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Tag Archives: Georgia
How to Cook Georgian Khinkali – list of recipes.
One of my favourite foods of all time is Georgian Khinkali. Here are some links to recipes:-
Posted in Constructive Ranting, Expedition Journal, Georgia Also tagged cuisine, Food, georgian, Khinkali, recipe Leave a comment
Georiders – Mountain Biking in the Republic of Georgia
When I was travelling in India in 2009, I often dreamt of going back to Georgia and doing loads of mountain biking. I wanted to get involved in the local biking community and contribute. Back in Georgia, I was lucky to meet some local mountain bikers. I didn’t expect to find them because I thought [...]
Posted in Constructive Ranting, Georgia Also tagged Cycling, georiders, Mountain Biking Leave a comment
Travelling back from Georgia for Christmas
I travelled back to the UK from Georgia by public transport to spend Christmas with my family. The journey was an adventure of it’s own. I took overland public transport instead of flying because of the environment impact of flying from carbon emissions. I also find flying quite boring and psychologically disagreeable especially after spending [...]
Posted in Asia, Europe, Expedition Journal, India Also tagged boat, Bus, Christmas, England, Europe, family, georgians, public transport, Train, travel 2 Comments
Georgia – A Photo Essay
Georgia is a country which I think of often. I spent a long time there on my travels. I remember the most, the warm of the people I stayed with.
Bicycle Critical Mass Tbilisi, Georgia for Climate Week
On 24th October cyclists, walkers and skaters gathered outside the Philharmonia theatre in Tbilisi to parade down Rustaveli as part of Climate Week combined with the ‘Tbilisoba’ or Tbilisi’s day- a yearly traditional celebration.
Posted in Climate Change Also tagged activism, bicycling, Climate Change, climate week, critical mass, Cycling, demonstration, Environment, protest, Tbilisi Leave a comment
Weddings, unlike lightning, strike in the same place twice…
This is the first post in a while to the Ride Earth blog because I’ve not been cycle touring recently. I returned via Public transport back from France to Tbilisi at the end of the summer. I met Tom in Venice and we spent a long and strange evening sleeping on a bench drinking wine [...]
Posted in Asia, Europe, Expedition Journal, Georgia Also tagged Cycling, Life, Mountain Biking, Tbilisi, Wedding, Work Leave a comment
A Two Month Storm
Long time since I wrote, I know. In fact I’ve been spending a lot of time in front of a computer. I’ve been writing every morning and now have written 95000 words of my book. I met one of my sister’s friends a couple of days ago who has just finished writing a book she [...]
Posted in Climate Change, England, Europe, France, Georgia, Mountain Biking, Switzerland, Turkey, writing Also tagged 4HWW, andrew welch, biking, boat, CENN, Climate Change, creativity, critiscism, Cycling, Dancing, dave allen, demonstrations, design, effectiveness, England, Environment, folklore, freedom square, georgian, georiders, greece, GTD, Motivation, Mountain Biking, ngo, parliament, Photography, portfolio, public transport, rustaveli, saakashvili, saburtalo, swimming, Tbilisi, Timoty ferriss, travel, Turkey, uk, Websites, writing 3 Comments
My photos headline on Citizenside.com
I heard about a public-driven journalism website from a friend, http://www.citizenside.com and I uploaded some photos I took of the ‘cells’ that appeared all over the main street, Rustaveli, Freedom Square and around the Parliament building yesterday morning. These metal framed cuboids covered in plastic sheeting are housing protesters claiming the president Saakashvili has been [...]
Posted in Constructive Ranting, Georgia Also tagged cells, citizen, citizenside, demonstration, journalism, news, photos, side, Tbilisi Leave a comment
A life without goals is going nowhere
Being in a new location, and having hatched new plans I’m finding myself at that stage of tilling the ground and sowing the seeds to hopefully grow into burgeoning new projects.
Posted in Constructive Ranting, Georgia Also tagged Friends, group, mentality, networking, ngo, Philosophy, Photography, projects, psychology, Tbilisi, Volunteering, writing 2 Comments
Demonstrations in Tbilisi
I arrived back in Tbilisi in Georgia just in time to witness a demonstration in a similar mould to the one Tom and I witnessed when we arrived for the first time back in January 2008. 50,000 people gathered on the main street, Rustaveli, outside the front of the parliament building. There is a large [...]
Back in Tbilisi- On the lookout for work
“Build it up, tear it down” “A period of expansion, and a period of consolidation”
Posted in Constructive Ranting, Expedition Journal, Georgia Also tagged Art, audio, Communication, creative, money, Photography, Tbilisi, video, website, Work Leave a comment
Headspin
Macho, ego says: ‘what if you regret not continuing East?’ My heart says: ‘Go back to Georgia and then see what happens’ My realistic head says how? – 3 onward travel options: 1. Nepal, Tibet, China 2. Pakistan, Central Asia 3. Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Georgia 1. = Expensive, painful… 2. = Waiting until May to [...]
Posted in Expedition Journal Also tagged Central Asia, China, Continuing East, Different Route, Ego, Expensive, Filming, Going Back, Hysteria, India, Intrigue, Iran, KKH, Lateral Thinking, Macho, Nepal, Onward Travel, Painful, Pakistan, Paranoia, Photography, Reversal, Sensible, Tibet, Turkey, Visas, Waiting Leave a comment
Waking up in Bombay, back to Georgia, and self enquiry
I intended to get up again at 5 this morning like I did yesterday. However, unfortunately today there was no mosquito to bite me and make me feel a bit strange and thus like getting up. Only my alarm clock which I was able to ignore twice. Eventually at 8 I naturally woke up. I [...]
Posted in Expedition Journal Also tagged Alarm Clock, Bombay, Central Asia, Coffee, Cold Water, Couchsurfing, Funds, Future Route Plans, Getting Up, Ideas, Internet Cafe, Joy, Lateral Thinking, Mosquitoes, Nepal, Post Office, Reassurance, Rickshaw, Ride Earth, Right Decisions, Shampoo, Shower, Soap, Tent, Tibet Leave a comment
A to Z of Food in London – G is for Georgia