Iliani Hotel Tbilisi

... prostoru jiz na nas nahodou cekal slusny autobus smer Tbilisi, a tak jsme do nej nastoupili. Cesta byla dobra, lemovana napr. policejni stanici, na ktere vedle gruzinske vlajky visela i vlajka EU. <br> Do Tbilisi jsme prijeli kolem pate hodiny, nasli metro, ktere je opet stare sovetske, tentokrat ale bez LCD televizi ve vagonech, narozdil od Jerevanskeho, a ma ctyri vagony. Ubytovali jsme se v soukromi u pani Nasi (azerbajdzanske jmeno), a nahupkali do vany, protoze ...

... a hill that we hiked to one day and it was well worth the climb. It's said that the Georgians have a knack for picking the most beautiful sights for their churches and I agree! Although it wasn't a totally clear day, the views were still quite spectacular. If it weren't so cloudly and foggy the next day, we would have headed up to the Russian border, 11 km away, but it didn't make sense. We did a lovely homestay with breakfast and dinner thrown ...

We arrived in Tbilisi after passing through customs without too much fuss. We even met a nice young Georgian ready to practice his English on Americans and talk about the latest and greatest rap music album. Apparently Georgia has yet to hear that 50 Cent and Eminem stink. Russ and I were joined on our bus by a Turkish woman, and two of the funniest Turks you will ever meet. As we ...

... and so I do as well - I guess because it was slightly cheaper. Marshrutka is an interesting service: there is no space for any luggage whatsoever (some long-distance one have *a bit* of space in the back if the driver is willing), all signs are in georgian, most of the time one pays a fixed price (no matter where you got off/on) only when getting off and in the streets there is no indication of time-tables or even numbers of passing marshrutkas/buses. In these countries one has to ...

... Its a bit like a lunar landscape with these mini volcanoes about 6 to 10 feet high that belch and spit out this grey mud which then oozes down the landscape. All through the night I could hear them ******* and being generally flatulent. It would have been a good place to disguise any personal flatulence but my internal organs have gone on a day on day off appraoch to solid pooing and that was their day off so any attempt at flatulence would have been ...

... The metro is pretty basic Soviet technology, noisy and rough, not crowded, but no seats. We only go two stops, and exit via another long escalator to a square with a familiar long, blue balconied 8 storey building. We have seen this from the far side of the city, and is quite near our home. Have a quick look around the area, a bit seedy, but interesting. Walk through a dodgy tunnel, and back home. Play some pool. Decide to give ...

... Svaneti province this trip still gives hope that I will come back to this country once again. But who knows? Our last stop in Georgia was Tbilisi International Airport. The new George W. Bush Highway leads to the small airport. In many places, this size of an airport will considered as a countryside airport for domestic flights only, but for Tbilisi is enough. There were only 5 duty free shops, but I had enough shopping for this trip. I bought only two bottles of red ...

Ärk*mine rämed* pohm*rig*. Kogu sisikond t*h*b "m**ilm* näh*" :) Hommikune söök lihts*lt ei läinud sisse. Ed*si p*kiti meid bussi j* *lg*s k*nn*tuster*d*. Kõigepe*lt kül*st*sime kloostrit. Väike j* kergelt *j*h*mb* poolt puretud ehitis. Siis sõitsime mööd* mägiteid c* pool tundi j* kül*st*sime kloostrit. Sees keer*b, päike pe**egu seniidis... Ed*si bussi jälle pooltundi sõitu j* t**s pöör*b buss järjekordse kloostri õue. Oi r*isk... ei julge püsti tõust*, äkki... Nii m* m*g*singi ...

tbilisi was interesting enough to walk around. cant say its my favourite city in the world though. still, it has some lovely churches etc. and then a day trip to kazbegi. the township is at about 2000meters above sea level, around 10km from the russian border in the chechnya region. the border is closed there coz of the russian war with the chechans. we (stephan, a german i met in tbilisi and i) hiked up to around 2170meters thru knee deep snow, to ...

... know will kill you. I'm 40 I'm allowed to indulge in fantasy - I understand that it's all downhill from now anyway and all I have left is my imagination!!! Monday, 14 August 2006 My reflections begun in July remain incomplete, and I was sidetracked - working excuse me I do it occasionally. It is the Turkish mystique. Once again, I am at the airport and guess what - there are no restrictions ...