5 March 2014 – Bangkok, Thailand
A short visit to Khao San Road – during the day, mind you!
A short visit to Khao San Road – during the day, mind you!
A short stop at the very holy Alaverdi Monastery, dating back to the 6th century. Rahter beautiful and peaceful, the monastery also features a wine cellar — common for religious buildings all across Georgia. The country is known to have invented wine making after all.
A walk in the jungle, a ride in the mountains — all part of days journey with easy rider tour, day 3. Check out our guide Hai (oh, hi!), fancy big bikes, and Sergey’s driving skills 🙂
Day two on the island of Olkhon, where we enjoyed an incredibly scenic hike around Southern part of the island.
Another night time walk around Tbilisi, this time by the holy trinity cathedral in the Avlabari neighborhood. Our last day in this wonderful city.
On our last day in Albania we decided on a little day trip from Tirana to Kruje Castle, the bastion of the most eulogized national hero: Skanderbeg. Skanderbeg was an Albanian noble  who led a resistance movement – with some success – to the Ottoman Empire in mid 15th century. Pretty neat historical stuff. The castle…
This is my home town. Pop 350,000. I grew up here until I was twelve, at which point my family moved to the US. It’s not a huge tourist destination, but it’s worth a visit for the northern nature and convenience. Petrozavodsk is an overnight train ride away from both Moscow and St Petersburg. We…