Day 187: bus from Mestia to Tbilisi
2024年6月9日, ジョージア ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Time to leave Mestia and head back to civilization. Our next stop is Tbilisi, where the challenges were ahead of us. We will stay in Tbilisi for a month to figure out our onward travel.
Btw, weもっと詳しく
Day 195: Walk around Tbilisi
2024年6月17日, ジョージア ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
A brief walk around in Tbilisi! Went to the ‘Always’ Bridge and the old town. The weather was too hot to do more things in Tbilisi. Probably we were still climatizing :)
Day 200: Mtskheta
2024年6月22日, ジョージア ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
📍Samtawro Church
📍Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
📍Jvari Monastery (this is not easy go from Mtskheta, we had to hike and cross the highway in order to reach there)
Overall, a nice day trip in Mtskheta
Day 204: National Botanic Garden
2024年6月26日, ジョージア ⋅ 🌬 26 °C
📍national botanic garden of georgia
Not the best botanic garden and you have to pay for entrance
Day 204: Mother of Georgia
2024年6月26日, ジョージア ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
She symbolizes the Georgian national character; left hand holding a bowl of wine to greet those who come as friends, right hand is a sword for those who come as enemies.
Day 206: Didube Bus Terminal
2024年6月28日, ジョージア ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Caught the bus to Gori for a day trip to Uplistsikhe Cave Town
Day 206: Gori Bus Terminal
2024年6月28日, ジョージア ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
a brief transfer at Gori for the bus to Uplistsikhe
Day 206: Uplistsikhe Cave Town
2024年6月28日, ジョージア ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Uplistsikhe is one of the oldest urban settlements in Georgia. Strategically located in the heart of ancient kingdom of Kartli, it emerged as a major polotical and religious center of the country. Theもっと詳しく
Day 206: Didube bus terminal
2024年6月28日, ジョージア ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
After a long day in the cave town, we went back to Didube bus terminal
Day 211: Ananuri Fortress Complex
2024年7月3日, ジョージア ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
This is another fortress complex that is quite well-known. There was a secret tunnel linking the church and the fortress. The army hide in the fortress and got supply from outside with the tunnel. Theもっと詳しく
Day 211: Didube Bus Terminal
2024年7月3日, ジョージア ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
We went back to the bus terminal after the day trip
Day 216: Samtavisi Cathedral
2024年7月8日, ジョージア ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Such a lovely cathedral in a small town. We went there because it is a tentative UNESCO world heritage. We got the place to ourselves, which is pretty cool for a visit.
Day 216: Sterlin Museum and Birthplace
2024年7月8日, ジョージア ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
We visited this as we were on our way to Gori. Very disappointing museum and area to walk around. We learn nothing about Sterlin after visiting. The English description just ended suddenly as well. Itもっと詳しく
Day 217: David Gareja Monastery
2024年7月9日, ジョージア ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
A monastery lies between Georgia and Azerbaijan border. Due to the conflict between the two countries, we could only visit the part on the Georgian side. It is in a very remote place and only oneもっと詳しく
Day 218: Russian Transit Visa - Done!
2024年7月10日, ジョージア ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
After more than 2-week waiting, we finally got our 3-day Russian transit visa that we could move forward! What a relief!!
Day 221: Ortachala Central Bus Station
2024年7月13日, ジョージア ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Today was the big day. It was day 1 on our way to Russia. From Tbilisi, we took a 6-hour mini-bus to Vladikavkaz 🇷🇺
Day 221: Vladikavkaz Bus Station
2024年7月13日, ロシア ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Amazing soviet-design bus station! Our first impression in Russia is quite good. People are friendly and helpful. Since we have 3 days only, We quickly found our bus to Astrakhan, which is 912km fromもっと詳しく
Day 222: Arriving Astrakhan
2024年7月14日, ロシア ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
After 10-hour of bus ride, we are finally here, Astrakhan! We quickly check-in at our hotel and took a quick nap!
Day 222: Astrakhan Kremlin
2024年7月14日, ロシア ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
After 6 hours sleep, we were re-charged! We did a little bit touring around Astrakhan. This kremlin is a UNESCO world heritage. We were curious about the onion-shaped church!
Day 223: Overnight train to Atyrau
2024年7月15日, ロシア ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C
Last day of our transit visa in Russia! We had to make sure our overnight train to Kazakhstan was up and running before the Transit Visa expired in midnight.
Day 224: Arriving at Atyrau
2024年7月16日, カザフスタン ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Nice and early! After 11-hour train ride, we are here, Atyrau Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 Finally completed our transit in Russia! Another relief!!!
Day 226: Walk around Atyrau
2024年7月18日, カザフスタン ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Atyrau is an industrial city, most people will skip it and carry on with their journey. But we chose to stay here for a few days, just to catch our breathe and wait for the train to Aral Sea! Ourもっと詳しく
Day 227: Leaving Atyrau
2024年7月19日, カザフスタン ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
Back to the Atyrau Train Station for our overnight train ride to Aralsk More Station! We tried the 2 people berth on the train with private washroom! It was definitely a lovely train ride!
Day 228: Arriving Aralsk More Station
2024年7月20日, カザフスタン ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
After 17-hour train ride, we arrived at Aralsk More Station. Not many tourists will come here as most of them will visit Aral Sea on the Uzbekistan side. But we would like to break the long trainもっと詳しく
Day 229: Aral Sea (Tastubek)
2024年7月21日, カザフスタン ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
It is very difficult to get around in the area as it is close to the desert area. We hired a private driver to bring us to the sea and take a look at the area.
The drying up of Aral Sea is quite sad.もっと詳しく