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Kezbegi Mountains The Georgian border was a formality in comparison to the Russian exit. I waited in a queue for 15 minutes, handed over my visa, told them where I was going and that was it. Welcome to Georgia they said and I was in. I had a simple check by customs which was basic to say the least. I…
Διαβάζοντας σήμερα για πολλοστή φορά τις δημοσιεύσεις αλλά και χαζεύοντας επί ώρες τις φοβερές φωτογραφίες του Νίκου και της Γεωργίας, που με το τζιπάκι τους άφησαν την ελληνική μαλακ… εεε … πραγματικότητα ήθελα να πω και ξεκίνησαν μια περιπέτεια απ’τις λίγες, με πρώτο σταθμό την Αφρική, έπεσα πάνω σε μια φωτογραφία τους στην οποία φοράνε τα…μπλουζάκια μας! Θυμήθηκα τότε, πως…
15th September 2012 – 16th September 2012 Gardabani (Georgia) to Qazax (Azerbaijan) border crossing: Note! You must go through the border on the main road. You cannot cross at Kesalo, and it is a long way back to Rustavi if you make this mistake (no bridge across the river to get back to the main road). We arrived at the…
This blog is a bit boring and technical, but we found it difficult to find up to date information on the internet about this route, as it goes via the relatively new border crossing between Russia and Georgia at Verkhniy Lars / Kazbegi. We stayed in Krasnodar at the Forum Hotel (see bookings.com) and in Nal’chik at the Korona Hotel…
So the next morning we woke up and left Istanbul in 2 groups as the 3 BMW riders had to collect their bikes from the service and were going to catch us up. We rode out of Istanbul as 4 bikes and it was nice to be part of a group straight away stopping for a healthy Burger King breakfast…
A week around Yusufeli with a notebook and my camera Tea party Looking for a mountain pass high above the river, we drove through Kalicaya, a small but lively village. Locals, mostly old men, were sitting outside around wooden tables, playing cards and sipping tea. We were passing slowly when one of them spotted us, walked into the road and…
GEORGIA Batumi 2nd October Entering Georgia, we head to Batumi, a Black Sea resort, which the LP suggests is a modern lively place. As we enter the town, we are met with dilapidated buildings, torrential rain, flooded streets, huge flooded potholes everywhere and traffic jams. The town feels like a war zone, not quite what we were expecting! Driving through…