This day we started very early. First we hitch-hiked with a policeman and later with 2 guys who were transporting hay for sale in Hopa. We got to the Turkish border with some nice family and we passed it quite quickly on foot. Soon we stepped onto Georgian land for the first time in our lives. After short walk in Georgian small village named Sarpi, we found Turkish truck driver who took us directly to Batumi.
First impression of Georgia was... lots of cows everywhere including roads; cheap cigarettes, bad roads and rural character of the country. It was something completely different than Turkey - less developed, monastries instead of mosques, women without scarfs around theirs heads. After a while we got to Batumi. We changed some money and started to look for some cheap place to stay as we didn't manage to find any host in there.
Batumi is the city of contrasts, big fancy hotels are placed beside old, neglected houses. Main seaside boulevard is modern with tourist attractions and even city bikes. In Batumi we found some nice parks, dolphinarium, forest of bamboo and boulevard of devoted to tragically died polish president and his wife. In the evenig we ate our first Georgian dish - Khachapuri, which was very big dough stuffed with cheese.
We have drunk for the first time since many years - lemonade. It is very popular drink in Poland in 90' and earlier.
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| Batumi |
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| Georgian Alphabet Tower |
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| Lech and Marya Kachinsky str. |
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| Georgian alphabet |
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| Khachapuri - Megruli |
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| restored streets of Old Town |
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