http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Georgia , Tbilisi District , Tbilisi en-us Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:53:30 BST Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:53:30 BST Look An army is coming from the north a great nation and many kings are being stirred up from the ends of the earth. 42 They are armed with bows and spears they are cruel and without mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride on their horses they come like men in battle formation to attack you O Daughter of Babylon jer.50 41Who is the emper http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-315380.html Georgia ... of my mind On traverse la Georgie en stop les gens sont cool mais ils ne nous offrent pas le resto comme en Armenie ... on les aime bien quand mme A Tbillisi la capitale Ana notre contact n'a finalement pas put nous heberger du coup on s'est trouver une auberge pleine de jeunes Baroudeurs qui font des projets comme nous bonne ambiance innvitable On y a retrouv deux ci http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-306338.html Ah... Georgia sweet Georgia... You make me so drunk The last week and a half I have spent in Tbilisi the charming capital of this country and the mountains... In Tbilisi I met some great people at Irena's Home stay both travellers and the family and friends of the family. This lead to some good parties and lots of consummation of vodka Of course I also looked at some sites I strolled aroun http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-191543.html Like Jason and his Argonauts in times past I went to Georgia to seek out the Golden Fleece... Unlike Jason I wasn't successful but I did find a country full of very hospitable people who enjoy feasting and who will take very well care of their guests I also found the last Stalin fans in the world... He lives on in Gori his birthplace I entered Georgia at Batumi which is the country's main seasi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-191523.html I got rave reviews as a tour guide from the guys I took to Georgia a few weeks ago so this weekend Cyrus wanted me to take him. I can't imagine why. If Seinfeld was the show about nothing then my tours are the tours about nothing. I sit on Nino's balcony and read. Sometimes I sit in a cafe usually the same ones. I don't go to old churches I don't go to cultural events and I don't go anywhere http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-179483.html Day 3 So today was a pretty lazy day. All i did was lay on the beach and wait for my train at 11pm. I still managed to get a little sunburnt despite the fact the sun never peaked through the clouds all day After boarding the train in what can only be described as a tropical storm i tried to get some sleep but the aircon in 4 person cabin was broken so i couldnt sleep for hours. The train http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-171866.html Sitting on Nino's balcony It's past midnight. I hear voices distant TVs. I see headlights race up the hill on the far side of the river. I read write contemplate. I'm reading The Moor's Last Sigh by Sir Rushdie. I copy passages that speak to me into my journal She drank her own bitterness and called it sweet walked in her own desert and called it lush ... If Nino were here there would be http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-170915.html RuKhaOg team in ACm programming Contest. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-165080.html Som vanlig er med nasjonaldager her omkring ble vi vitne til digre men relativt vennlige militrparader... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-162693.html I made it to Tbilisi the capital of the Republic of Georgia. After leaving Hopa I entered Georgia not knowing what awaits me...and I was surprised. First by their alphabet which reminds me to Thai language...then by the plants and the forest around Batumi a city directly located at the Black Sea coast where you can find the only subtropical climate in the region. Also the hospitality of the G http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-156748.html Ruten saa langt Georgia viser seg aa vaere nok et land vi ikke oensker aa dra fra. Det forrige var Tyrkia baade fordi Tyrkia var trygt og litt kjent men ogsaa fordi Georgia fremstod som ganske roeft med rykter om fullstendig korrupt politi og grensevakter mye kriminalitet og et helt uforstaaelig alfabet. For tyrkerne er ogsaa Georgia et Stanland nemlig Gurjistan. Marerittet var et foerste m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-156081.html We arrived at the Georgian border our car devastated by dirt and snow and breezed through the checkpoint without hassle. Americans donrsquot need visas to Georgia which I find a remarkable turn of events given the history of the region. A quick stamp and we were off. Others werenrsquot so lucky. I didnrsquot care. The dramatic mountains followed us north and while obviously pained eco http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-153174.html Arriving in Tbilisi early evening we were delighted to be given a suite room for the 3 of us and had a blast for at least one night before moving into a 2 bed room the GTM hotel all in all is not too bad except for the exorbitant price of laundry. So we did a walking half day trip of the city saw churches and more churches the old town etc before returning to the hotel to fill in and sign our A http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-147823.html I spent a week in Tibilisi at Irena's homestay and this was the highlight of my time in Georgia. The rest was a disappointment. The country is very much an exsoviet nation. The older people are still in a kind of shock. The younger generation and the old communists who managed to grab all they could lay their hands on are in transition to capitalism specifically the second hand Mercedes for t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-147067.html Thursday March 22. I had a good nights sleep and this morning tried briefly to turn on my side. It was very painful so I took a tablet and got out of bed. The town has lots of gambling joints and groups of young men in black leather jackets hanging around occasionally jumping into or out of Mercedes cars. All around is terrible poverty especially among the old or the very young. This is capitalis http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-142386.html So much has happened that I feel a little overwhelmed by the task ahead ie trying to summarise all or at least most of what has happened in the last couple of weeks. And there has been a lot If you are following me on a map the list of places visited kind of goes like thisBaji very small village in Racha Region gt Ambrolauri gt Nikortsminda gt Sarkarsria small village near Khasuri http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Georgia/Tbilisi-District/Tbilisi/blog-85384.html