STEBO'S BLOG

Batumi Station early in the morning Up bright and early at around 05:00, I had downloaded the taxi app "Bolt" and ordered us a cab to the railway station. The entire fare was about 3 euros. There was just a single platform at the station, and we had 90 minutes to go. Batumi Skyline A stray dog was being overly friendly while Stanislav was off buying food nearby. I went off to buy coffee, and when I returned, boarding had already started. They actually checked our passports be

Ali and Nino Statue It was raining again, and we subjected ourselves to the bad hotel breakfast, a sort of ravioli and cold eggs. I ate the cold eggs and nothing else. We entered the city for a walk towards the Ali and Nino moving statues, which were actually out of order as they are supposed to move towards each other and merge. We wandered around and dipped in and out of the tourist shops. Top of the alphabet tower What can you do on such a day? I decided we should go up th

Having real coffee Breakfast was actually in the building across the road. We went over at 09:45 and picked up a cold fried egg, rice, and some type of nuggets, and most of it went in the bin. They also only had cheap instant coffee, so we went to a literature café close to our hotel and had two wonderful cappuccinos. But where is the post office? Finding the post office should have been easy but turned into a mission; however, we did find it in the end. Adjara flag We decide

We were well-rested the next morning, as much as you can be at 06:30 in the morning. As we were just opposite the bus station, we left with 30 minutes to spare. The bus was late, and seats 2 and 3 were occupied when we got on; we had actually reserved the seats. The journey to the border took 2 hours, passing lots of soulless towns, but also past lots of tea plantations. The Georgian side of the border At the border, we had to take our bags off the bus, go upstairs to a kind

Saturday 20th August - ბათუმი I slept in and left the place at around 12:00 having finished reading a chapter of my book. I went to the...

Sunday 21st August 2022 - ბათუმი I stayed in the apartment until late, washing clothes and after headed up to do plane spotting at the...

ბათუმი - Friday 19th August Today we wanted to find postcards, visit the old city and arrange transport to Gori, our next destination. On...

ბათუმი Thursday 18th August 2022 For breakfast some Turkish simit, those round bagel like things with sesame seeds and some juice too....

Wednesday 17th August After breakfast, we headed out towards our meeting point for transfer to Batumi. They arrived late and it was a...