If you've read any of my posts on Central Asia or other ex-Soviet Union countries such as Georgia, you may have heard me talk about the 'Marshrutka'. Today you learn what it's like to travel in these.... vehicles of doom?
Tag: Georgia
Foto Friday – Bridge of Peace, Tbilisi, Georgia
This bridge is quite the beautiful feature in the centre of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. Thanks for popping by - May the Journey Never End!
Sunday Spotlight – Batumi, Georgia
Yes, another Sunday, another ‘Spotlight’, and today we’re heading to Georgia and its second (or maybe third) city of Batumi. It sits on the eastern edge of the Black Sea, and has a population of 155,000 or so (so not particularly big). However, it is pretty much Georgia’s second city, and it is by far …
Georgia Through My Lens – Part Two
Continuing from last week's look at my Georgian pictures, I present a selection from November and December of 2011. The weather changed quickly in November, with rain, freezing temperatures and snow seemingly coming from nowhere. I made a few trips into Batumi from the village I was living in, Jikhanjuri, including for a wedding where …
Sunday Sunset – Over the Black Sea, Batumi, Georgia
After going through my Georgia photos, I found these two in Batumi looking across the Black Sea. Hope you're having a good Sunday! Thanks for stopping - May the Journey Never End!!
A Little Site Work…
No no, it's not 'closed for reconstruction' or anything like that. I've taken the chance to update some of my 'country' pages, and more to the point to create a few new ones. These 'country' pages list all the posts I've made on a particular country. So I don't usually do a Saturday post, but …
Georgia – Through My Lens
I was going through photos and I realised - I have a lot of photos from Georgia. Well, I was there for three months in 2011. I was surprised to find I had so many I needed to split it into two posts. I was teaching English there. We started in the capital Tbilisi, went …
Re-blog Saturday – The End of the Road (Leaving Georgia)
Hi folks! Today's re-blog takes me back to my last post for the year 2011, on the 20th of December. So, it's the last one before I headed back to Australia for Christmas and New Year, I'd be off again by March as I moved to Japan to live in 2012. My 2011 trip was …
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Re-Blog Saturday – Teaching and Learning in Georgia
Today's reblog sees me enter my final days in Georgia. Hope you enjoy! Today is December the 19th. I sit in my hotel room in Tbilisi typing out another blog entry. Life is strange. Tomorrow I fly out of Georgia, with a couple of hops across China, to find myself once again in my country …
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Re-blog Saturday – Time ticks away in Georgia
Saturday again, more stories from Georgia. This post dates from the 26th of November, 2011. Hello everyone Things continue here in Georgia, most days being filled with the English teaching and school matters. The weather here is diabolical - There was a day a couple of weeks ago when the weather in Batumi closed over …
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