The road to Batumi – Is It The Way

Although Dogubayazit is only 30km away from the Iranian border I’ve chosen to travel to Georgia and Armenia first, entering Georgia at the coastal town of Batumi. The first 100 km of the day where covered by minibus since it was raining, and afterwards I hitched with an election campaign bus into Ardahan for the night.

Landscape near Ardahan — Crossroads near Ardahan.

Alpine views — Crossing over another mountain pass the next day, 2600m this time with snow and driving in the clouds, the change in landscape was quite significant; turning into a sort of Austria.

Hitching with the police — I managed to hitch-hike with the Turkish police, who drove me 10km further out of the town, parked the car next to the road and started stopping cars until they found me a direct ride to the town of Hopa on the black sea!

The Georgians where renovating the Sarpi border crossing. From the inside it looked like an airport, complete with luggage belts.

4 thoughts on “The road to Batumi”

Susanne

June 16, 2011 at 18:47

Hey Wouter,

Gave reis ben je aan het maken. Op Facebook volg ik ‘Its on the Meter’ zij zitten nu in Iran, maar volgens mij ben jij sneller met reizen dan zij. Zij nemen regelmatig ook mensen mee in hun taxi, dus misschien kom je ze nog wel tegen en kan je mee!
http://www.itsonthemeter.com/
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Leuk om zo je avonturen te volgen. Veel plezier nog!

Groetjes, Susanne
Pim de Bruijn

June 18, 2011 at 18:57

Mooie geit. Leuk gezelschap voor een kip. Trouwens mooie grens overgang en prachtig aldus natuur
Wayne

June 23, 2011 at 15:22

I love it – the chicken found a furry friend.
Jelmer Hoogendoorn

June 23, 2011 at 17:31

Blijft gaaf om je fotos en verhalen te lezen. Zekers nice dat die turkse politie hun bevoegdheden ook gebruiken voor lifters;) Stuk makkelijker auto’s stoppen dan met een bordje!

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