Blog Archive: March 2015
Tbilisi Sulphur Baths On Kiev Street
Most often referred just as the "Kiev's Bath" which is a direct translation from Russian "Киевская баня". This sulfur bathhouse is located on Kiev's street (left side cross-street from David Aghmanashebeli avenue)I have been heading here since days we had a nice apartment in this neighborhood on Rome street, discovered first at the end of 2012.Some would call Kiev's bathhouse old and neglected (and that's true), some would call them a good and cheap alternative to those more expensive (and fancier) located in the Tbilisi Old Town.Facade of Kiev's bathhouse in TbilisiIn 2019 there have been some repair works done, and now bathhouse looks decent. There have been added huge…
Rachis Ubani Tbilisi Restaurant Review
I would call Rachis Ubani restaurant probably one of the best restaurants in Tbilisi. This restaurant serves a traditional Georgian Cuisine.It's not even about the great food they are serving here (although food is tremendous here) but more of its location. Rachis Ubani restaurant is located on road serpentine between Vake and Turtle lake, on the edge of Tbilisi Open Air Ethnographic Museum. It is best to enjoy your meal at this restaurant's patio during hot summer evenings. The restaurant offers spectacular views of city lights. After tasting the wine they are serving here in combination with those views you will definitely agree with me by saying - it's the best restaurant in Tbilisi…
Restaurant 'Oriental Pearl' Review In Tbilisi
Welcome to another Tbilisi restaurant reviews series - today I will write about a Chinese cuisine restaurant Oriental Pearl located on Paliashvili street 90 (Vake district) in Tbilisi.I first discovered this restaurant a few year ago, and ever since have been heading here for some 2 times per year.In overall it's a lit bit pricey compared to other restaurants, but hey it's a Chinese Cuisine. As usual for taking photographs I'm using my Samsung phone and using Instagram (then taking them from Instagram and adding to posts - you can read a blog post on how I turned my Instagram account into a photo blog Window case at Oriental PearlEntrance doors at Oriental…
Algeti Reservoir
The other day during a hiking tour at Birtvisi Canyon we discovered another interesting tourism object in Georgia- Algeti reservoir. I couldn't resist making some photos here (see below).
I didn't find much information about this reservoir in English language resources, but I found one in Russian Wikipedia, so I will try to translate it here:
Algeti reservoir is a reservoir on the river of Algeti, located in the territory of Georgia in Tetri Ttskaro district, near the village of Tbeti.
The total volume of the reservoir - 65 million m³, useful - 60 million cubic meters. It's is planned to build a hydroelectric power station "Algeti HPP" with a capacity of 1.1 MW on Algeti reservoir…
Hiking In Birtvisi Canyon (Hidden Trails Of Georgia)
The other day in the company of three we headed to Birtvisi Canyon for some hiking experience.
It all started reading some info of a non-standard close to Tbilisi located destinations. And Birtvisi just popped up on this list. Turns out - there is a Birtvisi Fortress located somewhere in the middle of these canyons.
I had never before heard of such place and was pretty much surprised learning that it's located just some one-hour drive from Tbilisi, in the region of Kvemo Kartli (Lower Kartli). Birtvisi canyon is located in Trialeti Planned National Park.
There are two main roads heading to Birtvisi from Tbilisi:
Tbilisi - Birtvisi road
Driving directions: Tbilisi - Birtvisi (…
Potential Business Partner Search In Republic Of Georgia
During my blogging career I have received several messages on my blog's contact form asking for advice for potential business partner search in Tbilisi or Georgia.Well I only feel flattered and honored that I have been noticed and contacted (seems a major role is played here thanks to my posts in Living in Georgia category).I haven't searched for potential business partners here in Georgia (though I have been doing some business here). Currently I'm open for a propositions from travel companies willing to serve incoming tourists in Georgia. Contact me for more details. I remember my first experience finding a new prospects in Tbilisi (I wasn't looking for partners - I…
Best Hikes In Tbilisi Are Located Near Turtle Lake
I have been living in Georgia for more than tvelwe years already. I have traveled around the country quite a lot.
Probably one of my favorite destinations in Tbilisi is Turtle Lake. On hot summer days, I like to head here to perform some work (in my early Tbilisi years for some Drupal development, latelty managing my crypto hedge fund) or brainstorm new ideas.
Though I started to blog - and document my travels just in 2013, I have been here (at Turtle Lake) some hundred times for sure. If at the start I headed here just to chill near the lake, then lately I'm more into some outdoor activities.
In this post, I have listed three hiking routes all of them starting at…
Hiking trails near Turtle Lake (Tbilisi) - Photos And Route Map
Welcome to another hiking / trekking post in Tbilisi. This time in a company of three we made a route from Turtle Lake - Round Garden (Eristavi street). As warm weather is more approaching, I'm more into outdoor activities. So - last week we took our bikes and headed to Lisi lake.Speaking of hiking near Turtle lake - this was already third time this year (first two were made on January) - so it actually doesn't matter what are the weather conditions, right?This time I did record this route using MapMyRide app and made plenty of photos (Lately I'm really into macros)This was a 6.3 km route in Tbilisi, Georgia near Turle lake. The route has a total ascent of 209.46 m and has a…
Spring Is In The Air - Colourful Photos From Tbilisi Dezerter Bazaar
On the lovely date of March 8 which in Georgia and many other countries is celebrated as International Women's Day I headed to Tbilisi Dezerter Bazaar to capture impressions of that day.
I was hoping to capture smiling man with flowers in hand but instead I did photographed a lot of vegetables, fruits and yes flowers as well.
As well I managed to capture both happy and unhappy sales persons in action.
Take a look
Narcissus for Sale at Tbilisi Dezerter Bazaar
Radishes and sorrels for sale at market
At least I believe those are some sorels, but maybe they are beet leaves?
Colored paprika
Pineapples and bananas at market
Cherry Tomatoes
At Tbilisi Dezerter Bazaar…
Enabled Cache For Drupal Views Gives A Better Performace
The other day talking with my dad on Facebook, he asked me, why my blog is so slow today - it's so slow that he cannot open my site at all. I straight went to my Linode VPS to investigate server logs. Nothing unusual did find there. I used http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/ to test speed of my site and it actually was really slow.
Since my blog is heavily based on Drupal views, and I had not before enabled cache neither for CSS or JS (I'm still not aggregating CSS and JS) I decided to give a try and to enable cache for all of my views.
The result? Pretty fast right now.
Actually I did a lot of up keeping my disabling and uninstalling unused modules. There is still much left to do - my…
How To Make Fresh Egg Pasta Noodles Using Macaroni machine
Welcome to my third attempt of being a food bloger, today I will demonstrate how one (perhaps you) can make a home-made noodles by using a macaroni machine.
I believe just like in my previous food blog posts I will learn some new English culinary language.
Ingredients you will need: flour, eggs, salt and a macaroni machine.
We bought our macaroni machine here in Georgia some years ago already, if you don't have one, take your chances and browse on amazon.com
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Lets dig in:
Ingredients for fresh Egg Pasta - Flour, Eggs and salt
Add Flour to a bowl (make a small cavity to put eggs in)
Add egg to a flour
Add eggs to a flour
Knead your pasta…
Cycling Near Lisi Lake In Tbilisi (Route Map + Photos)
Welcome to another cycling in Tbilisi post series. Today I will write about our latest cycling route near the Lisi lake, will provide you with a cycling map and plenty of photos I managed to capture here.
During this cycling route, we discovered a few and very interesting places in Tbilisi I had previously barely heard but never had visited them before. Places like Tbilisi Hippodrome and Tbilisi Dog Shelter.
It all started with a call to a friend with a mini-van. Damn, we are like typical tourists, why should you wheel if you can call a friend and ask to drive you up in the hill (Lisi lake is located in mountainous suburbs of Tbilisi). See Organized tours in Georgia,…
Tbilisi Dog Shelter Near Lisi Lake
The other day, while cycling near Lisi Lake in Tbilisi, we discovered a few interesting places. I have already written a blog post about Tbilisi Hippodrome, which we stumbled upon by accident.By accident, we also discovered a Tbilisi dog shelter. While cycling from Tbilisi Hippodrome back to Lisi Lake, my eyes caught an interesting scene—in the middle of nowhere, people were doing some exercises. So we decided to approach, and the closer we got, the louder a dog started barking. And there it was—A Tbilisi Dog Shelter.I first heard about this organization at the last Christmas Charity Fair held at Sheraton Hotel. I even subscribed to a volunteer list by providing my email, but I never…
Tbilisi Hippodrome Near Lisi Lake (Jockey Club)
After a longer break of my cycling advetures, on a lovely Saturday morning we took our bikes and headed to Lisi Lake.
Turned out that just a few hundred meters away from Lisi Lake there is located a place called 'Tbilisi Hippodrom LTD' - At start I was kinda suspicious, because only one for me known Hippodrome in Tbilisi (now we should call it a former hippodrome) is located along the Vake-Saburtalo road.
I'm not an expert in this field - if owner of this place wanted to call it a hippodrome - fine with me.
I managed to take 18 pictures of this place:
Construction works at Tbilisi Hippodrome
Horse stables at Tbilisi hippodrome
Girl with a horse at Tbilisi hippodrome
Tbilisi…
Lagidze Water near Sameba
Welcome to another post in Tbilisi restaurant series. Today I will speak about cafe Lagidze Water located at Sameba Cathedral complex. I had heard previously about Lagidze Water, but I didn't know much about it, just something that it was pretty popular drink during Soviet times (and probably Tsarist Russia times as well)My knowledge was short like it's some syrup mix with water - well I'm not found of syrup waters but seems that in Georgia it's pretty much popular drink. According to WikipediaLagidze water is a popular Georgian soft drink based on soda and a variety of natural syrups. It has been traditionally mixed in a glass from a soda fountain, but it is…
Sameba - Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi
Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, commonly known as Sameba (Trinity in Georgian) probably is among the most known Tbilisi tourist attraction sites and of course it's the main cathedral of Georgian Orthodox Church.For me it's always been interesting to look at Sameba from two points of view - it's third highest Orthodox cathedral in the world and it symbolizes Georgian national and spiritual revival.Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi (Sameba)Constructed between 1995 and 2004, it is the third-tallest Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the world and one of the largest religious buildings in the world by total area. Sameba is a synthesis of…