Blog Archive: March 2015

Georgia

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…

Georgia

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'…

Georgia

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…

Georgia

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…

Living in Georgia

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…

Living in Georgia

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).…

Living in Georgia

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…

Living in Georgia

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…

Living in Georgia

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…

Drupal & Servers

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…

Food blogger

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…

Living in Georgia

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…

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…

Georgia

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…

Georgia

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…

Georgia

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…

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