Gamarjoba!
Welcome back to yet another Georgia Campervan road trip.
We are Kim and Del and this is the Traveling Den.
We've got it for the next two weeks we're going
to be visiting parts of Georgia we haven't seen yet, starting
with Uplistsikhe which is one of the three main cave complexes in the country
and the only one we haven't visited yet.
We've had a bit of a long drive today heading over to the west of Georgia.
We're heading to what I think is going to be a very special place.
I have heard many good things about Karma Hostel in Martvili village.
And the good news is that we can camp there in the campervan
and enjoy meals with them and hang out and whatnot as well.
So we're going to spend the next couple of days there.
Who knows, maybe even longer if we love it that much.
But yeah, excited to visit.
Down here.
This is it.
Stop!
Which one?
To the right.
The yellow one. Oh, OK.
I see it now, yeah. We've arrived.
Aloha! Hi!
Beautiful, no?
We bought it
in the market,
this,
I was not sure if it's working but actually,
it works perfectly.
We got loads of good tips from the guys here at Karma Hostel
for the local area, so we're off to explore today.
We ended up spending an extra night at Karma Hostel because, quite frankly, we love it
and we've just been hanging out today and getting some work done and now
we're going for a delicious Megrelian dinner
at Oda Family Marani and we're going to try
some of their wine as well, which you know, is a favourite pastime of ours.
It's enormous!
I think that's the biggest
khachapuri I've ever seen.
Wow. That's Megrelian, it's with the cheese on top,
yeah.
I think this might be the best
kharcho I've ever tasted.
Yeah, it's amazing.
Really creamy, and it looked beautiful as well.
Is everything alright?
Oh, more than alright!
It's one of the best meals we've had in Georgia, honestly.
Very, very, really good. Yeah.
And I'm enjoying reading about your place.
Yeah, I was, like, trying to find you.
And then I realised you had very long hair in the photo.
Yeah, I was a little bit different then.
I'm just taking my time because I don't really want the meal to end.
Basically. Are you drinking that Tsolikouri?
Yes of course I am. This carrot mchadi is amazing
This is gonna test my guns.
Uggghh, it's like a third full and I can't hold it anymore.
Would you say that was a success?
I would not say that was a success, no.
I'd say I got a little bit of a shower.
We have finally dragged ourselves away
from the glorious Karma Hostel after three nights here.
In fact, we love it so much that we've just booked another
stay to come and work for a couple of weeks in a couple of weeks
but anyway, for now, we are finally going to make it
to the Black Sea coast, off to Kolkheti National Park for a
wee speed boat tour
Del's feeling a bit rough, so am I.
Because we had a bit of a late night and a lot of wine last night.
So I'm hoping that neither of us get seasick on the speed boat.
Let's find out, shall we?
We made it here just in time
it was a mad rush, stopping to look at too many Soviet bus stops.
And now we are going on a 9, no 18km round trip or something by boat,
do a wee walk, something like that anyway,
should be nice