1943-Hegemon]

I'd love more content like this where you travel to and show case other disputed regions. I think it's fascinating and high lights different perspectives. Well done

[@GeographyNow]

And I would absolutely love to make more of them in the future, thanks!

[@Mortablunt]

Barbs in the DPR!

[@timj4210]

Nice vid! Last february i was there as a tourist for 3 days. Loved it! The countryside is also really interesting with the culture houses everywhere. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@GeographyNow]

Super underrated, right?

[@timj4210]

For sure!

[@Utube4Vendetta]

super loving this kind of content! hope you do more of them in the future, especially in asia 😉

[@greenleaf4127]

looking forward to see more content like this from you!

[@GeographyNow]

Thanks for enjoying!

[@bengha4300]

Love this stuff! Love seeing you visit geographic anomalies like this! Maybe an enclave would be a cool place to visit too!

[@SibylleLeon]

I loved this video, I hope you'll do lots more like it!

[@swamianandtesla2347]

2:37 The silly music and the editing... chef kiss

[@GeographyNow]

Ha ha, thank you

[@mucks8719]

Just visited the first time there today, was fun, went to this USSR style restaurant and the food was superb, I went with my girlfriend who speaks Russian though so it was easier, but overall it felt very safe there, can recommend going if you're in Moldova (which is also worth visiting!)

[@tripwithdears]

Hi! Thank you for your review on tripadvisor

[@quilmesdave]

Are you, from the US? Once you land in Chisinau, is like open to go to Transnitria or you have to get a visa or pay something to get into their territory. I appreciate if you can answer that. Thanks!

[@mucks8719]

I'm from Germany and I told them I just want to visit for a day. So they put this little paper in my passport that they checked when I went out. So I think you can just go there by bus (ticket from chisinau is 62 lei ~3$) also make sure to bring cash to exchange there as the ATMs and cards don't work there.

[@tripwithdears]

@@quilmesdave no permits or visas needed! At the border you will be given an immigration card for a minimum period, which you can then renew without any problems!

[@asdaklsjd]

2:53 Milk Burger of Eti company is originally Turkish, it sells in our country Turkiye...

[@pikelrick5196]

And it’s a ✨masterpiece✨

[@user-cz7ez7fx6n]

turki mentioned🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺

[@emu5088]

This is amazing! Me, like many other of your fans who have been following you since the beginning, were a bit disappointed to hear that you were going to stop with the cuuntry episodes after Zimbabwe. Many of us had hoped you would do segments on the limitedly-recognized countries like Somaliland, Transnistria, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Taiwan, so when you indicated you weren't going to do a segment on countries like those, I was extremely disappointed. But for this- for you to GO TO TRANSISTRIA- more than makes up for that! In my wildest dreams I wouldn't have imagined you filming there! This is so cool, Barbs, thank you! I hope you do it for the other mostly unrecognized countries too, though I can imagine South Ossetia and Abkhazia might be especially challenging. Amazing, amazing video!

[@mobo7420]

I would very much appreciate if Paul did not do tourist trips to Russian occupied separatist dictatorships.

[@funkydrummer127]

Love you Barbs!! You're the best. Love your content

[@mihailb8280]

Mici and Palinka is the best treat from Romania. ❤

[@gus1thego]

What a crazy trip, bro! Love you

[@GeographyNow]

GUSSY BOY! Thanks for coming along! Already miss you man! Until the next adventure!!!

[@Nawniiblnu]

You're amazing!

[@r_a_]

Excellent. Hopeful. Cheerful. Thank you . These types of vlogs make us feel that life is worth living. There is nothing to fear. Just explore and be happy.

[@GeographyNow]

Thanks!

[@corjp]

Another GREAT clip.... THANKS for sharing , very educational , never heared of that place but now you tough me. 🙏🙏👍👍

[@coconut_890x5]

A tiny rather dependent then independent land consisting of Russians, Ukrainians and Moldovans taking its name from Dniestr river near by full of nice and chill people who avoid any conflicts Oh yeah, it's Transnistria baby

[@BlueManIan]

🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

[@Mortablunt]

It’s interesting, how under Russian “rule” people can live together in harmony, but the west shows up, and everyone starts killing each other.

[@colinstu]

"wtf is a milk burger" lol

[@GeographyNow]

And then I found out…

[@colinstu]

@@GeographyNow as did I! I wasn't expecting it to've actually been purchased and eaten later! Thanks for sharing that experience. You seeing and then saying that was the first thing I thought of too.

[@angelo4832]

This is so good haha do more of these!!

[@yannarangel6554]

I've seen so many people visiting Transnistria, and it was amazing, And much more respectful.

[@ourmatthew5718]

Transnistria is so free that they deported me for reading text messages close to the KGB building

[@julianmarco4185]

Babs, not gonna lie, you could have made this a week's vacation visiting these kinds of Areas just in that region: * Transnistria is the most well known problem area, militarily and economically supported by Russia. * Gagauzia is the second troubled area. Financially and culturally supported by Russia so much that their own historic language is on at the top of the list of "Endangered languages that are going extinct" according to the EU council; * Szekey region in Romania where the community are culturally Hungarian and the most nationalistic of them refuse to riase the Romanian Flag; almost a different country...

[@GeographyNow]

On Patreon I will be posting up Gagauzia

[@dazzlebreak4458]

Some Gagauz people live in the Dobrudja region in Bulgaria (I suppose there are some in Romania too, as parts of Dobrudja changed hands a couple times). The interesting thing is that as far as I know they don't call themselves Gagauz (which has general negative connotation), but "Old Bulgars", alluding to the Bulgar tribe which founded the Fist Bulgarian State, so they could be closely related. I suppose a lot of them don't speak their native language, but their number could be misleading because over the years Muslim/Non-Bulgarian minorities were just lumped together as "Turkish" in addition to Communism and migration displacing a lot of people.

[@chicken2jail545]

This was awesomeness! Great job Barbs.

[@davidanderson9664]

Cheers. Great show as always! D.A. NYC

[@CommenterChaos]

I really love these traveling videos barbs. Hope you visit more obscure countries!

[@GeographyNow]

I definitely wanna keep doing it! Thanks!

[@joermnyc]

Kind of reminded me of our visits to Bulgaria, a lot of Soviet style buildings and some monuments, (we were in Burgas, Stara Zagora, and later Sofia, basically we followed the A1 highway all the way across the country). Plus winter snow just makes everything beautiful.

[@GeographyNow]

Bulgaria is awesome, that place totally blew my mind and far exceeded my expectations

[@jhaarbur]

Paul, a few more suggestions of interesting places to visit. Some are difficult to get to...but that's the point! (In no particular order): 1. Nauru 2. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3. Saint Helena (they are really trying to boost their tourism industry right now, so that would probably be something they'd love). And if you get really lucky, Tristan da Cunha and Ascension Island, though I know how diffuclt the latter 2 are. 4. Palau, Micronesia, Marshall Islands (free association with the USA) 5. Gibralter, Ceuta, and Melilla 6. Azores and Madeira 7. Aland Islands 8. Svalbard 9. Sao Tome and Principe 10. Falkland Islands

[@mikenogozones]

so cool, I actually have been to Moldova but didn't have enough time to check out Transnistria, kudos to you for going

[@dudmic]

Milk Burger, it's two pancakes with some cream in between, we get those from Turkey, the company making them ETI has some interesting sweets, their wafer Dare Dark Chocolate is pretty awesome There's also Gagauzia in Moldova a self governed region Might want to visit the smallest mountain chain in Europe in the eastern area of Romania, Macin Mountains, they're best visited in the colder seasons since in the summer there's a high chance of heat stroke and the nearest hospital is quite far, plus the occasional summer storms that are quite dangerous in Dobruja.

[@leoraftu1206]

I love this type of content, hope you continue it 🇷🇴 ❤️‍🔥

[@KavinTimothy-vo6hv]

Great video. Heading to moldova soon.. May be Transnistria as well. Bucket list!

[@nikvasilev8434]

Of course you are not the first American who visit Transnistria, there are many vlogs in KZbin on people from USA. I have been there 2019 and I can say there are the best people I met ever. Very clean (you can see the difference between Moldova and Transnistria). Even the roads are better in Transnistria. Very kind, very friendly. 😊 Greetings from Bulgaria!

[@zuraorokamono204]

For years I imagined how it would be if you visited Romania. Your first reactions did not disappoint me in the slightest!

[@alexpotts6520]

"What the hell is a milk burger!?"

[@alexbrasovan]

Yes, we do put tombstones in the most random places 😅 Thanks Barbs for visiting my country and my hometown of Chisinau. Come again for the wine festivals at the beginning of October. It's worth it : )

[@GeographyNow]

Yeah, I thought it was a little interesting how it was right in the middle of the parking lot, and all by itself, not even in a graveyard

[@GeoJoeTravels]

Very interesting and thorough too!

[@cronic7581]

Gus seems like such a cool guy to go visit places with, seems like he is up for any adventure if he got a friend :)

[@vattghern257]

10:30 Suvorov who is responsible for Prague Slaughter, (Slaughter of all civilians on right bank of Warsaw city in Poland in 1795. So yeah

[@Zapper-kq1zg]

fake

[@IsaacAdler]

Traveling Istanbul -> Moldova -> Transnistria -> Ukraine -> USA got me on a watch list, that I had get my Senator's office to remedy. Enjoy!

[@ts6603]

MORE OF THESE!

[@theconqueringram5295]

Wow, that's so cool that you got to visit the place!

[@karayoutuber]

8:33 no that’s just Moldovan Cyrillic. (Kind of)

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

As a Romanian Im glad this appeared. Almost makes up for how rushed the Romania episode was.

[@le57erguapo43]

So cool, Barbs. God bless you.

[@4lvrz_]

Coming from someone whose father is from Dubasari, I'd say this is a good video! Keep it up.

[@erik8467]

Hey barbs, glad you made a video on this country and got to visit. Since you started your KZbin series I was really looking forward for you to finish the Z countries in order to get to the countries that exist but aren't recognized, like transnistria and like Nagorno-Karabakh. Unfortunate that you never got to visit Nagorno-Karabakh and by the time it comes to making the video, it'll be too late for one I suppose but I am glad to see you visit these other places before something happens to them

[@Michelle-qq4vv]

I went to Transnistria for a few days back a couple years ago. I paid for a private tour and had the most fascinating discussions with my guide. I've wanted to go back every since.

[@tripwithdears]

Welcome

[@sabrinaleedance]

I love how rough this was like it was so real like even when I'm not traveling someplace like this I experience things like Barbs did...thanks for being so real lol

[@user-os5bh2mg7m]

Very cool video, thanks! My brother, who now lives in Romania, used to live and worked in Moldova for a couple of years and got invited to give a talk at the University of Tiraspol. He told me a bit about it, but I had never seen what Transnistria actually looks like. I'm going to add that place to my bucket list. ;)

[@Vlad_Iorgu_2009]

This title should have been titled "milk burger,mici and palincă" since this is more interesting than transnistria.🇹🇩🇹🇩

[@Taalul]

I really want to visit transnistria, my grandpa was born in Tiraspol, my dad grew up In Tiraspol, it seems interesting.

[@tripwithdears]

За чем же дело ?

[@Taalul]

@@tripwithdears ? Мой папа из Тирасполя

[@thefloor5311]

have'nt even watched the whole thing but pretty cool, didn't really expect a video on transnistria

[@IxHATExUCLA]

Cool trip! Good lessons learned here. Thanks for sharing! Never heard of this place. The thing about sherif is interesting too.

[@GeographyNow]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!

[@5-Minutegeography]

I think doing a series of De Facto countries after the current one would be amazing. Just a thought.

[@per-olamjomark7452]

Went there a few years back. Such a strange place. Heavily dependent on subsidies from Russia, which maintains a military presence and peacekeeping mission in the territory. Political competition is restricted, and the ruling political group is aligned with powerful local business interests. Impartiality and pluralism of opinion in the media is very limited, and authorities closely control civil society activity. (On the plus-side, the food and brandy was nice.)

[@whereisamine]

Super interesting. I visited in 2021 and that park with the statue used to fly 3 flags from breakaway republics: South Ossetia, Abkhazia & Artsakh (aka Nagorno-Karabakh) the latter of which seemed to have been taken down in your footage… consistant with the recent events there. Wow.

[@CookieFonster]

Your travel vlogs are my favorite videos on your channel! Especially about unusual places, like this.

[@GeographyNow]

Glad you enjoyed them, thanks!

[@cow1816]

As someone who lived in China for a few years, it always surprises me how similar Eastern European cities are to Chinese ones. The pipelines going above the street, the weird treats that have strange wording and are 50/50 if they're good or not, the cars, the layout of the cities mixed with cultural buildings, and also most people are friendly with the exception of a few people who are most definitely in a gang/mafia of some sort (Could still be friendly)

[@ahmetskart]

Barbs also Should visit "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" in Cyprus and then visiting "Republika Srpska" in Bosnia&Herzegovina😊 And also Milk Burger is made by ETİ (Turkish snack brand)🇹🇷

[@GeographyNow]

One of those will come true..

[@GumSkyloard]

Oh, I love this! While I do love the main GN series, GeoGO! definitely sounds like a super fun replacement.

[@Gwendalyn777]

Please do more travel videos, this was great lol

[@Minsterio001]

5:33 paul and gus walking drunk (i guess by the way they talk) in the middle of the night on a random street in moldova😂

[@kacperw7]

Sad you didn’t know about Tim from Tiraspol. He’s an american from Nebraska who lives in Transnistria for many years

[@danielrapp7016]

From Bucharest it's very easy to go to Tiraspol. There is a direct marshrutka from the airport to Chisinau, and from there buses run every 30 minutes to Transnistria. Fun place, 6 years ago a bottle of vodka cost 40 cents in the supermarket.

[@LukasLiwandouw]

Would love to see you travel the world! Also, come come here visit Indonesia! there's a lot of changes since your last episode..