Mum and Ben's birthday.
Today we’ll cross into Moldova. We arrived at the border of Ukraine and waited in line. They were allowing about 5 cars at a time through the gates, After 2 lots we got through and parked where indicated. The customs guy jumped up onto the step and peered past me into the back asking if we were a commercial vehicle? He came in and looked in a few draws asking for medicine I showed him the Neurophen which was fine. He began asking for Australian coins and I know I have some but could not find them but found a kiwi 50c. He was very happy. Passports took a little while to process with all the passport control personal having their input. We got our stamp and were away.
Next
to the Moldova border. Here they were also friendly. The lady had a few
problems with the vehicle details but the customs guy had reasonable English
and helped her. We paid our road tax of €5 and the customs guy
looked in from the doorway into the house and walked off. We
were all done by 13:30 - 1 hour to exit Ukraine and half to enter Moldovia.
Headed North on the red road, It was pretty bad in places but soon came mostly good. At one stage the “speedway” looked dry enough … no it wasn’t, so in 4x4 we climbed the bank back onto the road.
Stopped in Taracia and bought a SIM, so we had internet. The young lady who served us had some English. We finally found the post office in a derelict building and managed to post our vote for the Victorian election. Who knows when they’ll arrive.
All the rubbish bins had US-aid on them.
Had a
little trouble finding a camp as all the little tracks were dirt and
very slippery. Finally we found one and hid behind an abandoned
building. Still could be seen from some of the red road but we were 1
km away.