this country looks pretty good to me: https://www.youtube.com/@ScramblerPOV/videosthe city looks cool and the nature also looks really goodAnyone been?fuck I really want to ride a motorcycle in Georgia... I'm thinking of getting one and driving from western Europe to Georgia through Turkey. Sounds fucking rad, please tell me i'm wrong and shouldn't start planning such a trip (i give myself 5 years including getting a motorcycle license and learning to drive that thing first)?
>>2832040I have, it's a great country. Some of the people there are very rude and no one speaks english. Check out the bath houses if you can.
>>2832832Nobody was rude to me. Where are you from?
>>2832040>this country looks pretty good to me:well it's not
>>2832852Why?
>>2832861criminals corrupt gov'tetc
>>283286290% of the world is a shithole with these problems, of course it's probably not an ideal place to live. But the majority of this board, including OP, just wants to travel, not live
>>2832040It's kinoHope you aren't russian (pic related, from Tbilisi)
>larp as europeans >ruled by a pro-russian government >can't do shit about it, just seethe non stop>tbilisi is a fucking dump with collapsing buildings and shit People there are hilarious
>>2832040It is even more fun than you expect
I'm leaning toward Central Asia over the Caucasus region, though the Caucasus seems more well-watered and climatically favorable.
>>2833875Thought about being a 'pro traveler' and doing the ferry between the 2?
Was planning on going in late June, few days in tbilisi and 7-8 day trek in the svaneti valley.A little worried about safety/politics of the region and it being my first international trip
>>2833971>A little worried about safety/politics of the regionGeorgians are drama queens but have much better relations with their neighbors than the other caucus countries and Russia isn't likely to do anything at the moment. I think you're bigger issue would be going to villages that aren't friendly to outsiders.
>>2834146you're correct, putin isn't a concern. it's xenophobic villagers lol
>>2834156Why is that "lol". Are you agreeing with him or saying he's wrong. Don't make bad vague posts like this.
>>2834161i'm clearly agreeing with himyou spend too much time on the internet if you thought otherwise...
>>2832861NTA but it's 90% white dude, I'm from Orange county and it's just getting progressively worse here for white males.
How is Batumi in May if I don't care that much about the beach? I've been to Tbilisi a few times and want to see somewhere else
>>2834176I liked Batumi. It gets called soulless, but it’s way more unique and interesting than a place like Dubai or Singapore. If you like walking, just head north and you’ll get towards the botanical gardens which are world class and overlook the Black Sea. You can also just walk up along the railroad track that goes by the beach (final part of the train from Tbilisi to Batumi which is a picturesque journey) all the way up to Kobuleti. Batumi is more expensive than the rest of Georgia but it’s worth a look and in May it’ll be cheapish (that’s when I happened to be there, from memory it wasn’t considered peak season yet but the weather was still fine). If you can do a long stay there’s shit loads of apartments in the Orbi Sky scrapers you’ll get a good price for.Oh yeah, they have one of the best plane spotting spots too, it’s really cool. Cheap liquor. Beautiful promenade. Nice place
>>2834267>Orbi SkyPrices in winter were dirt cheap, a basic rinky dink 1 bedroom on 30th floor was like $300-400 a month, as soon as spring hit it jumped to $1300. For a winter extended stay I recommend. I preferred Batumi over Tbilisi.
>>2834172>Orange CountyWhat?
>>2834267Have you invested in Batumi yet? Seems like every 2nd ad in Georgia is somehow related to this.
I was going to visit this country for new years, but then I heard the caucuses aren't so great in the winter.Is this true?
>>2833888I've heard they discontinued the ferry. Yeah, it would be awesome to do an overland transit from Kyrgyzstan all the way to Istanbul.
>>2834656>I've heard they discontinued the ferryI think the ferry only takes passengers east
>>2834656Bald and Bankrupt just did it from Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan.>>2834697Kek, that's glorious.
