Chișinău, MOLDOVA to Kyiv, UKRAINE 🇲🇩 🇺🇦 NIGHTBUS 

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Johnny, glad you made it home to Kyiv, wish and pray this madness will be over sooner rather than later! Slava Ukraini !! 🇺🇦

Fantastic video Johnny, I really enjoyed that…when the Ukraine war started I was a little critical of you because of that Russian TV interview you did and clearly I was wrong so I apologise for that now( long overdue). Your passion for Ukraine and it’s people is crystal clear and you’ve done a lot for the Ukrainian population. Good on yer mate 👍.

Incredible journey back brother! Looks incredibly exhausting but you made it! Welcome back to Ukraine!

Johnny , thanks for making Moldova look so good!!!

So happy for you to be back home. Hope it stays safe where you are

Happy that you are going back! For sure it was exhausting in the bus… but at least it was cheap. Take care and enjoy your Home Kyiv❤️

Safe travels Johnny! ❤️🙌

This dude right here is awesome, he donated a lot of money to help Ukraine!

Woah dude 30k? That's amazing if you raised this a yourself Johnny! Ur a good dude Johnny

Appreciate your content JOHNY

very emotional long journey Johnny glad your back home 🤍 hope pray you stay safe 🙏 love from Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇦

I hope all is well with you, your family and friends. Stay safe and stay strong 💖😘

Welcome to Ukraine! Thanks for showing my city, haven't seen it for a very long time.

Great video. Thanks!

Glad you arrived safely after such a long journey 🙏 Just been watching your buddy Bald trying to enter Ukraine from Hungary but was refused entry...look forward to seeing more..be careful 😘

Hi Johnny!! Glad to see that you finally made it back home!! That shiny looking material reminds me of the "Space blanket" material that was brought out many years ago. A metallic coated polymer of some kind. 😊😎👍👍👍

Your breakfast snack looked like it was wrapped in food grade Mylar. Similar to Pop-tarts (or helium balloons). It’s very airtight to keep thing fresh. Seems odd they would use it open like that instead of paper material. Maybe it’s cheap.

The hostel with the beautiful cats ❤️love it !

Im glad you got home safe to Kyiv Johnny FD 👍😀

What a stunner 😍

Stay Safe!!!! Praying for Ukraine xoxo

I used to go to Chisinau for border runs when I worked in Ukraine. Haven't been there in quite a while.

Thanks for sharing your journey with us, Johnny! What I actually wonder about: isn‘t there a night curfew in Ukraine or is it limited to certain cities only? Cause the bus was driving all night to reach Kiev very early in the morning. What you said about 36 hours to get home, well, thanks to Putin‘s war my wife does not know when she‘ll be able to see her mother, who decided to stay in Dnipro despite our urges to leave. Back in 2021 my wife flew to Dnipro vis Kiev from Munich within a few hours, vice versa in December 2021. Dnipro airport, unfortunately, was destroyed by Putin‘s orks. I wonder whether Boryspil airport is still standing…Take care Johnny and be careful and don‘t ignore the air raid sirens. Condolences to families in Winnytsa, Tschasiw Jar, Dnipro and to all having been hurt by Putin‘s aggression. Peace to Ukraine, Freedom and Democracy to Russia, down with Putin‘s terrorist reign!

A nice quiet coffee shop I recommend for chilling out( working on your laptop) would be Yolk Croissants. It can be found on Alexander Pushkin St 3, Chișinău. A general place for okay food is Andy's Restaurant chain.

Welcome back!

Poor dog, it looks like He’s waiting for his owner. Hope He wasn’t abandoned.

Awesome bus journey vibe. From the north since Warsaw to Kyiv is operated by FlixBus again despite the war, it seems more like a regular European bus journey, this one has a unique vibe.

Love your content Johnny, ever since you appeared with Bald I’ve been hooked with your channel!! Stay safe brother

Good video Johnny, stay safe now that you are back there. I was just wondering have you ever checked out that comic book shop near your place? I’m surprised to see one there actually.

Fantastic ending. 🌻

Glad you made it back ok.

I would love to visit Moldova and Ukraine one day, I saw all of your videos. Those countries are now in my European list.

Welcome home Johnny.

Welcome Home Johnny

I got my coffee and wanted to watch your video before I work . now I feel so tired and I wanna go sleep

Just noticed your apartment is on the same street I stayed when I visited Kyiv in 2019

The plastic foil wrapper is called Mylar. It’s great for food packaging and those emergency foil “space blankets” are made of the same type of material.

JOHNNY, SO GLAD YOU MADE IT HOME! You are a cool CAT!👍😸

Johnny the US is warning all citizens to leave ,please be careful. My thoughts and prayers are with you , and all of the people having to go through this.🙏🕊💖💫

Johnny I love pressing bruises too hahahahaha keep safe 💙💙💙💙

Take care stay safe ❤️

Fantastic video and nice trip back Johnny It looks like your choice to stay was best because you got to relax in Moldova for the day and hang out with friends! A nice way to start a journey back.

@Johnny FD the cities of iasi, Suceava, Brasov and Cluj Napoca are in romania too

She’s exquisitely breath taking, wow!

Johnny that material looks like Mylar. Same stuff as "space blankets"

Stay Safe Johnny!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi guys will you be teaching more kids in kiev. Btw do you teach programming at the uni there. Thanks for video

nice one again, Lasi, there is a difference between capital I and lower l although they look the same you know...

Glad you made it back okay! I came across these recent trips of yours while watching news on Ukraine - my best bud at work (LA) is from Odesa. I'm also Taiwanese, Californian (San Diegan), and speak some Russian... took 2 years of Russian out of the boredom that was engineering grad school in the late 90s. Your trip has definitely inspired me to learn back some of the languages! Question: Why in all of your recent trips were you wearing t-shirts identifying that you're from Ukraine? Was it to support fellow Ukrainians, or kind of a safety measure traveling thru Eastern Europe while Asian?

Iasi, in the Romania. The capitol of Medieval Moldova, that is now split between Romania and the Republic of Moldova. Do visit there once .. great place. Great nature, great history, amazing food and wine, gorgeous women.

Hi Johny! Welcome back! Just FYI Mcdonalds promised to reopen in Ukraine - hopefully within a month or sooner it'll open up again

I was hoping to see Johny in Chisinau but I see he beelined it for Kyiv. I was in Chisinau for a month it's very nice. Now I'm finally in Ukraine.

Nearly all buses to Ukraine go from Autogara Nord in Chisinau. It's a fantastic bus station. Inside the bus station itself theres some very nice clean shops selling food and drinks. From the outside, like you see in the video, looks like a typical european bus station. The bus station building seems fairly modern inside.

Damn, took the same bus 2 times before the invasion, kinda miss the vibe. But not the border checks 😂

Long time bro... Lots of love from tuensang Nagaland NorthEast India

That's some agressive cat petting my cat would probably rip your hands off :D

God bless you and god bless Ukraine 🇺🇦

Wellcome back to Moldova!

Slava Ukraini! Good to see you back there but be careful.

There's a very simple reason for the bus to take the "long" way through the north of Moldova. It's because the direct route goes through Transnistria. Since you've been to Transnistria -- I do not call it by the name you mentioned in the video -- you're aware that Transnistria is a Russian-backed Separatist area. If you think about the politics, it will be clear that Ukraine would be concerned about the presence of a Russian-backed territory on its border. In fact, there have been lots of concerns over the last few months between Ukraine, Transnistria, and Moldova. Ukraine has a couple times made threats - most recently that if Transnistria tried to slap Ukraine, it would receive a pounding in response. You're smart enough that I don't have to spell it out any further. In Google Maps for me, two routes are shown. One goes through Transnistria, the other avoids it, and yes the one avoiding Transnistria takes over 8 hours versus the 6-hour route through Transnistria. I believe I've seen in the news that Ukraine has closed all border crossings between it and Transnistria. I have seen in the news that Americans have a very difficult time currently entering Transnistria. You probably would have been pulled from the bus and sent back to Chisinau or maybe detained. While I found this interesting, it was very cringey to me to hear you speaking Russian in Moldova. The presence of Russian-speakers in Moldova is because of years of Russification, and I believe that was not healthy for Moldova. Moldova, like many other USSR territories suffered greatly, with lots of ethnic Romanians from Moldova being sent to gulags, and Moldova suffered in the second Holodomor like many other territories. Final note - if you had instead gone to Odesa, you might have bumped into Conor Clyde. It would be interesting to see the two of you talk.

Im coming across the Pond!August...To Italy!

Johnny what do you do If the country that your visiting has different outlets. How do you charge your laptop if the plugs are different?

Hats off to the first responders still doing their duty in the chaos

the cats ❤

reply to me with time stamps to the interesting portions please. cba to watch this whole thing

Recommendation from living my whole life walking around cities - try to lose some excess weight and slim down the muscles. Your endurance will be a lot better and you won't get as hot and sweaty when walking around the city. Just do something like cycling, jogging, inline skating, calisthenics, etc for muscle toning so you can keep your aerobic stamina. Try getting down to under 200 lbs ideally.

I am interested to see the condition of your car, and if it will start

Brother,where is bus station ,and how far from airport ?

Hi Johnny, fellow digital nomad here. I rented an Airbnb for 2 months right at the Maidan square. Shoot me a line if you'd like to hang out. It would be cool to meet you.

Im still interested in going to Chisinau one day.

Johnny want to take a bus from Chisinau to Mykolaiv is it possible?

Hey Johnny, are you following Conor? He was in Chisinau too and now he's back in Kyiv!

At least you have your car to get around now that your home.

Hi Johny. I will be traveling to Odessa soon from Chisinau. How are border checks, do the go trough all the bags, holding everyone for hours? Did they single you out being american citizen?

What country and city did you purchase your Moonswatch from and how do you rate it as an everyday beater watch? I Always watch your videos and like your content, take care regards Naphtali

If you had gone to Odesa you could take the train to Kyiv. Much more comfortable

Have you heard anything about the state dept telling americans to leave ukraine as soon as possible?

Johnny, can you keep putting pressure on MacDonalds to re-open inside Ukraine? I don't see why can't they be open for service in Kyiv and western parts of Ukraine.

“ let’s rush” and going speed limit right after 👩🏼‍🦽

Do you need a special visa to enter ukraine right now? Or can anyone enter?

Great video Johnny. I’m sure it felt good to get home, and into your own place. Good that the trip went relatively smooth and definitely glad it was safe That scenery you spoke of while in Moldova.... for sure was nice! 😉 The scene from the television at the end though.......... I have no words, other than he needs to be gone and in the more pieces the better. 💙💛

Johnny: Bus to Kiev? Trainee: Kiev? Noo Driver: of course we drive to Kiev

Moldova looks like the center valley in California

Hey Johnny i watched your video and noted that you came from Bucharest to Moldova.Is that because you could could not get any transport from Romania directly into Ukraine?My wife and i are planning to head into Ukraine from Romania or Moldova early October. Thanks for great videos.Regards Barry.

Johnny you are smarter than Benjamin for going to Ukraine! By bus is the way ! Congratulations! Slava Ukraina!

Bro you should’ve took a shuttle from Bucharest to Moldova it only takes six hours

Where's Johnny's Porsche that he bought?

Welcome back in Ukraine. How is your Porsche is doing?

Hey Johnny...how r ur parents, how often to u talk to them, r they worried about u going back to Kiev? I keep thinking about the video with u and Benjamin desperately trying to get out, and now ur back in harm's way!? Stay safe!!!

Did you find your favorite restaurant MickyDees and your happy meal? lol

Johnny What was your friends names who picked you up.

You should ride to Odesa and take train to Kyiv from there

You do know that the US embassy staff has left and they urged all US citizens to leave? The last time they warned about the war, they were correct, too.

You missed the most amzing city Bălți or "Бэлць" with Cyrillic letters.

How do one rent a room for few hours? I never heard of this before.

That material kind of looks like a reflective cellophane or something alike

I believe the route the bus takes is to avoid the Carpathian mountain range.

“I like these watermelons… 🤤🍉” “Hottest Uber driver in all of Romania” Daft lad, Johnny. Never grow up, mate. Peter Pan forever!

Johnny, must be in luv or something to return to a future soooo unpredictable. Good luck!