Hotel Alik Batumi

Drove a little longer than usual today - about six and a half hours, plus stops for fuel and lunch. A partly cloudy to sunny day, though, so not a bad trip. We even drove right through downtown Atlanta on I-75 without any problems. Saw the Olympic Torch sculpture from the year they hosted the ...

... onto the tarmac after hitting a nasty pothole in the road. Luckily we were not going fast and I managed to stop before I dragged the bike down the road too far...

Baz was furious and I busied myself with the bike and hid whilst he threw various objects around and blew off some steam. Picking the bike up proved to be a struggle as it was still tied on by straps at one side but with the help of a few passing ...

... runs tend to charge you to the final destination regardless of where you get off, and this one's going on to Tbilisi. At least this bus has a flight hostess, a real live female in a dress, not some guy wearing a dealer's suit, poker and blackjack, straight out of Las Vegas. They give us some refreshments along the way, at pre-selected points. The border's no biggie, just waitin' for the bus, me and the Russians and the God ...

... by relaxing at Irina's homestay and buying postcards. The latter is not so trivial as one may expect - and I didn't expect to much because the only postcards I've seen so far were in Armenia. The places to buy some tasteless tourist things are two souvenir shops nearby Rustaveli. Funnily, they have no postcards anywhere! But then I'm lucky, I find a set of 1981 postcards. The woman sells them with a very serious face and feels offended when I ask for some newer;). But still ...

A vegades una frontera fa que canviin moltes coses, en canviar de pais, i d altres no. En el cas de la frontera de Turquia i Georgia, que ve a ser la combinacio d una costellada amb el primer dia de les rebaixes, oficiada per una tropa remenada de peons i policies, canvien coses com la religio, lalfabet o la ...

... freezing. We don't want to hit icy roads or risk having our plumbing freeze up during the evening when we are sleeping. Just about 1 1/2 hrs outside of the island the rain was like buckets, so we pulled into a Cracker Barrel in Dublin, GA and spent the night. At about 2:00 AM we heard a little kid yelling and then another one started. After that people were getting loud and I looked out the window to see a cop car checking out these 2 ...

... I had three cats in my car and that did not make for easy stopping. While living in St. Augustine I did get to visit Savannah Georgia. South Carolina is very unique especially Beafort Island. Hilton Head is terribly boring. Cookie Cutter houses and so sanitary and seemingly sterile. It is mainly for families with children. Daytona Beach has a completely different image - lots of bikers. Miami, the latin capitol with lots of money. And Atlanta, laid back and very green.

... Georgia, too, has its version of the evil eye. It is called Khachapuri. Try to imagine an enormous edible eye made out of tasty bread, with salty cheese as the iris and a sunny egg yolk in the place of a pupil. Sitting at a cafe on the shores of the Black Sea in Bat'umi, I chewed slowly and thoughtfully through the Khachapuri and imagined that by ingesting this protection spell, I would soon benefit from its strange and marvelous powers ...

... opinionated self who loves to direct and hear from my friends periodically. You can always tell me to jump in a lake; I'll still appreciate the email. I am driving to Mobile tomorrow to visit my Dad's battleship (the USS Alabama) before I head "home". He was a 17 year old signalman on the ship during WWII. My family and I visited the ship with him when I was nine and I just thought I might stop by for a moment to recall that time. I love you all very much; hope to hear from you soon.

Hi everyone, We are still trying to set up this webpage, but we have limited time and access to the internet. Georgia - Hiked, Water Ski for the first time, hung out with Su & Wil and had a great time eating sushi and playing games. South Carolina - Sundial, old church, hiked to a ...