May 2024
Friendly Turkish Police …
One of the officers had a private Yamaha 700 Tracer, so he was extremely interested in the Tenere 700 👍🏍️
Stalin monument on a mountain top …
Big Brother is (still) watching you !
Zekari pass …
A more challenging ride than expected, but a stunning view from the top.
Fine dining …
This may be my last evening in Georgia for now, so I turned up the dining experience a few notches 👍
Potholes …
This one is actually marked with an orange pole !
Abandoned communist sanatorium city…
Tskaltubo was a russian prestige city with castle-like hotels and mineral water sanatoriums all over the city. Plenty of parks, wide tree lined roads, and statues and monuments everywhere.
When Georgia was liberated in 2001 and the russian tourists disapeared, there was no longer money or need to maintain the beautiful buildings, and most of them were abandoned.
Some of them have been brought up to standard again and the tourists are slowly returning, but there are still plenty of buildings that have not been used or worked on since 1991.
Turning point …
Ushguli is actually the place where I turn the bike around and I am now on my way home.
Time to celebrate with a cold beer 🍺