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Money: Lari Visum (Dutch passport): no visum required Daybudget: 30 euros (pp) Transportation The main public transportation in Tbilisi are buses, metro and marshrutkas which are minibuses. The minibuses are not only widely used in the city itself, but is also the main transportation to other cities/regions in Georgia. The distances are not that great, so it is doable. If such minibuses drove in Holland, there would probably be space for only 12 people. But since we’re talking about Georgian…
We had waited long, cold, rainy days to visit Kazbegi and the right day had finally come! We couldn’t believe it, the depressive days in Tbilisi were almost over! We couldn’t stand the thought of having to stay a day longer there. We went to Metrostation Dedubi since there was a busstation over there. You can also find markets and bakeries there to buy food and drinks for your journey. The irritating thing is that the minibuses have to be…
We bought traintickets (19 lari p.p.) from the postoffice, got us some breakfast and took the bus (1 lari p.p.) to the Butanian trainstation for our departure to Tbilisi. The trainride took only 5 hours and we reached Tbilisi in the evening around 10 pm. We were still exhausted so we took some rest the next day. The weather was not nice anyway, so we didn’t mind staying inside. What we didn’t know was that staying inside would be the only…
When we were in Cappadocia, we weren’t sure yet to go to Trabzon or straight to Georgia. Many people said Trabzon is really nice for its beautiful green valleys (calling it Georgian valleys) and some other places like the Sumeyra Monastry but after thinking it all through we decided it was time for our next destination! Excited we were, until we heard how long it would take to get there from Cappadocia: 22 hours! Everything’s first time I guess… There…