Mongol Rally 2017 — Still stranded
Day 32: splish splash I was taking a bath
2 Moose on the Loose Mongol Rally Still stranded YOLO
Miles: 1.5Countries: Georgia Stops: TbilisiWe couldn't leave Tbilisi without doing the traditional sulphur baths; it's got a huge historical significance and is the reason for Tbilisi becoming the capital. It is said some King of Iberia's falcon fell here which led to the discovery of the hot springs. The name of the area "Abanotubani" means "the bath district" and the capital "Tbilisi" means warm place in Georgian. The king ordered the capital to be moved here and the rest is history. First written documentation is dated to the 14th century, archaeological excavations have found Roman baths and piping from the...
Day 31: You can't always get what you want
2 Moose on the Loose Mongol Rally Still stranded travel Travel prep YOLO
Miles: 23Countries: GeorgiaStops: TbilisiPlaylists: Our first argument :OToday has been quite the up and down day. Keep in mind this post isn't necessarily complaining about everything as just walking you through it all. We started off by hitting up the Turkmenistan embassy to find out they were on vacation...? Disappointed, we went off for breakfast to have the traditional Georgian dish that has been recommended time and time again: it's essentially a boat of bread, stuffed with cheese, baked, and served with a "raw" egg on top and a full spoonful of butter. It's the 3rd Georgian meal we had,...
Day 30.2: it's the eye of the tiger It's the thrill of the fight
2 Moose on the Loose Mongol Rally Still stranded travel YOLO
Miles: 184Countries: GeorgiaStops: -> TbilisiPlaylists: Vocal TranceWe drove on avoiding any signs for various tourism stuff to book it to Tbilisi. We found a hotel bar with wifi (but with no beer?!) and started sorting out visas. We began with Azerbaijan, only to realize it takes 3 days to process, whoops. So now we may be in Tbilisi for 3 days. Not the worst of places, but we really had a mindset of just going at this point, so we were a quite disappointed. We have heard that Tbilisi is one of the best capitals in the world and had...
Day 23: Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
2 Moose on the Loose Car Game over Mongol Rally RIP Still stranded travel Turkey
Miles: 26Countries: TurkeyStops: AnkaraPlaylists: ...We woke up to a motorcycle parking and keys jingling less than a metre from our car. We stayed as still as possible to appear like no one is in the car in case it was a cop checking in and wanting to write a ticket. It wasn't. It was a girl who parked the scooter and went inside. It wasn't until we started to eventually emerge from the car and fold the bed that she came out, gave us some food, took a selfie with the car and disappeared back inside. Pretty sure she thought...
Day 17: You can check out any time you like, But you can never leave!'
2 Moose on the Loose Mongol Rally Still stranded travel YOLO
Miles: 3Countries: RomaniaStops: home -> coffee -> home -> park -> coffee -> homePlaylist: N/ANot much to update this time as we continued to play the waiting game. But I'm definitely losing track of what day it is of the week, and what day into the rally, so these posts are really for me more than having any additional info. Also, it's for ranting. Spent the morning calling various embassies trying to salvage visas but it is unbelievably ridiculous at the lack of tracking they have. We don't understand how we spent however long and $$ filling out application forms...