Blogs from Georgia, Asia - page 31

We are still sitting in Georgia, to be exact we are sitting in the middle of a forest in the Telavi Region, a stream is trickling down from the left of our tents and the birds are doing their thing up in the trees. We have now been on the road for four months and it has flown by with such pace that sometimes you forget to just sit and reflect. I think this may be a bit of a curse for all travellers? Like in life you rush through what you want and don't actually just stop and think - wow, just what exactly have we done so far? When we started this blog it was mainly for family and friends, but also for people like us who were complete travel novices, both stuck in ... read more

Moving on from Central Turkey we took the long, and very trodden road towards Goreme. Famous for its Mars like terrain with cave dwellings, rolling chalk and basalt hills and very very phallic like fairy chimneys. The town is well known on the tourist circuit for its hot air balloon rides over the amazing land and yep that's what we did! Getting up at 5am to catch the sunrise was worth every penny and we both got to fulfill dreams and tackle fears as we rose up in the air. It was breath taking, the silence and serenity as you drift 1800m above ground to then be taken on a tour of the valleys below, amazing, best thing so far! Oh, we also hired quad bikes and put our petrol head hats on which came in ... read more

Quick Note: When traveling half way across the world don't end blogs mid sentence. It worries people. Mostly mothers. Since I last wrote we went on a journey through the country side of Georgia, many things happened, some funny, some educational, all memorable. Below I will do my best to summarize the events in an exciting and hopefully entertaining manner. After posting we headed out to play some pool and then hit up a restaurant for some beer. Pool itself wasn't very exciting; I posted a modest 6-0 record representing Canada to the best of billiard abilities. The restaurant is where things got interesting. We asked Koka for a pitcher of beer. He had no idea what we were talking about. After a few moments of conversing Koka understood that we wanted a lot of beer. ... read more

How clean is a whistle? I mean really. Got a hold of a few pics from Yesterday. We awoke this morning to Dali having breakfast ready, again. Bread, cheese, tea, coffee, and hot dogs were on the menu and we all dove in and respectfully filled our bellies. It's hard to describe the day. We started out going to vineyard out in the country. It was an old farm, full of pigs, goats, a few sheep, and even less cows. There were two farm dogs, Basa and Schmeigel. Basa was a beast; she was the daughter of a wolf and a normal dog and it showed. They also had making wine down to a pretty good science and we were allowed to sample far too many different types by 11 in the morning. Having worked on ... read more

Disclaimer remains "I don't believe in Jet lag" Blake- " I don't know if thats a topic up for philosophical debate" Lawyered. Unfortunately or I guess fortunately nothing exciting happened on the 17 hours I spent aboard a plane to arrive in Georgia. Mike, who is a teacher from Selkirk, had a girl pass out from watchign 127 hours and whilst in her seduced state of mind relieve herself in her seat. I guess that's exciting. More sad. I did manage to pull of a few 'that's what she said' joke at 33000 feet which sent the stof into a fit of laugher and may have awoke some passengers near us. The picture will be on here soon. Moral victory. We arrived at 1 in the morning and after being laughed at by the customs officer ... read more