Best Eastern Vere Palace Tbilisi

... svého jídla. Zato my tu u piva seděli kolem čtyř hodin. Sami se tomu divíme, protože jsme díky jazykové bariéře dostávali neustále něco jiného. Místo velkého koláče malý, jiný druh piva, místo prázdné skleničky další láhev piva atp. Ale zas takový problém to nebyl, a tak jsme poslední dvě hodiny hráli piškvorky ve třech. Vytváření jednokolových aliancí, jejich ...

... that goes back to the 1st or 2nd century ( I think). Beautifully located at the edge of a gorge. We spent 3 nights in the southern part of Armenia, taking a long 5.5 hours to get to; lots of hills and curvy roads with a number of potholes thrown in for good measure, but gorgeous scenery most of the way, so it was seldom boring. The route takes you quite close to Mt. Ararat which is in Turkey and a beautiful snow covered ...

... course we can go to the mountains. Not the newest Mercedes but looks OK from outside and inside, so no reason for us to worry and not trust the driver who of course should know what he can do with his car. To make it short - we reach only halfway to Gudauri/Kazbegi and the sun starts to set when we lose our hopes and understand this car is good only for driving in city and on dry highways. Not in the mountains. We lose our money ...

... small cliff by the forest and having inspiring views of semidesert Lesser Caucausus around - just perfect. Very well preserved wall paintings, good atmosphere and nice stone ornaments outside make the church itself very interesting as well. To get back we had to wake up our driver fallen asleep of russian music and gratefully refuse local farmers offering us boozing to death. Back in Akhaltsikhe we managed to buy some georgian cheese (very salty, one tastes it before buying) and tasty ...

Its been ages since we have been anywhere near anything anywhere like an internet cafe so hence the peaceful silence. I don't have too long as it is already 8.30pm and it will be getting dark soon and Tblisi doesn't have the best reputation for being out alone - lots of muggings apparently - plus I need to find out about the bomb in Istanbul as I'll be there for about 5 days soon. Okay bullet points;- 1/. Kow Ata Underwater sulphur lake - mixed feelings really ...

... with traffic in the narrow road to the GTM hotel, with a wedding going on across the road, and lots of traffic. Unfortunately find the camera too late, as the wedding party was traditionally dressed, and singing national songs as they marched down the street. Considerable delay booking in as there is a problem with the room being ready, then a problem with neither Jerri or Katherine prepared to accept a portable cot and double ...

... us oddly. "What that hell they were looking for - these aliens"... The driver handed me through the window a bag with a black familiar shirt that made Michal's day. What can be better than that? She got a T-shirt she believed she will never see again, in the middle of a day that was dedicated only for shopping and filling the bags. I thanked the driver, putting a bill in his hand. We turned back to the train station. Our next destination - "Bazruba" market. When we ...

... it is a really special place. I though it was a very soft landing in an unfamiliar destination, and we could stay here for two nights at the beginning, and come back when we keep moving to other destinations in Georgia. The idea, that what I told Michal - was to travel like a star; make our base in Tbilisi and go travel around the country for 2-3 days every time - and then come back to Tbilisi. In retrospect, it was the most useful idea I had since we arrived.

... and made a nice hike in the national park Borjomi-Kharagauli. When we get back to Borjomi and had a couple of beers in local train station (very very beautiful!), we moved to Tbilisi (160km by train in 6hrs for like 2 GBR pounds :-) We found that beautiful guesthouse (recommendation of an austrilian traveler) and explore the city, which is quite interesting, mostly the Main Market and Traffic Department. Next ...

Friday, 14 July 2006 Ms. 40 plus My quick impressions of Eastern Anatolia, Turkey · The only place I have seen where a mud hut has a satellite dish and the inhabitants whip out mobile phones · Excellent road and electricity networks · Shrouded women · Provincial Directors with big screen televisions in the office (one way to cut out the ********) · Wonderful food, loads of meat · Harsh and ...