Blogs from Northern Georgia, Georgia, Asia

After Kutaisi, I headed to the Upper Svaneti region in Georgia, known for its mountains and natural beauty. The drive from Kutaisi to Mestia was a comfortable one, the road gets windy in some places, but it's an easy journey. At an altitude of 1,500 meters, Mestia boasts of Mount Ushba, which with its double horn shape is called the Matterhorn of the Caucus Mountains. The Svan people, who live here have a very old history and their language (apart from speaking Georgian), but are some of the most hospitable people around. I was staying at a home stay and the family was ever so welcoming and their food is really tasty. I hiked on my second day in Mestia, exploring the glacier but also taking time to randomly explore the nature by the Enguri river. ... read more

Today we had a self proclaimed friendly guide, Gorba and a very safe driver, Archie who can speak English but chooses not to. Koba certainly was very friendly and talkative. He also is an artist and created drawings for each of us whilst in the moving vehicle. We may laugh now, but in 10 years they’ll be worth €300 each. Our vehicle for the day was an 8 seater 4-wheel drive and we certainly needed it when later we were off road in the Causcasus mountains. The other tourists were Pavel from Poland, Alex from Russia and a couple I thought were from the UK, but it turned out that the guy only sounded English but was from India. Gorba was quick to point out that we’re all friends and that no one was responsible for ... read more

In the Midwest, we say if you don’t like the weather, just wait an hour because it changes so quickly. I think the similar could be said about the topography of Georgia. If you don’t like the view, drive an hour and you can see an entirely different scene. We tested this theory and drove from the river and mountain landscape of Borjomi to the intense mountains of the Kazbeghi Region in northern Georgia. We passed by emerald lakes and stately monasteries, followed rivers and their tributaries, watched as Georgian farmers harvested wheat, orchard grass and honey and enjoyed as they shepherded their herds of cattle and sheep high into the mountains. We traveled through the rapidly growing ski towns and watched as sky divers took advantage of the heights. We took sharp hairpin turns and ... read more

Noc nahovno bo starsi litovec chrapal. Raňajky opat jogurty. Po jedle nazad do postele. Vcera mi este staff cela vyplasena vravela, ze mlade holandanky dali zle recenzie hostelu. Na to jej hned vola majitelka, tak odmeny asi nebudu. Inak nevim co sa holandankam nelubilo, vzdy byva mensi bordel v kupelke rano. A to, ze volaky jebo zapchal hajzel s papirom (ten sa do zachodu nesmi hadzat), za to staff nemoze. Doobeda len relax na terase. Dnes uplne ukazkove pocasie, usa baba bude mat genialnu turu. Staff mi odporucila ist k mineralnemu bazenu cca 20min od ubytka. Tak si tam slapem, je to oznacene na mapy.cz. Cesta udolickom. Bazen je skryty za mensimi krikmi ale hluk deti ma nasmeroval aj bez pouzitia mapy. Vrt, z neho trubka, smerom k bazenu. Voda pre mna studena ale deti sa ... read more

Rano mi bolo teda dost nahovno. Smer metro kde kupujem dobijatelnu kartu za 2l a kredit 1l. Recepcny vravel, ze bezkontaktnou kartou sa platit na turnikete neda ale ked som pipal kartu boli tam obrazky visa a mastercard, tak to asi pojde. Metro fajn, ukazovatele stanic i zrozumitelne hlasenie. Vyskakujem na stanici didubi. Tu v okienku v metre odovzdavam novonadobudnutu kartu, blocek (bez neho ju nezoberu).Tetula mi dava vypisat lejstro, podpis a uz mi vraca 2l a zostatkovy kredit 0.5l. Keby vim, ze su s tym take obstrukcie vyprdnem sa na to. Na bus stanici marsutiek zacinam hladat vodu. Nakonec jeden obchodik najdeny, hned doplnenie tekutin. Cul zacina hladanie marsutky smer mtskheta. Idem do jednej pokladni, tam mi ukazuje aby som siel niekde hore. Tak tam idem, horny terminal, tam ma zas posilaju na dolny terminal. ... read more