Saturday, July 14, 2012
Lunch
http://www.lalelokantasi.com
My Location@15:41,7/14
Hopa Cd, 53200 Çayeli/Rize Province, Turkey
http://m.google.com/u/m/RP8G0g
Friday, July 13, 2012
The contributors ...
... are (for sure you must have been wondering already):
Of course you cannot expect that everybody has his eyes open when a photo is taken ...
Traditional Blacksea cuisine dinner
I always say it's not important who you are, it's important who you know! It turned out that our driver knows the chef of the hotel we stayed in Hopa. As a result, we were treated with a dinner full with mouth watering traditional regional specialities: Corn and black cabbage soup with different corn breads, black cabbage leaves stuffed with minced meat, hamsi ( special small fish from blacksea ), pilaf with hamsi and delicious salads.
Afternoon on the beach near Kempinski construction site
Long pebble beach with refreshing waters of Blacksea! Don't forget your swimming gear !
If the ambitious looking Kempinski hotel project will ever be completed? - The construction site actually looks like as if it will become a ruin soon ...
Lunch in the turkish quarter of Batumi
Arhavi Majurani
My Location@14:09,7/13 Nikoloz Baratashvili St, Batumi, Georgia http://m.google.com/u/m/dHNk2V
My Location@14:09,7/13 Nikoloz Baratashvili St, Batumi, Georgia http://m.google.com/u/m/dHNk2V
Eggplant kebap is a mouth melter! The restaurant and its toilets are very clean, WiFi is available and for free!
The old cable car
Close to the south entrance of the Batumi botanic garden, there is the beach station of an old, abandoned cable car, which seems to originate from Soviet times. A pity that it does not operate any more ...
Batumi's botanical garden
From Gonio fortress we drive further north, passing Batumi's airport and the city center until we reach the famous Batumi botanical garden (see for further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batumi_Botanical_Garden, or, in German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botanischer_Garten_Batumi - the botanical garden's web site unfortunately does not seem to work.)
The botanical garden extends quite a lot, it would not be exaggerated to recommend reserving half a day to pass it on foot. When tired, one can take the electric shuttle bus inside the garden as well!
The botanical garden extends quite a lot, it would not be exaggerated to recommend reserving half a day to pass it on foot. When tired, one can take the electric shuttle bus inside the garden as well!
Gonio fortress near Batumi, Georgia
The "Gonio fortress" (see this Wikipedia article for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonio) is a good place to visit. It now hosts also an archaeological exposition besides an impressive garden where Kiwis grow next to colorful flowers,
Nice garden well kept castle. Water system used was very developed for its time,which could be also seen in Ephesus!
Nice garden well kept castle. Water system used was very developed for its time,which could be also seen in Ephesus!
Driving from Hopa to Batumi, Georgia
Driving from Hopa to the border village Sarp with our Turkish tour car. The Turkish car has to stay in Turkey, as we are told that only pre-registered cars are allowed to pass. Anyway, the queue of cars waiting at the border is long.
Passing the border thus on foot - surprisingly modern Georgian border control facilities - the process of leaving Turkey and the immigration to Georgia takes a whole hour in total though.
On the Georgian side Kadir, or driver makes a deal with a Georgian taxi driver (btw. all Taxis seem to be Mercedes in Georgia), who will bring us to the castle, the botanical garden and back to the city center of Batumi.
Passing the border thus on foot - surprisingly modern Georgian border control facilities - the process of leaving Turkey and the immigration to Georgia takes a whole hour in total though.
On the Georgian side Kadir, or driver makes a deal with a Georgian taxi driver (btw. all Taxis seem to be Mercedes in Georgia), who will bring us to the castle, the botanical garden and back to the city center of Batumi.
Breakfast at Peronti hotel ...
... was unfortunately disappointing. Cheap Metro products with plastic taste, especially compared to the authentic village breakfasts of the previous days ...
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Arrived at the Peronti hotel in Hopa
My Location@19:09,7/12 Eski Hopa Artvin Yolu, 08600 Hopa/Artvin Province, Turkey http://m.google.com/u/m/zEHTdP
An acceptable place to stay with a friendly cook. Great view to the sea from the top floor restaurant.
An acceptable place to stay with a friendly cook. Great view to the sea from the top floor restaurant.
Tea fields on the way from Borçka to Hopa
On the way from Borçka to Hopa towards the black sea, we are passing more and more impressive tea fields:
Muratlı downtown
From Borçka, we drove a few kilometers north to the border town Muratlı, where the Coruh river enters Georgia.
Muratlı is an idyllic border village but the breathtaking wooden mosque from the 19th century justifies the venture into here!
My Location@16:58,7/12 Batumi-Akhaltsikhe-Kirnati, Georgia http://m.google.com/u/m/QXklVb
The square at the mosque:
The border, trees on the Georgian side of the river Coruh.
Muratlı is an idyllic border village but the breathtaking wooden mosque from the 19th century justifies the venture into here!
My Location@16:58,7/12 Batumi-Akhaltsikhe-Kirnati, Georgia http://m.google.com/u/m/QXklVb
The square at the mosque:
The border, trees on the Georgian side of the river Coruh.
The mosque:
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