Category: overlanding

Shaggy, dance battles and city life in Batumi (August 2023)

We went back to Batumi and met again with our friend Zdenko the tricycle traveler we have met a couple of times in different countries already.

Together we went climbing, living at the beach, and to a dark, rough hard rock bar and let the jukebox play Shaggy. It was hilarious and we had a lot of fun dancing and trying different Chacha shots.

Racki and I went to a small festival at the promenade and had a dance battle with some Georgian teenagers to old Eminem songs! This was at least as hilarious as Shaggy in the hard rock bar.

And we had the best ice cream. A lot of it. At Luca Polare. Give it a try.

All of this 😁

Tropical hiking in the Mtirala National Park (July 2023)

After the climbing and the amazing Via Ferrata we went back to Batumi to take Thor to his appointment in the second car garage. When we arrived with Thor on a towing car at the second garage, the guys there did not know that we would come although the first garage had made an appointment for us.

We got a real appointment for the next week but because we did not want to wait in the city, we went to Chakvistavi. A village on the Mtirala National Park.

We found a nice camp spot next to a river and did two hiking tours in what felt like a very tropical environment.

The first tour on Komoot.

The second tour on Komoot.

Climbing in Sveri, Georgia (July 2023)

We did not want to wait for Thor’s car garage appointment in Batumi and so we drove with Rosinante to the climbing area of Sveri.

The climbing area there is one of the biggest and most beautiful in Georgia. Actually it’s one of our top three in Georgia.

The routes are very interesting and diverse and because Anni was in the area as well, she joined us and scouted the best camp spot for us.

We had a lot of fun and I continued to love the  climbing life.