Courtyard By Marriott Tbilisi

... 269;ásti města vypadl proud. :) Věž totiž vytvářela impozantní světelnou show, kdy to nejdřív vypadalo jako že je zeshora probíjena bleskem, následně že vysílá blesky ze špíčky do okolí. Po krátkém pokecu s místním, kde jsme se dozvěděli, že Češi, Slováci a Gruzínci jsou bratia, a že Saakashvili je super, jsme nastoupili do vlaku. Na na ...

... in Yerevan where we'll spend 2 nights. Day after tomorrow we head back to Mtskhet, Georgia, another of our favorite place. We'll be there July 1 and 2 @ the Tamarindi Hotel and on the 3rd fly from Tbilisi to Istanbul. We'll be in Turkey for a week before flying to Bangkok on the 10th. Note: some of this I'm including just so someone knows where we are. although we've felt absolutely safe in both countries.<br><br>Love,<br>Cathleen

... have been there for centuries, and are still dotted with the stone towers that every household used to have (convenient to hole up in when you've ****** the neighbors off). The houses there still seem to be largely made of the local rock- I don't know whether this is a result of the village's inaccessibility, the ancient-ness of the houses, or simply good sense (maybe a mix of all three?). To get there I took the train to ...

... it as a very good off-the-main-interest place to see an exciting mixture of Eastern Europe, Asia and the former USSR. Also, September/October was quite a good time for travelling there: it is not so hot anymore, it doesn't rain so often, there is no snow in the mountains yet and it's off season already. The whole journey took three weeks: 14 days in Georgia, 5 days in Armenia and 3.5 days in Istanbul. The travelling pace in Georgia was slower (the sights weren't the most important ...

... waiting area and I did put loads of anti mossie spray on but the buggars got me really bad on my forehead. i looked like a spotty teenager with a really bad case of acne. We also had no food and i concocted a pasta sauce from loads of onions and one jar of sauce for 13 people - its amazing the **** you eat when you have nothing else! After waiting for over 12 hours we got onto the ferry but the customs men had a field day with those who had bought kilims which ...

... then walk back with them to the hotel. Sleep not too bad until 4am phone SMS from Australia, then awake for a while, with a lot of light from outside. Rig up a curtain extension with the pashmina and pins, but have uneasy sleep, not sure of breakfast timing Monday 9 June - Tbilisi Up at 9 for a typical Georgian breakfast. Rearrange washing for minimum impact to cleaning staff, then out by 11 on a walking tour led by a ...

... only some chocolates in the market. We saw a lot of medium-quality goods, pretty similar in many places. Considering the importance of agriculture in Georgia's economy, there are pleny of foods in Bazruba's stalls. We bought some big juicy bananas, and kept moving among the fragrant food stands and colourful clothing stalls. Our next stop was the commercial side of Rustaveli street, the main street of Tbilisi. We have already been there, but I told Michal we might find some ...

... my hostel in istanbul i met a good brasilian guy and we headed off together to Cappadocia, it is an amazing region scattered with underground towns, and amazing rock formations, some of the rock formations are similar to the stuff filmed in the orginal star wars. So i spent 4 days in central turkey, it was really quiet at this time of the year, it was pretty cold, there was even remenence of snow from the storm that blasted them 2 weeks before we got there. After that I took a ...

... road T-38 (not sure about the number) which leads to Shatili, an old village-fortress. Unfortunately there is no marshrutkas on this road, only private offroads which costs around 150-200US dollars to get you to Shatili. So we naively tried to hitchhike during one rest-day. Obviously we didn´t suceed. There is NO reasonable path to walk to Shatili, so we got to nearest village where we got the bus back to ...