Day 21

We try to leave the hotel soon because it’s a “border day”, and we get a little nervous when that happens. The road it’s pretty much the same as the past two days, but now with more trucks. We don’t really enjoy riding on it.

We reach the border before than expected, they check a little our baggage at the Turkey side. Then, we approach the Georgian side… And we feel the chaos there. A police officcer says to us to skip the queue. The paperwork is easier than expected. They check anything about our baggage, and suddenly we are in Georgia. I can’t explain wellenough how this side of the border is … It seems a crazy bazaar! Full of people screaming, offering insurance, currency, transport … whatever. What get’s me really shocked are the minibuses, they are normal vans full of people standing!

It’s really hot, so we keep riding to Batumi. We want to arrive there and get the motorcycle clothes out. The Adjabara Boutique hotel is really good, and the crew is nice and friendly. At lunch we take our first “khachapuri” (it’s a dough filled with cheese and egg), if you learn that word you’ll be fine in this country. They are delicious!

We walk around the city and it surprises us, it’s so modern and beautiful! The promenade, the beach full of life, the new fancy buildings…

We are still full, so we decide to go to the hotel without having dinner. They have a nice terrace where we can write and enjoy a drink until the storm starts, time to go to bed!