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Batumi Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Batumi, Georgia
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Black Sea
This is a top pick! ... in the hills, the deciduous forests were covered in snow. The relative warmth was short-lived, however, as another storm arrived, covering Batumi and its palm trees in snow. Before the storm, I was able to visit the Black Sea coast, covered in black ...
Pierwsze kontakty z Gruzja i Gruzinami
... pracowala w odpowiedniku naszego Monaru, wiec z mlodymi ludzmi ma naprawde dobry kontakt i w ogole bardzo mlodo zyje. W Batumi (a pozniej miasteczku Vani, gdzie mieszkaja siostry Shoty) spedzilismy 3 naprawde ciekawe dni - poprobowalismy ich tradycyjnych ...
Georgia: not the place with Atlanta
Michael: Last time we wrote, we were hanging out at Tegeta Motors in Tblisi. Now it is Tegeta Motors in Batumi, Georgia. What happened in the mean time Anna already wrote in parts. I get to write about another chapter of mechanical ineptitude. Good news ...
Jun 15, 2009
Georgia's on my mind.
Hi folks from batumi which is on the Black Sea. Georgia has been fantastic. The scenery has at last turned again to being ultra picturesque, lots of greenery and mountains, but as we know only too well in UK greenery comes from rainfall and we have had a ...
Gamajorba Georgia!
... with a European passport we do not need any visa and we can stay up to 365 days!!! crazy, no? First impressions as entering Georgia from Turkey is the big contrasts between the 2 countries. We arrive from a country full of mosques, where drinking tea is ...
Black Sea Coast
Arrived at the Black Sea holiday town of Batumi late in the evening after a grueling journey over the mountains from Tbilisi. We took the southern road over the hills and it turned out to be one of the worst roads we have encountered on our journey, ...
Batumi
... We spent a great evening trying the fantastic Georgian cuisine washed down with copious amounts of the local wine. However in Georgia you cannot drink without perfecting the skill of elaborate toast-making. It's an art learnt at your father's knee ...
Ploughing through Georgia
Ploughed back down the highway at breakneck speed literally taking off at some points, before boarding the night train in Tblisi for Batumi to see the sunrise over this black sea port and have a tasty breakfast, open pasty thing with cheese, and an egg ...
Georgia On My Mind
After crossing the border into Georgia, Batumi is our first stop. I already really like Georgia as they don't charge for a tourist visa - that doesn't happen very often. Batumi is an interesting city located on the Black Sea and under going a massive ...
Georgia, part 2
... rainy weather at coastal Batumi. After the loss of Abchazia this region was promoted to the only sea-side resort in Georgia (and funnily, it's also the only possibility for the Armenians). The city has been renovated under Saakashivili's rule and it is ...
A bit damp
It was a moist one today... raining all night and most of the day. That worked out nicely 'caus the bowel movements weren't spectaular and we were running out of things to do, so it was as good an excuse as any to do very little. We ducked up the road ...
This might just work...
We had a game plan today. Firstly to head to the Azerbaijani embassy and get crackin' on a visa, secondly to find somewhere less shit to sleep. We were at the consulate at 1000 as instructed by the guards the day before, only to be told to come back at ...
Sarpi-Batumi: Traveling East to Look West
... energy from Central Asian countries to the Black Sea (and then onwards to thirsty countries throughout the EU). Batumi, Georgia or Batumi, Western Europe? The refrain I would adopt while in Georgia was we traveled east (from Turkey) only to look ...
Plan Q in effect
... spoken to other 'gringos', visa processing companies and tour operators, and the majority of success stories seem to come out of Georgia, particularly Batumi. With that in mind, we've booked a ticket. The car will stay in Istanbul, we'll duck over to ...
georgia
... less, in a language she doesn't understand. the official let me through with the most cursory luggage check and i was in georgia. after another half hour, the 2 women who'd befriended me on the turkish side, bribed or busted their way thru the ...
Day 9 - Georgia...More Than Expected!
... through small villages, rough-trodden roads, past numerous quaint churches, fog, diverse landscapes and literally over the hills and through the woods of stunning Georgia..eventually reaching the seaside town of Batumi and back to our fellow racers! ...
A garden log
... out) we made tracks to the botanical gardens, jumpin' on the old 31 bus. We're gradually working our way through all of Batumi's sights, stretching them out 'til Friday when these visas will hopefully be ready. If it takes much longer, we may have to set ...
Georgia on our minds....
... the border was he hadn’t seen so many “knees” – girls wearing western clothes!!! We chose Batumi as it is classed as the Georgia’s summer holiday capital. We decided we could chill out for a couple of days dipping our toes ...
Home Of The Prometheus - Day 43
... it. Bit weird. Don't get me wrong, the walk was nice and different. And to learn bit of other country's plants/trees. Arrived Batumi hotel, I noticed the city are bit of Macau style. Casinos and luxury hotels, yet to open to public. Redevelopment of new ...
Batumi and more bush camping!
... the next 2 weeks or so. We then drove to the seaside port of Batumi which was about 15 km away. Batumi is also the main port for Georgia. Its most famous resident was Joseph Stalin who lived there for 16 years prior to the Russian Revolution ...
Georgia 1987 - 1992
I spent many summers here when I was younger and living in Moscow as im half ...
From Caspian Sea To Black Sea
... and port city of Batumi. It is the largest city and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic within Georgia. On its final approach to Batumi, our minibus followed the beautiful coastal road south along the Black Sea. Steeply sloping hills covered ...
May 19, 2011
Sep 05, 2010
Batumi (Louise)
Today David compared himself to John Lennon. We had cake for breakfast. That'll be all ...
Gloomy in Batumi (From David)
... . After finally reaching the border and crossing a couple of hundred meters of no mans land we reached Sarpi in Georgia, around 17k from batumi. We left the coastal roiad and beganto drive in land, at which point the landscape began to rapidly alter, ...
Batumi
... all dance around the musical water fountains and have a good time. This place is a big destination for the holidays here in Georgia. In 20 years time, this place will be even bigger. It is exploding with at least 5 high rise condos that ...
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