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Asia » Georgia » Tbilisi District » Tbilisi August 4th 2013

We thought the drama on the bus from Thesseloniki to Istanbul would be hard to top but we were unfortunately wrong. The bus drive from Istanbul to Tbilisi is very chaotic. We have no idea what the drama is about but there are a lot of people screaming at each other, a few tears and an intimidated attendee trying to keep the peace. We try to sleep but the man near us starts thrashing around violently. We jump up to help him, thinking he is having a heart attack but he eventually comes around and explains that he suffers from bad night terrors. He falls asleep again and during another episode his neighbour accidently gets a good punch in the face. The bus ride is supposed to take twenty five hours but ends up taking thirty ... read more
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Asia » Georgia » Tbilisi District » Tbilisi April 19th 2013

Dragoman - first group in April... read more
Kutaisi - Bagrati Cathedral
Kutaisi - Bagrati Cathedral
Kutaisi - Bagrati Cathedral

Asia » Georgia » Tbilisi District » Tbilisi November 9th 2012

It all began with an early early wake up in Prague, a bus, a long wait at airport, a plane to Minsk. Minsk airport with its 'no maning of the transfer desk and basically no order or clue was an adventure in itself. As was waiting there for 7 hours without food, water or anyone who spoke English.... But finally we all boarded the plane to Georgia...where in the cue I met my first Georgian man. He blatently stared at me for a good 10-15mins while the cue went no where and I got the giggles as he was being completely ridiculous. Eventutually he grabbed the girl he was with, put her in front of me and then shoved his hand on her face and said "my friend, not girlfriend, definately not girlfriend (she squirmed out ... read more
On top of the world...
Adventures
Lamazir...beautiful!

Asia » Georgia » Tbilisi District » Tbilisi September 30th 2012

The cheering car sped by, car after car, flags waving high and young men hanging from the windows shouting with pride. The lead car held a megaphone out the window to ensure his voice could be heard by each resident in the apartment block. Each apartment block showed crumbling walls, women leaning over the seemingly fragile balconies looking onto the streets below before returning inside to resume cooking over gossip with their sisters, mothers and cousins. Men sat in the shade smoking cigarettes playing cards, drafts or dice; the children nearby screamed with laughter as they climbed over the decrepitating play set. The air is lined with dust and each outing I feel my skin gently suffocate in the heat. In the city centre you are transformed into another world. Cobbled walkways, high street stores with ... read more
Markets
Georgian cheese
Bread baking

Asia » Georgia » Tbilisi District » Tbilisi May 29th 2012

Scarlet Sails "Mr Spielberg, Mr Spielberg ! How do you want me ? What's my inspiration ?" "You guys just stay sitting at the bar, he (the star) will be in between you doing his piece to camera while you talk among yourselves." What can you say ? A late night in a faraway bar and someone pointing a film camera at us, saying talk among ourselves. Hmmm. A Scotland trip. What are we going to talk about ? "So, how strong was Hattie Jacques' gusset ?" "How did Kirk Broadfoot ever play for Scotland ?" We had decided to expand our horizons and leave the comfort of Tbilisi's Old Town bars. We made about fifty yards and found the Scarlet Sails. Deciding on a beer before going too far, we stepped inside, much darker than ... read more

Asia » Georgia » Tbilisi District » Tbilisi May 21st 2012

Geo: 41.72, 44.79Monday, my last day in Armenia, and quite uneventful. Gregor had two monasteries for me to see en route to Tbilisi. Both big monastery complexes close to each other, Sanahin which means older than the other and Haghpat which means the one with the big wall, all very unoriginal - to get to the first one we had to drive through a Soviet era housing estate of crumbling apartment blocks. One odd thing I haven't mentioned is the gas pipes, I know I know, what can be interesting about them! Well all our gas pipes are underground, the ones in Armenia, and Georgia it seems, were underground but they had problems with leaks and explosions so they moved them all above ground and painted them yellow. So there is this warren of yellow pipes ... read more
Me pretending to be a trainee monk
Front end of mig fighter
and the back - no engine!

Asia » Georgia » Tbilisi District » Tbilisi April 17th 2012

"Odyssey Overland" in Georgia... read more
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Asia » Georgia » Tbilisi District » Tbilisi April 13th 2012

Asia » Georgia » Tbilisi District » Tbilisi December 11th 2011

Our week of orientation is coming to a close, we are both exhasted yet excited to begin our time in Gerogia outside the four walls of this Hotel. I don't know whether we have decribed the hotel before, it is a huge ex soviet hotel with very dim lights and resembles something from a horror flick. .Mikaela and I got the news two days ago that we have been placed with a host family together meaning that we will not have to rent an appartment which was a relief to us as we wanted to see Georgian culture from the inside. We have been placed in a small village named Shilda near the region centre of Kvaveli in the Kakheti region in East Gerogia. Our region is known as the wine capital of Georgia. Our family ... read more
The Gang
Orientation
Mikaela Eating




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