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Sitting around at a Georgian provincial airport. Free wireless here. Can't believe it. (from brightkite)
1:17 AM Nov 30th from Brightkite
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Being always overloaded, it's common for them to take several tries at taking off. You may also have to stand during the flight. (from ...
1:12 AM Nov 28th from Brightkite
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You may want to think twice. Their Antonov AN-2 has 16 seats and regularly carries 23 people+baggage+chicken. Oh, and the cheese. (from...
1:11 AM Nov 28th from Brightkite
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There's a tiny provincial airport here that offers free flights to Svaneti (high Caucasus mountains). Wanna go? (from brightkite)
1:10 AM Nov 28th from Brightkite
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German state funds partial Batumi sewage rebuild with 76mln€. Mobilising people thru microfinance would cost only 6mln. (from brightkite)
12:50 AM Nov 28th from Brightkite
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Finished my speech on project management training in tourism development. Longing for an Americano now (real bean coffee). (from bright...
11:18 PM Nov 27th from Brightkite
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Safely arrived in Batumi late last night. Torrential rains here as usual. They're on a par only with Congo's rainy season. (from bright...
10:11 PM Nov 27th from Brightkite
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Just evaded a donkey cart at full speed on an unlit motorway. Phew! Now I'm awake. (from brightkite)
8:53 AM Nov 27th from Brightkite
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Following an army convoy thru Samtredia in slo-mo in the rain. All 20y old Soviet-style vans and buses. (from brightkite)
7:55 AM Nov 27th from Brightkite
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Through Kutaisi by night, one of spookiest, most run-down, Soviet-era workers towns I've ever been to. (from brightkite)
6:29 AM Nov 27th from Brightkite
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Industries are village-based here. We already passed the bread-village, the oil-v., the woodcraft-v., now the pottery-v. (from brightki...
5:25 AM Nov 27th from Brightkite
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Passing through Roteki tunnel. No ventilation system. Kinda, ehem, "foggy" here. Can barely see 100m. (from brightkite)
5:07 AM Nov 27th from Brightkite
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The G.'n countryside is dominated by demolished Soviet-era plants - virtually no modern industry outside Tbilisi. (from brightkite)
4:44 AM Nov 27th from Brightkite
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Villagers sell 1000s of white cabbage along the road while cattle herds return to stables often blocking roads. (from brightkite)
4:44 AM Nov 27th from Brightkite
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Tskinvali 26km. Snow covered peaks of the North Caucasus line the horizon. Several more refugee camps. (from brightkite)
4:44 AM Nov 27th from Brightkite
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