Category Archives: Georgia

Turkey – Trabzon, 28 – 29 August 2018

Posted on Wednesday, 29-August-2018 by Chris Desmond

Batumi to Trabzon in Turkey involved crossing the border from Georgia to Turkey. It took about 20 minutes to ride from Batumi to the border, there were about 10 cars queued up but no movement.  After 10 minutes in the … Continue reading →

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Georgia – Batumi, 26 – 27 August 2018

Posted on Tuesday, 28-August-2018 by Chris Desmond

Tbilisi to Batumi was not a very pleasant ride. The first 70 km or so was on a good 4 lane highway, after that 2 lanes through the mountains which would normally be good but there was too much traffic … Continue reading →

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Georgia – Tbilisi, 24 – 25 August 2018

Posted on Saturday, 25-August-2018 by Chris Desmond

Yerevan to Tbilisi, this time I followed a different route, first to Sevan and then onto the M4 all the way to the Georgian Border. Overall it was a much better road than the  M6 which I had to go … Continue reading →

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Armenia – Haghpat, 17 – 18 August 2018

Posted on Saturday, 18-August-2018 by Chris Desmond

Ganja, Azerbaijan to Haghpat, Armenia involved crossing two borders, first from Azerbaijan to Georgia and 40 minutes later from Georgia to Armenia. I had to visit Armenia after Azerbaijan because if I had a Armenian stamp in my passport Azerbaijan … Continue reading →

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Azerbaijan – Ganja, 10 August 2018

Posted on Friday, 10-August-2018 by Chris Desmond

Tbilisi, Georgia to Ganja, Azerbaijan, rain predicted so dressed in my full riding suit, left at 0920, Garmin playing up, marked a POI close to the border and got it going in the right direction. Garmin does not have maps for … Continue reading →

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Georgia – Tbilisi, 05 – 09 August 2018

Posted on Thursday, 9-August-2018 by Chris Desmond

Kars to Tbilisi, I started out with just a long sleeve shirt on, no jacket, temp was 19c and I expected it to warm up as the day progressed, guess again, altitude rose to over 2,000 metres and it got … Continue reading →

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