Ukraine - any helpful tips?
 

Heading off to Ukraine and back this summer from London. Can't find the sort of helpful info such as on the Morocco threads.

Can anyone give me a heads-up on stuff through Germany, Poland, Moldova and Ukraine?

Stuff?

I guess Transnistria is still worth avoiding. I've heard Chisinau is a really cool place; I'd planned to travel myself in late May to see the Ukrainian Sidecar Motocross GP but had to cancel.

What info do you need?
 

Hi Nigel,

We did the western part of the Ukraine in 2011 as part of a 5 mth trip, entering from Romania from Siret and made our way first to Chernivtsi, then cross country to Ternopil, and spent time in Lviv. Crossed into Poland, and did all of eastern Poland from there to Krakow and then onto Auschwitz before entering the Czech Republic.
You are asking a big question re: "heads up on stuff", so perhaps you can clarify what you are interested in seeing, destinations, roads, culture, sporting events, food, then responders like myself can provide some good detail.
For starters if you visit our blog at Two Wheels move the Soul
look down the right hand side of the front page, click on 2011, then August, you will see all our entries which includes the ares you mentioned in your post.
I'd be happy to help.
If the Ukraine isn't a destination itself, (a specific location) then be aware you'll be driving on some of the worst roads, and terrible border crossings (read blog). We had some advantages that you won't have in making things work.

Romania in our opinion is a much more interesting destination country.