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Tbilisi’s three modes of transportation

November 22, 2013 by matthewpizza

If you’re new to Georgia, having arrived in the most recent orientation group before being quickly transferred to your villages across the country, you may not have had ample time just yet to explore Tbilisi and grow accustomed to ex-Soviet public transportation. I thought I’d explain the basics of Tbilisi’s three primary modes of public […]

Georgia’s three most legendary mountains

October 30, 2013 by matthewpizza

For many tourists coming to Georgia the primary activities consist of a cultural tour of Tbilisi, centered around the Old City and Rustaveli Avenue, and then a trip to the Black Sea. Fewer are interested in the magnificent peaks of the Greater Caucasus, which is a shame, considering that the peaks of Georgia and Russia […]

Love for a place

October 4, 2013 by matthewpizza

In my first post of the new school year I’d like to introduce myself. My name’s Matthew Pizza. I’ve been with TLG since October, 2011. Starting this month I’ll be managing this blog, which entails editing posts, directing content, communicating with contributors, and writing lots of posts. I look forward to providing a range of content, […]

Get Out of Kazbegi

May 23, 2013 by matthewpizza

With the numerous vacation days in early May and the fast approach of summer many volunteers will be traveling throughout Georgia. Batumi, Svaneti, and Kazbegi are top locations for everyone’s itineraries. I’ll provide a description of the last one, and why you should get out of Kazbegi to explore the lesser known routes around the […]

First impressions – Abanotubani?

March 4, 2013 by Jackson Wai Chung Tse

“Abanotubani?” I had hastily scrawled the word in my notebook, and now fished it out so that I could ask where the baths were. They pointed towards these brick domes protruding from the ground. I headed that way, jumping from one dome to the other. Asking around, it seemed like they only had private baths, […]

The only child vs. Georgia

December 30, 2012 by ppwlwski

I love traveling alone. I’ve found it to be a great way to relax, rebalance, and explore. When I started TLG, I assumed I would have plenty of chances to see Georgia on my own. After all, if you’re moving to a foreign country where you don’t speak the predominant language and you don’t know […]

My Family in Georgia…

December 12, 2012 by caduceus21

I was lucky enough to spend two weeks of November with my family. My parents had come to visit me in Georgia, I think they came because of all the stories I had told them and out of sheer disbelief that they were true. So they had to see it for themselves and at least […]

Reasons I left home

December 11, 2012 by Away From Home

I have heard this question countless times since I first arrived: What brought you here? What’s here that’s not in America? Why Sid, why??? Of course, I left home with a general idea of what I was doing and what I planned on achieving once I arrived, but I never formulated my reasons into concrete […]

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

December 8, 2012 by sakartvelogirl

In any backpacker’s hostel, there is a short but inviolate lexicon of questions and answers that open up an initial conversation whenever two travelers are meeting for the first time. “Where are you going? Where have you been? When did you start? And how long until the backpack goes back into the closet and you […]

Saturday in Never-Never Land

December 1, 2012 by brijerydoo

It was Saturday. I was sitting in my pajamas, in the lounge when a troupe of musicians waltzed through the door, looking for somewhere to rest their heads that night. A matching set of Irish TLGers and a British one. I was sad to tell them that we had no space. They took the news […]

Mastering Marshutkas: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Ride

November 25, 2012 by klaricuna

As a foreigner in such a different country, I found my greatest challenge was making sure I wasn’t feeling too isolated. A great part of this was familiarizing and integrating myself into my host family and community. Daily calls to my English speaking colleagues also played an important role. But what I found most therapeutic […]

Marshutkas – How did I live without them?

November 20, 2012 by Stoke North

Batumi does not have a passenger railway station, yet it still has some of the best transport connections in the country thanks to the continual supply of marshrutkas that enter and leave the city almost 24 hours a day. These marshrutkas feed the local city marshrutka lines which see the converted vans and minibuses racing […]

Interesting People I Have Met on Trains.

November 10, 2012 by littlemisslennon

There are a number of ways to get from Tbilisi to Batumi, but the best, by far, is via the night train. It’s an eight-hour trip, but it’s overnight, which means no hostel or hotel fees! And because the train arrives at 7:30 a.m., it’s super-easy to hop over to Batumi, spend the whole day […]