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Tag Archives: Georgia
Operation Get Fat For Christmas – 1st Nov
We have just landed in Aktau, Kazakhstan. Food on the Professor was predictably basic: packed biscuits and plastic sausages. They actually had a crew member in the galley whose sole purpose on the crossing was to boil these plastic sausages. … Continue reading
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Tagged Azerbaijan, Cycle to the East, cycle touring, Georgia, Laurence Gribble, Nick Codrington, Prostate Cancer UK, Turkey
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Castles and cowherders, Georgia – 11th Oct
Location as of 11th Oct: As we descended from our first ‘proper’ peak of the expedition, we joined up with the valley route towards Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital. I thought these were some of the best couple of days’ riding of … Continue reading
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Port to Peak, Georgia – 9th Oct
Full of tea, chicken kebabs and baklava, and with our new route mapped out, we headed out of Turkey to Georgia, towards the Caucasus Mountains. From a devout Muslim country we entered a strongly Christian one. The new language and … Continue reading
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Tagged Batumi, charity, Cycle to the East, cycle touring, cycling, food, Georgia, Gori, Laurence Gribble, mountain, Nick Codrington, peak, port, prostate, Prostate Cancer UK, road, Tbilisi, touring, wine
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Route update – heading North
After trying and failing to get Iranian visas at four separate consulates, we have been forced to detour north. Instead we now take on the mountains of Georgia and Azerbaijan. As we go uphill, please think of helping the cause … Continue reading
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Tagged Cycle to the East, cycle touring, Georgia, Laurence Gribble, Nick Codrington, Prostate Cancer UK, Turkey
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Journey To The East 