Georgia

First stop. Hi guys :) Finally the first stop! In the town of Aksai, near the Rostov. This is first stop from Moscow. It's ok, I'm not feel myself so tired. Road from Moscow to beginning Rostov's region is good, average velocity about 100km/h, we stay for night near Rostov after 11 hours drivings. My friends recommended me use transponder for paying road, it really useful, you will not stay in queue for pay in cash and save your time. Transponder cost 1000rub plus amount of money which you pay for road. From Moscow to Rostov I payed about 600rub.
Road to Vladikavkaz. Good day, guys! We come to Vladikavkaz. This part of road not so length - about only 700km, but I feel myself as if I traveled much more - It thanks to poor road. But there interesting places, about it I'm read many times - Pyatigorsk, Essentuki, Nalchik, Vladikavkaz. We drive from Rostov to Vladikavkaz and see as there are mounts with snow hats, somewhere among them located Elbrus, but we not see it yet. We taked a photos, but I will not scare you by these pictures, created in moving car - tomorrow we going to Georgia through mounts and will take a much quality photos. BTW, from Vladikavkaz to Grozny about 100km, to Mahachkala about 250-300km, and not so much far to Azerbaydjan - very interesting, but of course, we feeling self some tense, on the road many police and blockposts, but us they not stopped yet.
Georgia border. We are in Georgia. Road from Vladikavkaz to border so small and have nothing interesting. We spent at the border about 40 minutes, it's record - we never spent on border so little time, it's cool. But that's not all - my English level does not allow express my great admiration!
Tbilisi. So, we now in Tbilisi. Really, it's nice city with some spirit. And weather in Tbilisi is more hot, than on coast, in Batumi. We love Tbilisi! :) Yesterday we met with... may be we know, who is it?
Came to Tbilisi. Today we wolking in the center of Tbilisi. What we noticed - pedestrians absolutey have no rights. I think, it's a East. You can try to cross road on right place, but anybody will skip you. If you want to cross road - you can do one thing - do it. You should no wait for skip you, you should go. Only this will stopped drivers. Really, it is not like to Moscow.
Red roofs. View from height of cableway. Red roofs like a roofs of buildings in Prague.
Dzveli Tbilisi. When I think about return to workouts, I'm affraid :) My boxing trainer will not recognize me. I'm got some equipments for train, but I always is busy - may be I'm eat, may be I'm walking, may be I'm relax after eat :)
Restaraunts. In Tbilisi so much small restaraunts, cafes and small shops, where you can buy typicall Georgian food - bakery products, fructs, vegetables. All of this very tasty, as you understand. Usually we eating in one restaraunt, there very tasty, not so expensive and usually you don't wait for waitress. What about cost for food: this big "khachipuri" cost 13.5 Lari (about 325 rubles), it really big and delicious:
Who is it? . On the left side, of course :) On the right side, I think you know who (my son Klim) :)
Rustavely street. But most crowd on Rustavely street - there will music concert, but I don't remember who will sing, sorry :) We did't go to it crowd and instead it we walk to peak of mount Mtatsminda. Tomorrow we will go to old city Mcheta, it will our finally point in Georgia - in Monday we going to Russia.
Local roads. Of course, we did't see toll roads, coz really highway I saw only one - from Tbilisi to Borjomi (approximately 3/4 of road), other roads usually it's road in mounts, where one side is a wall of mount and other side is a precipice. And local drivers - they did't know about rules, solid stripe for they - only color stripe, not more. If they see turn of road, does not matter, they will overtaking, anyway. But on the turn of road they will beep, becouse they sort of care about security. Really, it's no joke, it's sad. I'm back time to Chelyabinsk in the 1990 years.
Road rules. Good day, guys! Today I found out a few main rules of Georgians drivers. I can shared it with you :) So, if you drive on thin road and forward car suddenly will stopped - you never stop, it's a shame! You MUST going to oncoming lane and try to overtake all losers, else you... I don't know, think yourself :) Next rule - if you will see continous lane, it means you can do overtake all cars, and degree of risk not important. And last rules concerns pedestrians, in main. But driver can use it too, if possible. So, if you want to cross road - do it. Do it slowly, you have 9 lifes, of course, do it as you relax - all drivers see you and always stops, do it everywhere - not worry about 3 lanes, which you need to cross, never to see to traffic light - coz all the same, you don't know which color what it mean Use it rules for your health! Later I will try show a few moments on video from my car videoregistrator.
Cell networks. And couple words about cell networks. I have Russian Megafon, with cost about 12 rub for minute with enabled option "Around world", but internet in roaming very expensive - if you use it, you will pay 400rub for 80mb. Even use 1kb will enabled packet 80mb for 400rub for 1 day. In short, today we bought sim-card Geocell, it cost 10Lar for 4gb, for whole Georgia, but without calls. We are online now! I'm tired, becouse I will later tell you about night Tbilisi, parks and lake near city, where we swimmed today. By the way, tomorrow we going move to Borjomi.
Borjomi. Today I will torture you stories about Borjomi. We came to here yesterday and the rest of the day we spent in center, but it's not so interesting. Although, city located on the famous river "Kura". At least, I read many storyes about it places.
City park. Most famous and interesting places located in city park, but it have distance from center about 4km. In this places are located tsar's pool, waterfall, and of course, fountain with Borjomi's mineral water.
Borzhomi, Грузия. Waterpool very clean, have 3 baths with difference water temperature. By my feeling, it more than 30 degree and pool working and in winter too. I think is cool - warm water and frost air :) On territory working free Wi-Fi, have infrastructure for your usability, it's ok. Waterpool cost 5 Lari for person.
Road from Tbilisi to Borjomi. What about road from Tbilisi to Borjomi. Mostly it good road, highway, you can drive with velocity 110km/h (officially). But exist parts of road. where you will drive on edge of mount with beatiful view and scary in the soul :) But I'm a driver, for me it's no matter. So, I will saying a goodbye - tomorrow we started to Batumi.
Driving to Batumi. Long time no see, guys! Yesterday I had no strength to post, really. We have driven from Borjomu to Batumi, Google.Maps said to me about 4,5hours for 250 km - I'm not believed, on the start. But when we started, I'm realized: this highway is a thin road in mounts, with continuously speed restriction and villages. Really, we spent more 5 hours for road. Ok. But, it's not bad. What was really bad - is the road situation. It's something impossible. I don't know, how they driving everyday - on the road people, cars, cows, and you cannot to know, what they will do further. May be cow will cross road, may be children will cross road (together with cow), may be all of they will run... It's a really hell for driver.
Our hotel. Our hotel located highly in mount, in 10km from Batumi and 2km from border with Turkey and have incredible view from mountain.
Road to parking. Road to hotel is extremaly steep, about 40 degree, and have blind turns, where you can't see other cars and you can't drive slow - if you will stopped, you can not start. As minimum, this is really danger, you have risk to roll back. When we drive to hotel on the peak, we all gray-heared (children too).
Park location. Park located close the sea, and after walkiing we swam, of course. Water is warm.
Park based by... . What so strange. Park was based in 1892 year by Russian professor Andrey Krasnov, but all information about park and founder only in Georgian and English languages. I think, owners of park could be written it on Russian too, for respect.
Couple words about Batumi. What I can say about Batumi? When we were approaching, from far away we saw silhouette of modern city, with big modern buildings on the background clouds. It was astounding sight. But reality, of course, back us to the ground. City have many modern buildings:
Old Batumi. But also we see many old buildings, which required repairs. Especially, we are surprised, when see old Soviet houses, where owners added extra balkony or, sometime, extra floors. It really ugly, but I can't hide it from you :)
City of contrast. But of course, no need think in grayscale :) Batumi is city of contrast, somewhere it old soviet style, somewhere - it is modern city, with unusual buildings and towers.
Leaving Batumi. We leaving Batumi. It was a good time.
Return to Tbilisi. Good day, my friends! I sure, all of you ask each other - where Sergey, why he doesn't any write? We are ok, but road from Batumi to Tbilisi ate my forces. Now I'm rested and I feel myself is ok. Realy, Georgia must make good highway from center to sea coast, without it country will not grow. As I told, I corrected video from car videoregistrator, you can imagine tipycally part of it road:
Mtatsminda. Hi! Nice to see you! Today we went to მთაწმინდის პარკი. If you don't know Georgian language, I told about Mtatsminda park :) I feeling myself almost inhabitant of Tbilisi - now I can found route to center without map :) Mtatsminda park located at the top of mount near city and you can get to it use funicular.
Mtskheta, Грузия. Hi! Our trip on Georgia come to finish, today we went in to "Mcheta" - ancient capital of Georgia. Town is interesting, but I saw and more interesting :) But near it located ancient church "Djvari" - it was really gorgeous and I want comeback there again. Church located on the top of mountain, where very windy. When you look to down, you see place, where mixed water of rivers "Kura" and "Aragvi".
Grozny. We are in Grozny. I tired, road is awful.
President's residence. Hi guys! I left you on interesting moment - we came to Grozny and went to walk in center. We had strange feelings. From one side it was curiosity, but other side we understood - it another world, muslims, with alien rules. For example, we spent half of hour for read rules, how to you should wear in Grozny, in common for womens, of course. But for mans rules exist too: man must'n be wear in shorts. It was difficult for me, usually I weared in shorts, this is very comfortable in car :) For womans rules more strict - of course, only skirt (no pants), shoulders must be covered, head must be covered. May be we were in vain worried, but at first time we decided be insure.
Walk in center. We walked in center about 3-4 hours and saw all main famous places, it not so many. On the picture at bottom main symbols modern Grozny.
National dishes. In restaurant we tried some national dishes, all of this was very tasty. For example, "Jijig galnash" - boiled beef with dumplings, like a macarony.
Essentuki. But couple of notes about Essentuki I must tell. Park is good, we wanted to walk there, but I felt - all in park in Soviet style, in bad meaning. If you want drink a famous mineral water - you must come to source in time between 8:00 to 9:30 AM or 01:00-03:00 PM, or 05:00-07:00 PM. In other time this source don't working. What the hell! In short, I think, if you want to drink, you must go to source in organized row, with commander, with flag, and necessarily at 8:00 AM But fountains is cool :)
It's all. Of course, further was tedious driving to Moscow by bore road for 2 days. Of course, further was traffic jams in Moscow, as usually. But it other bored stories :) Thank's for you attention, I hope it was interesting for you! I will glad to see your reviews, write me! Later I will translate it story to Russian and post to https://gromozeka07b9.livejournal.com

Georgia. Time to time I write small reports from my trips. This article about our trip from Moscow to Georgia - Tbilisi, Borzhomi, Batumi. And on the back road - Grozny city!