Here’s a little map of the journey so far. J is where we’re headed now. First, we had to spend a night in Kutaisi before going directly to Mestia. Nothing really absurd happened on this day, other than us cooking for the FIRST time this whole trip. Usually, when traveling, hostels have a kitchen soContinue reading “Mountaintops of Mestia”
Category Archives: Summer 2018
Sneaky Cows in Kazbegi
It’s about 6 in the evening in Tbilisi, fresh off the train and we have to get to the Russian border by nightfall. Of course, had we arrived at 9 am we would have had an easy journey, but now everything is rather last minute. We look around the hectic marshrutka station for someone goingContinue reading “Sneaky Cows in Kazbegi”
Fifty Shades of Sweat
It’s eight o’clock at night, and we’re boarding a train to Baku. The train is a literal sauna, having been left in the sun all day long. We wait outside and add another addition to the slav squat catalog. People are already taking their shirts off and getting drunk all over the train, as it mustContinue reading “Fifty Shades of Sweat”
Toasty Tbilisi
Today the plan is to get to Tbilisi. One can do so by train or by bus. Train, may take about seven hours while the bus will take four. What’s the catch? The bus, or Marshrutka, is really just a mini-van being piloted at insane speeds by the angriest men alive. They also don’t haveContinue reading “Toasty Tbilisi”
Smile, Kutaisi
Guys, I’m tired. I haven’t had more than a bus seat and a cold floor to sleep on for two nights, and I haven’t showered in three. It’s pretty great, honestly. Something about being tired and stinky has a nice charm to it, especially when you spend a semester showering and sleeping eight hours aContinue reading “Smile, Kutaisi”
The Weekend Rambler 