Month: July 2007

We were both delirious from hunger and in need of one last Georgian feed, however the streets around the train station proved fruitless… sensing defeat we hailed the first taxi we saw and as typical, Iiris negotiated the fare and we hopped in and away. Instantly I knew we were in for good time when… Continue reading The Road From Georgia To Back Home

Check out the latest photos, this country is photo gold im telling you We are here in Batumi, on the Black Sea coast of Georgia. Ive never seen the Black Sea before, it has always tantalized me, all the way over here and you have to go through some strange country to get there. I… Continue reading Letters From The Black Sea

ok im a bit out of order, given the lack of net Ive been writing blogs on my laptop to keep them fresh. We are in Gori right now, hometown of this bloke Look familiar? The only place in the world I think where they still have standing statues of him and not just on… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… Stalins Home Town

UPDATE It sees my page now comes up the top of the list when you search for home stays in Tbilisi! Irena has a webpage but i cant remember what it is and its virtually impossible to find on google. If you want to stay and Irenas and who wouldnt…. Homestay Irene -19b Ninoshvili tel:… Continue reading Irenas Homestay, Tbilisi

How about that Stalin guy eh? What a funny old fellow he was, rose to power after Lenins death, oversore both a massive period of growth for his nation as well as a massive period of killing for his own people and anyone else he could get his hands on really. After Tbilisi we have… Continue reading Gori, Hometown of one Joseph Stalin

Not much time but we are in Tbilisi and spent the day walking around, its a nice city, its not quite chickens and donkeys on the sidewalk, its quite pleasant in fact. It is wet though so not sure of the next move, we are in a sweet little guesthouse called Irenas Homestay, this lady… Continue reading In Tbilisi and Wet

One ferry ride later and Im in my first stop, good old Riga! I took the overnight ferry from Stockholm last night, the old rust bucket Regina Baltica, the smaller, less impressive of Tallinks Baltic fleet. as you can see above, 5pm leaving Stockholm harbour is quite the afternoon rush. Our boat may be small,… Continue reading First Stop, Riga Latvia

Sweden is such a nice country, even after having a year and a half of holidays, I get an extra 3 weeks in July because all of Sweden shuts down in this month to enjoy the 4 hours of sunlight they get annually. So whats a guy to do with some time on his hands… Continue reading Where The Bloody Hell Is Georgia?

Im sitting here at work first thing in the morning feeling a bit bored, not an uncommon thing given its July and Swedish business virtually shuts down over this time, so im sitting and thinking. Im thinking about my thoughts and impressions of Eesti and how they have changed over time. Theres been a lot… Continue reading Smoke Sauna Of Fiscal Policy

So this week Sochi in Russia won the bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Great Success! One of the major factors attributes to this win is the main man himself, your favourite ex KGB bad ass and mine, President Putin flying down to Guatemala himself to give a speech and not just any… Continue reading Cultural Learnings Of… Putin Speaks to IOC, In English!