Maintenance was fine, I' ve added 0.2 liters of oil, front Brake pads are still ok (they have been used already for more than 15k km), voltage regulator is still in great shape, drive chain has been cleaned, oiled and tensioned. All 4 spark plugs are still working, I've removed the homemade filter skin and "cleaned" the air filter with the exhaust by revving the engine (Boano's tip).
Yesterday Evening I've also cleaned my clothes in the shower.
I took a tour in Batumi. The part of the city far away from the sea is very poor and is like a slum with the houses similar to the ones of russian villages. Streets are also unpaved or with concrete blocks (not aligned to each other and with big holes in between). People are smiling a lot when they look at the giant passing by. Georgia seems to be very 'merica friendly: you can take usd at the a atm, copper really looks like the U.S. ones and soldiers wear the same pattern as the Freedom deliverers ( or very similar).
Someone is getting married!
People are a mix between Turkish, Euro-Russian and north Asian (like east Russia and Mongolia). Women are very beatiful, moreover they smile, which is 73.56% of the beauty of a woman. The sea part of the city is modern and has a lot of very open space, the beach has no sand but just small stones. Despite the recent war with Russia, most of the tourist are russian and almost everything is written also in cyrillic. European toutists hit Batumi just for going up hiking in the mountains of the Caucasus. I took the cable car from the sea to a mountain behind the city for 10 GEL (around 4.5 Chf). Very nice view that clearly shows that Batumi has been used a lot as port before: the port is quite big and the railway just comes straight into it.
A very niche view in Batumi!
Another new thing of the city are casinos, there are a lot of them, new and very high buildings, one of them is just nearby the port (nosense) and a night in them can cost up to 400€ or more. At some point a plastic chair broke and everyone were scared because it sounded like a gunshot. So this is Batumi, a city where a lot of people of the Caucasus' region spend their Summer holidays.
Tomorrow I will head to Mestia passnig by Bakhmaro first. I should reach it in one day. From now on I'm on my own, the TCS ETI doesn't cover Georgia aswell as my liability insurance, so let's take it easy here.
I don't care: VOLLGAS!
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