We had most of the day to kill before heading to the airport for our flight back to Tbilisi, so instead of paying £15 for a hop on, hop off bus tour of the city, we decided to create our own version. We headed towards the White City district. It was nice to get away… Read More »
We were ready to set off at 8am and were looking forward to breakfast in the café beneath the hotel. When we arrived, we were the only customers there and so received wonderfully attentive service. The food was excellent, especially the granola with fruit and the pancakes. Food here is both remarkably affordable and consistently… Read More »
The land border had closed for COVID and was not reopened by the time we planned to travel from Georgia to Azerbaijan. However, we learnt it was to start again on June 1st – what a shame – I had really wanted to cross by land. In any case, it would have been very expensive… Read More »
As we left Tbilisi, the city was preparing for a grand Independence Day parade, and we had been promised something similar in Kutaisi. The weather, however, had other plans. We woke to an overcast yet dry morning and headed to a café for breakfast of granola and Greek yoghurt before wandering into town. Around the… Read More »
According to our hotel staff, it has been raining forever. It’s unusually wet. In Batumi we were fortunate to have one really nice sunny day where we managed to see all the highlights of the place but today as we left to go to Kutaisi the rain came down. On the road out of Batumi… Read More »
What I wasn’t expecting from Georgia was to see so many street dogs. We saw a lot in India and there are similarities in the way they’re tolerated and even cared for. In the parks and on waste ground can be seen rudimentary kennels made from scrap wood and metal. Some even have the names… Read More »
We got last minute tickets to Batumi and found ourselves sitting on the top deck of a double-decker train. We were joined by Anas, a Jordanian student who had given up his dentistry degree course to bum around the capital wondering what to do with his life. He devoured every bit of food we gave… Read More »
The mountains of Georgia divide Europe and Asia but the narrow tree lined avenues, pavement cafes and bars and the cobbled streets give the place a distinctly European feel. All this wasn’t apparent until we woke up this morning and looked out of our hotel window, straining to see past the derelict building next door,… Read More »
I went to Kenya in 1983 as a very young woman and it has taken me 42 years to transcribe my diary. Thank God for AI which helped me otherwise it would never have got done. The trip was epic and very nearly fateful. Many people got sick, we got attacked my lions and we… Read More »
And this is the reason I wanted to come to India – for Kerala. It didn’t disappoint. Arriving in Kochi by train was not much fun so we were tired and dirty when we checked in. It seems a little more well-kept and maintained in Kochi, the roads are better and less crazy. The streets… Read More »