Showing posts with label camping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label camping. Show all posts

2 Jul 2012

Trip to Borjomi

Gamarjoba!
This weekend we welcomed a new long- term volunteer from France. Her name is Floriane. We also welcomed Mariana, from Slovakia. She is a scout and will stay for one month. On Friday morning we all woke up early to go to Borjomi. Mariana and Floriane had their first Georgian meal- khachapuri and Georgian beer in a cafe in Borjomi.
On Friday night we camped by a river in Borjomi, then went to the national park on Saturday morning. We climbed up over 2000 metres. It was tiring, but a lot of fun! We met five Latvians and one Estonian at the top and slept in a wooden cabin that night. It was really cold!

On Sunday morning we climbed down and went back to Rustavi. That night we watched football in Meria. It was the final between Spain and Italy. Spain won! Viva la España!
And now, I must go because I have a Georgian lesson.
Goodbye!

- Aoife

23 May 2011

Getting away from Rustavi


After some weeks at home, we totally had to get away from Rustavi. That's why we decided to go for a camp in the forest near the cemetary in Tbilisi. At 11 o'clock, we met in front of the city hall and waited with Illo and Awto for the rented marshrutka.
In the early afternoon, we reached the place, tired of carrying the heavy tents and other camp stuff up the hill. The fact that is was raining quite a lot didn't make it more easy to build the tents. And as if somebody was making fun of us, it stopped raining as soon as we finished the work.
But nevertheless, our mood stayed good and we started to chill and have a small supra with Nikka's good home-made wine and some Georgian food. As a dessert, we smoked some tasty shisha.
Full and happy, we moved to the fire place and drank some of Awto's gorgeous self-made cognac.
For me, this was the time for a nap, and I was on stand-by for some hours. When I woke up again, we made shashlik followed by another nap. The next time I woke up, it was already quite late and we spent a nice evening together around the fire with many jokes and a great atmosphere.

The next morning, after a so-so night outside, I wake up next to Villi, and Nikka is joining us to prepare breakfast consisting of delicious Thai-noodles from the package. Ori, who couldn't succeed in gathering our interest in her feelings the other night, didn't know if she should be angry at us or not. She decided that there was no point and tried to re-gain Cristy as a friend, which ended up Ori chasing Cristy through the forest.
We spent the day chilling in the forest and eating the rest of our food. In the evening, the marshrutka came to pick us up.
All in all it was a short but sweet camp, and most of us would have liked to stay longer.

Joyku