Blogs from Tbilisi District, Georgia, Asia - page 5

Georgien Vom großen Kaukasus zum Schwarzen Meer Studien- und Erlebnisreise ca. 14. – 25. Mai 2017 Travelblog von © Bernhard Sonnleitner So, 14.05.17 Tiflis (georg: Tibilisi) Abflug von Wien mit Georgian Airlines um 17:00. Ankunft nach Direktflug in Tibilisi pünktlich um 23:20. Empfang am Flughafen durch unsere örtliche Reiseleiterin Natja und Transfer zum Hotel. Bei einem guten Bier und georgischem Wein lassen wir den Tag im gemütlichen Gastgarten des Hotels ausklingen. Mo, 15.05.17, Tibilisi Zu Fuß begeben wir uns auf den Rundgang durch die Altstadt mit ihrer ansprechenden Mischung aus Orient und Okzident. Orientalische Märkte, Schwefelbäder, zahlreiche Kirchen, Moscheen und Holzhäuser mit aufwendig geschnitzten Balkonen machen Tibilisi zu einer besonderen Attraktion Das Reiterstandbild (1960) des Königs Wachta... read more

Three days of exploring beautiful, hectic Tbilisi in the sun. Phew! It's a most attractive, place with some quaintness, lots of run down dusty sad places and elegant, cobbled streets overhung with lacework wooden verandahed balconies and interspersed with tall flame shaped cypresses at every turn. The first morning we walked down to the river and across to a quite new park with a heavenly fountain consisting of many spouting arches And gardeners gardening! We walked back across the curving new peace bridge and then along a shady paved side street between assorted houses and a very ancient church. The descriptor shady tells of the importance of just that......SHADE. It's hot here, but they seem to have planned well for that. All the wide streets have wonderful avenues of tall plane trees, and the narrower streets ... read more

Day 139 Sunday 5th June 2016 – Akhaltsikhe to Batumi Moving day and once again Anna at the hotel served us up a huge breakfast complete with a strong Turkish coffee. Today we had the last joyous experience of chucking our bags in to the boot of a car in Georgia. Before heading off to Batumi we thought we would check out the Rabati, which is the old fort area of Akhaltsikhe. Drove up to the top of the hill and parked our car and went to enter the fort when we were told that it was the exit and we had to walk down hill to the entrance. 10 minutes later at the entrance we discovered that we had to pay 7 lari to enter, which I guess wasn’t too bad but we ... read more

Day 118 Sunday 15th May 2016 – Aktau to Tbilisi Just about leapt out of bed this morning in anticipation of leaving Kazakhstan and moving onto Georgia. Breakfast at the hotel was the usual rubbish so we just settled for a cup of coffee and tea. On checking out “chuckles” was so excited to see us go that she even broke out into a smile, I just wished I had my camera handy for the rare event. A taxi got us to the airport within 30 minutes and we got ourselves checked through without any dramas and was on the plane by 12.40 flying back to Almaty. Had real trouble getting the flights we wanted and the best we could do in getting from Aktau to Tbilisi was a double flight. It is only ... read more

2015 Georgia Georgia, the cradle of wine culture! Depart for Tbilisi, Georgia: 11:10 pm; Arrive: 3:00 am! Surprisingly, the airport is swarming with people as there are 6 international arrivals at this time, and just as many departures an hour or so later. Our previously arranged driver greets us and takes us to his car. I almost hop in the right side, but see the steering wheel there. My questioning look was met with the explanation: Many cars in Georgia are bought cheaply from Japan; therefore, some right hand and some left hand driving. Car horns are used extensively here; driving lanes are not. All this adds to chaotic traffic in Tbilisi. We met our host for the week, friendly Irakli, at his guesthouse in the heart of old town Tbilisi. The 4 rooms open onto ... read more