Blog Archive: January 2017

Postcards from Chiatura

Chiatura is an amazing and worth to explore city in the Imereti region, Georgia.

Famous because of manganese and iron ores. What makes this city special - cable cars, it's believed there are some 17 cable cars / lift systems in operation in Chiatura.

Chiatura have been on my travel list for a very long time already - first visited and documented in November 2016. Yes, we took a ride in those old and neglected, but awesome cable cars. Taking a ride in cable cars here is completely free (as of November 2016)



Soviet era monument in Chiatura

Amazing, charming and unique.



Old and neglected

Due to the steep sided river valley, production workers spent a large amount of time walking up…

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Road To Million Dollars in Saving Account

I'm 31 now, I have a goal to save one million dollars by the time I will be 60. That's 29 years. That's $34,482.75 I should save each year, next 29 years in the row. That's a lot.

I currently make less than $20,000 per year, by US standard I'm the one who falls into the category - working poor. However, unlike my colleges in US, I live overseas (see living in Georgia) where standard of living in much much lower if compared to US , and in fact with funds I have here in Georgia I can afford pretty decent life style - travel a lot, spend evenings in fancy Tbilisi restaurants and even build a rural country house in other country.

I have some hopes for the bright future and…

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