Transnistria
 

Has anyone traveled through Transnistria and is it worth seeing? When you read, "... strangest place you'll ever visit", you become intrigued.

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There is lots of rather mindless hype on the internet by people trying to make an exciting story, as usual.

My impression was that it's a nice place. Tiraspol is a provincial town with a good few Soviet monuments; Bender has a restored Ottoman fortress and in general the place is very friendly and feels somewhat trapped in time.

If you are particularly interested in post-Soviet politics then there might be an additional draw for you. It has its own currency if that interests you.

I drove much of the length of Transnistria and stayed with a local family outside Tiraspol for 3 days. Very nice experience, which I wrote up here: https://eurasiaoverland.com/2011/10/31/31/

Strangest place you'll ever see? I doubt it.

EO

From what I have heard, it's not the arse-hole of the world, but you can see it from there. :)

Michael