Georgia (Mhari)

(Mhari)  Georgia

We arrived in Batumi and were surprised at how different it was from Turkey. It was a lot less modern than Turkey and would have been a good place to go after India because back then it would have felt modern. Our guest house in Batumi was nice because we got the the “suite” on the top floor, all the walls were wood and we had a fridge. We often get nice rooms because the fancier double rooms often have fold out couches.

After one night in Batumi we got on a bus for six hours. We arrived in Tbilisi across the street from a metro stop but didn't know and successfully got ripped of by a taxi! After a few days in Tbilisi we took a 3 hour bus ride to Kazbegi, a town in the mountains by the Russian border. Kazbegi was really nice; we hiked a lot. The area around Kazbegi is really nice and we stayed four nights which is longer than most people. After Kazbegi we went to Borgomi with a one night stop in Tbilisi.

Borgomi was very nice. We did a seven hour hike in Borgomi national park the first day and went to the Borgomi water park the second. Both were very nice and Sam and I went on the roller coaster twice. It was even scarier than a normal roller coaster because we didn't see anybody go on before us and we didn't even know if it was safe. We could not say to ourselves 'don't worry it's North American / European standards'. Because it wasn't. We went back to Batumi for a few days after Borgomi before getting on the boat to go to the Ukraine.

The boat was a very interesting experience. I will right about that later.