http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/krimbow/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from krimbow en-us Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:14:32 +0000 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:14:32 +0000 Bails Out It was my Birthday weekend and also it coincided with a Stag party of one Stretcho and Mikey Boy's mates. David Bailey or Bails picked Chaddy and I up from our respective homes and we hit out on the highway. Chad wanted him to stop at an off License so he could buy some cans of lager for the Journey. But Bails was having none it he told him Fck off if I canrsquot have a drink http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Bangor/blog-453888.html Back on the RoadThe Baltic States Estonia Latvia and Lithuania were to be our new mission. We bought a return flight to Estonia and so on a gloomy rainy summerrsquos day we flew out into the unknown. We arrived mid afternoon and made our way to the Bus Station and bought tickets for an overnight coach to Vilnius Lithuania We had two weeks to visit 3 countries so I came up with the pla http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/blog-448388.html I Am Getting A Team together It was the Dogrsquos idea to go Glastonbury for the music festival at first I said no when he asked me. But during a night spent popping little fellas he talked me in to going. I thought there would be a big team going but it turned out to be just me the Dog and Col Killy. Yes I was travelling again with him after all that happen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/blog-404583.html In the Beginning Kev Duff had moved house to Athlone Avenue a nice quiet culdesac in a nice part of Moston. He invited me around for a coffee and chat and to show off his new abode. Out of the blue he asks me ldquoDo you fancy going to New Yorkrdquo I am quite taken aback by his request as Kev has never shown any interest in travelling before. He goes on to tell me that http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-385227.html Lets get ready to RumbleI sat in the front room of our house I was eager to get on the road again. Everything was set the plan was a good one on paper A taxi to the Chorlton Street Coach Station coach to Luton Airport taxi to the Travelogue for overnight stay. Taxi to airport next morning for our 1pm flight to Kiev then another overnight stay at Marinarsquos Auntiersquos apartment and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Kiev/blog-369969.html Fixing a hole We arrived at the Bus station after sitting 5 hours on a Rackety bus. If I ever drop the big one on the Lottery I will give the Moldovan Government 1 million Euros to tarmac the road from Chisinau to Odessa the roads has more pot holes in them than the surface of the moon.We had 5 hours or so to kill before our train to Kharkiv was due to depart. Our Travel mission was to visit Kha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Kharkiv/blog-291943.html One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey.We take a bus to the train station and then a train to the Airport we are travelling light. We both have a rucksack each and the buggy with Lisa in. No big suitcase this time. We are arrive at the airport with plenty of time to spare we drink a coffee while we are waiting for check and we find out that the morning flight to Pragu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-278252.html MORNING GLORY Friday 345 in the AM and my Mobile plays the tune ldquothe Entertainerrdquo itrsquos my wake up call for our epic Journey to Moldova. I wake up Marina and Lisa our little 15 month old bundle of joy and we start to get dress and wait for our Taxi. So it beginshelliphellipThe Plan like all good plans are worked out well in advance and are flexible if anything goes wron http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-239389.html Getting to Moldova from Manchester is not easy or cheap as I was soon going to find out. I had 2 options to get there. Plan A was take a flight via Stanstead Airport near London to Chisinau easy eh But expensive 400 plus for a return flight. Plan B Take a flight to Romania via Frankfurt and then take an over night train to Chisinau. Flight would cost 188 and price of the Train Journey was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/Centre/Chisinau/blog-163136.html It was so hot in Chisinau 30 plus degrees we had to get out of the city as Moldova is landlocked and we could not go to the Black sea because I only had a single entry visa it meant there was one option but to go to Vadu lui VodaVaduluiVoda situated on the right bank of the Dniester River is a great place for us city dwellers to get away from it all and pretend we are the seaside it is http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/blog-81494.html On the morning of 18th February I set off to Moldova full of hope and optimism. To get to Moldova from Manchester I have to fly from Heathrow airport. This is a real pain. Last time when I went I said overnight in London but this time I was trying something different. The plan was to get an early morning train to London and then take the tube to Paddington Station and then take the Heathrow Expres http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/blog-51566.html Woke up at 5pm I felt really hung over after a few too many beers at quiz night. We did not win again the Dog my great and wild living friend was looking up the answers on his mobile phone and we still came third. The driver was a talker who never shut up all the way up to the airport...rdquoWhere are you going materdquo ldquoPraguerdquo I told him which was kind of the truth. I rea http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/blog-55487.html My Journey to Moldova started at Manchester Airport on a Tuesday afternoon i sat in the Bar and phone up friend Chaddy who i knew would be working in his shitty Factory Job Hi Chad just supping a nice cold beer waiting for my flight to Moldova I knew he would be jealous of me i was a bit smug i guess. After hanging up i checked the flight screen to my dismay it was delayed. shit i hope i dont http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Moldova/blog-47449.html