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Over the Gombori Pass 1600mLeaving Tblisi on Saturday morning was an event. Joint by local racers and their excellencies the Lithuanian and Polish ambassadors on bicycles there were about 50 of us being escorted by Police over the urban and suburban highways out of Posted by Lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | Apr 6, 2008
TblisiWhat a reception: the vice mayor of the Georgian capital and the combined ambassadors of Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Italy and the Netherlands together with numerous journalists awaiting us in the Town Hall of Tblisi! Lonely me: Finland doesn`t have an Posted by Lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | Apr 3, 2008
Mtskheta Half a rest day in Mtskheta, because it is located less than 30 km away from our destination of the day, Tblisi. Mtskheta. A good opprtunity to study a little more the religious and arc Posted by Lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | Apr 3, 2008
StalinRoute of the day: Gomi - Gori - Mtskheta, 108 km. Starting from the camp in Gomi was a little delayed when the school children discovered us on their grounds. First they offered a nice bunch of spring flowers to Posted by Lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | Apr 3, 2008
Over the Rikoti Pass 943 mContinuing from Kharagauli the paved road ended and we experienced how interesting hard days can be. Hard because of temporary rain but mostly because of the "road" that required an MTB rather than what we are using. Interesting because slow Posted by Lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | Apr 3, 2008
Against the wind and up the hillSwanetia, Kachetia, Imeretia - these are some names of the historical provinces of Georgia that has been a kingdom from very early times and adopted Christianity as state religion already in the fourth century. The ancient fortresses and churches a Posted by Lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | Apr 3, 2008
Balcony of EuropeA long route, 127 kilometres and the first one with height metres after the flat coastal roads. Georgia is called the "Balcony of Europe" and today we have a good view the snow-covered summits of what is really only the Posted by Lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | Apr 3, 2008
From Turkey to GeorgiaLast day on the Black Sea Coast. We had to spend quite a bit of time at the border checkpoint because after 31 days in Turkey the border guards didn`t let people out who bought a one-month visa upon entry Posted by Lent in Olympic bicycle ride 2008 | Mar 28, 2008
Tbilisi My Prison20/20 hindsight is a great thing! I know that I am not the first to say it and I'm sure that at some point and time these exact words have passed your own lips as your master plan has fallen Posted by djrkidd in Kiwi's Don't Fly! | Jul 1, 2007
Batumi to ErzurumFrom the train in Batumi it was another marshrutka ride to the border, back the way I had come 6 days before. I looked out for the supposedly well impressive Roman fortress at Gioni just 3Ks short of the border Posted by andyhay in Asia Overland 2006-2008 | Nov 14, 2006
Day trips from TbilisiWith mutual support, Mag and I had decided upon a couple of forays from the city the next day so it was an early start with no daylight until 9. The first priority was a marshrutka ride out to Mtskheta, Posted by andyhay in Asia Overland 2006-2008 | Nov 13, 2006
TbilisiI was abruptly shakened awake by the carriage attendant a tad before 8, a tramplike poor excuse for a man complete with fag hanging off his bottom lip, bellowing words I guessed were to the effect of "What the hell Posted by andyhay in Asia Overland 2006-2008 | Nov 12, 2006
KutaisiI had had the intention of going out of town to visit the nearby Gelati Monastery today, which together with the cathedral constituted another UNESCO listing. By chance though some boys I was sharing a table with in the cafe Posted by andyhay in Asia Overland 2006-2008 | Nov 11, 2006
Batumi to KutaisiIf the town in parts was dodgy, the Batumi bus station was singularly a bad advertisement for progress. The gap in public transport provision since liberalisation had been filled by 101 battered minivans known as Marshrutkas and I had the Posted by andyhay in Asia Overland 2006-2008 | Nov 10, 2006
BatumiDue to the aforementioned "border lag" I didnt rise until after 12 and just strolled around town in welcome sunshine, finding some quite nice buildings in parts painted in pastel colours, synonymous with St. Petersburg. The cathedral was also impressive, Posted by andyhay in Asia Overland 2006-2008 | Nov 9, 2006
Rainy Night in GeorgiaThe weather looked far from promising when I woke next day so I decided against another day trailing around Trabzon or a trip out to the Sumela Monastery. I would have struggled for transport for that one anyway which was Posted by andyhay in Asia Overland 2006-2008 | Nov 8, 2006

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