Travelsonabike2 Georgia This Day 9th-August-2012

This week’s Travelsonabike2 bicycle touring on this day post comes from Georgia on the 9th-August-2012. An interesting night in a brothel.

Thursday 9th August 2012 Gomi to just outside Tbilisi. 86 miles.

I had a pleasant evening talking to Andras last night. We stayed upstairs in a communal area outside our rooms, where we ate our food. Who knows what was going on downstairs!? We kept well away. And when I went to bed, I wedged a chair under the door handle, just in case the one that kept grabbing my bum had other ideas!

After leaving the brothel, I mean guesthouse, I had a nice ride with Andras. It made a nice change to cycle with somebody. I even visited a church so that Andras could take some photos. I don’t think it was quite what he thought it would be. It was a bit run down, and I can’t say it did much for me! But it was still interesting, and I’m glad I stopped. It’s always good to get a bit of culture! After cycling for much of the day together, Andras and I parted company just before Tbilisi, with Andras heading north towards the Russian border while I continued my ride east.

Lost Again

I was hoping to stop in Tbilisi tonight and find a hotel with wifi. But the only hotels I saw were on my way into the city. And I wanted to be on the other side of the town before stopping, so I continued on. What a mistake that was. It then took me an age to find the right road out. Then, once I was on the right road, I couldn’t find a hotel with wifi.

Watching the husband and wife in tonight’s restaurant was amusing. She wants to watch the soaps, but he doesn’t, and as soon as she leaves the room, he switches the TV over to the news. But when she returns, she changes it back; this went on all the time I was in the restaurant and kept me highly amused. No wonder I thought it was warm today. I saw on the TV that it was forty-eight degrees today. I also discovered the clocks changed when I crossed the border into Georgia. And I lost another hour.

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