Tag Archives: Georgia
Sunday Photo 23
Following on from Friday’s theme of huge matriarchal statues, here is Tbilisi’s answer to Kiev’s Mother Motherland. She is called Mother Georgia and as far as I am aware she does not have a cheeky nickname unlike her Ukrainian neighbour!
Bus-ted
I have had my fair share of bus journeys that were memorable for all the wrong reasons – a couple of blow-outs in Java and Laos, ending up in a ditch in Bali, a complete breakdown and three hour wait for a replacement in Vietnam, our bus catching fire and burning out on our way […]
Georgia On My Mind
A country that is not overly visited from the West, but with so much to offer is Georgia, with its wonderfully cosmopolitan capital of Tbilisi, stunning vineyard-strewn countryside of the Kakheti region and the bizarre Black Sea playground of Batumi, amongst its highlights. Batumi, Black Sea Coast, Georgia The adventurous and time-rich amongst you might like […]
Seedy City
This passage comes from my 2014 visit to Tbilisi, the mighty fine capital of Georgia……. At the train stations en route to the capital and throughout the city, old men and women set up pitches to sell seeds and nuts as snack food. The edibles on offer were the type that I would put in […]
MY BOOK EXTRACT – ON A TRAIN FROM GEORGIA TO ARMENIA
To set the scene, Hamish & I were embarking on an overnight train from Batumi on the Black Sea Coast of Georgia to Yerevin, the splendid capital of Armenia. We had booked a berth each on the overnight sleeper and were hoping against hope that we had a private compartment. We were therefore somewhat displeased […]
2014 Gone, 2015 Beckons…..
2014 The year started slowly travel wise, with my efforts and finances channeled into arranging my 49th Birthday Party at Exeter City FC and visiting Wembley to watch my Manchester City lift the Capital One Cup. City were to give me my first travel experience of the year however, when I took Mrs. Wilbur to […]
