With the backdrop of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, I would like to take a moment to highlight one of my favorite youtube channels: Bald and bankrupt

This is a British guy with a huge set of travel vlogs going to a bunch of different countries and places. The highlight definitely being his ventures through countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union.

Being a very extroverted and humorous guy, and speaking enough Russian to have conversations, he often goes on spontaneous adventures, making friends with locals. I think it offers more of an insider glimpse into the lives of people in these countries. He holds quite a high level of knowledge about the history of the old Soviet regime, giving little explanatory tours of the places he visits, commenting on Soviet architecture and various phenomena he encounters.

Watching his videos often feels like travelling through those countries without leaving my apartment and has been a great source of inspiration for me. Just below is a video of him going to Transnistria AKA Pridnestrovie, a little known autonomous region in Moldova, the least visited country in Europe. I recommend giving it a watch if you like these types of videos!



Also if you happen to be from any of these regions (or if have traveled through them), feel free to share your general thoughts and impressions! I think we'd all find interesting.

Zlinqx : Transnistria is so fcukin funny. Just a tiny lil portion of Moldova that revolted, it has loads of Russians and everyone speaks Russian. They also had funny economic problems, they can barely even make any of their own currency.

I like to watch some of the youtube travelers. Some of them make it look like your actually there with them serving as the tour guide. I like the ones that give history about the country they are visiting.

There is a lot of history with Russia. When I was in college in my language and linguistics class, which everybody had to take even if you were a science major, my teacher was from Russia. She would show us videos and pictures of her home country. The buildings, church's and eco systems were beautiful.

I think I have seen some of his videos before.