[举手R] Hi, I’m Lying Down So Comfortably, currently lying flat in Pakistan 🇵🇰. My itinerary is quite relaxed, and I hope it will be helpful to everyone.
🇬🇪 Georgia was the second stop on this Caucasus trip, with 26 days of travel costing only 5500+ (including a 7-day self-driving tour).
[清单R] Route: Tbilisi – Sighnaghi – Tbilisi – Self-driving (Kazbegi – Kutaisi – Batumi – Gori – Tbilisi)
The following expenses are for two people:
🏨 Accommodation: 3847
🍽️ Food: 3346
🚌 Transportation: 3158
[钱袋R] Other: 684
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[一R] Tbilisi (two weeks): A blend of European and Central Asian styles, with tall, beautiful women everywhere. The architecture includes both modern high-rises and elegant old houses. The city is built on a hill, and the streets of the old town have many steep cobblestone paths, requiring a lot of energy for a Citywalk (Figures 2-4).
[二R] Sighnaghi (4 days): Known for its wine and 24-hour marriage registration. Every household here makes their own wine, with a long history of winemaking, bright red rooftops, ancient city walls, and fierce guard dogs (Figures 5-7).
[三R] Kazbegi (3 days): Featured on the cover of Lonely Planet, the church closest to heaven, standing at an altitude of over 2000 meters against Mount Kazbegi. In the early morning, you can see the sunrise over the mountains from the town below, and along the Military Road, you can see flocks of sheep and delicious skewers of lamb (Figure 8).
[四R] Kutaisi (1 day): A transit point between Kazbegi and Batumi, the third-largest city. The downtown area is not large and can be explored in one or two hours. The city has a slightly old and bustling atmosphere, reminiscent of a third-tier city from about ten years ago (Figures 9, 10).
[五R] Batumi (2 days): The pearl of the Black Sea, the second-largest city but more modern than the capital. It features towering skyscrapers and a lively pebble beach. The black sea water does not deter the steady stream of tourists who lie down and play on the beach (Figures 11, 12).
[六R] Gori (half a day): A small town next to Tbilisi, the hometown of Stalin. We stopped for half a day on the way back to Tbilisi. It is peaceful and comfortable, and the sunset at Gori Fortress is worth seeing, turning the whole town golden (Figures 13, 14).
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[钱袋R] Traveling in Georgia can be expensive, especially for food, but fortunately, most attractions do not charge admission. However, if you live locally, groceries like rice, oil, and salt are not expensive. Since we stayed for a long time, we cooked a lot ourselves. Supermarket wines are very cost-effective and come in a wide variety (Figure 15).
🥟 Local Georgian cuisine is relatively expensive, with a typical meal of three or four dishes costing around 200 yuan, and the taste is a bit salty. It is usually paired with juice or wine. Common local dishes include eggplant rolls, baked chicken liver, Georgian dumplings, special meat soup, cheese boats, and grilled mushrooms (Figure 16).
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