Tbilisi City tour with Zura Mosiashvili, our driver and Keity Abuvashilli, our guide.

We left our Azerbaijan guide Elchin and our driver Xeyrullar at the border and then began our harrowing experience of crossing into Georgia. We knew there was a walkway which had to be crossed. But we did not know that this 600 m walkway had steps upwards, many of them broken, snapped and irregular. Luckily for me, a young Chinese man and a local soldier helped me with my two large bags. We reached the no man’s land and then another 500 m of Georgian walkway, luckily on level ground and an interminable wait….some had waited there for 4 ½ hours to cross. We managed it in just under two hours. My recommendation – do not walk into Georgia from Azerbaijan.

Then began our Georgia tour with Zura Mosiashvili, our driver and Keity Abuvashilli, our guide. Two wonderful people with good humour and great warmth. This blog is about our tour of Tbilisi city and its mainly photos, less words. 

The city is well spaced out. Lots of people and modern cars. Though there have been wars in the recent past, the city and country don’t show those scars. The Caucasus mountain range is ever present as a backdrop. Looks really beautiful.

 

The Christian religion is strong in its different avatars - all churches and cathedrals in this region are large, beautifully maintained and have a strong presence in the minds of the people – young and old. 

Tbilisi has its old and its new part – both interesting.  Linked together by museums, bridges, the river.

 

     

In many places, we saw carts selling freshly cut fruits – berries of various sorts in large cups. They made a nice display and I regret we never tried any. 

   

So enjoy these photos of the city which we toured that day. 

Keity is a wonderful guide, very knowledgeable about her city. A fund of local history. 

Zura is a great driver, enjoys his work and travel. Seeing the city and the country with them brought real value to our trip. 

This blog is dedicated to two wonderful people - Zura Mosiashvili, our driver and Keity Abuvashilli, our guide. They were with us from the Azerbajani Balakan - Georgia border to the Sadakhlo Georgia -  Hagapat Armenia border road. They were with us 3.5 days and we drove over 655 kms in Georgia. They were extremely helpful, warm hearted and knowledgeable. They resolved issues which our travel agent in Tbilisi failed to do. Thank you.

Their contact details are in my blog on "Guides who have been really helpful to us. "

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