24.05 – 25.05.2019: Tbilisi

As the workshop appointment for Fabis bike was on the 25th of May, we had the opportunity to spend the day before in Tbilisi. The time was used by us partly to clean our bikes and clothes and also to have a walk in the city center of Tbilisi. While we were on our way to a mall where Fabi wanted to buy a warmer scarf, we came past a flea market. Here the people sold the typical "old stuff from home which is no longer…

23.05.19: Achalziche – Tblisi

Our trip today was supposed to be quite short with a length of less than 300km. The route was planned by Maps.ME which suggested the shown route as the fastest way to get to our goal. The first part of the trip led us - once again - through a river valley. As we tend to respect the speed limits, we got overtaken all the time. This gave us a nice opportunity to have a look at the car preferences of the Georgian drivers. It became…

Update: Post Schedule

As you may have noticed, the posts became a little less regular during the last weeks. The reason for this is simply that a lot is going on right now. Most of the last days we were on the road for many hours. Then arriving at some accommodation we meet new people, look for dinner etc etc. Additionally, Internet in Tadjikistan was horrible. Right now we are in Osh, Kyrgyzstan doing some service on our bikes. More posts will come following the one-post-per-day schedule - they…

22.05.2019: Erzurum – Achalziche

We chose the shortest route to Tbilisi as we had planned to get the valves of her bike checked there. The total distance was too large for one day so we split the trip up in two parts. After leaving the city, the route at first led through a gorge. While we were riding the nice curves, Chris noticed that the light on Fabis' bike was defective. So we stopped and inspected the lightbulb. Sure enough, the bulb was broken and had to be replaced. The…