Mongol Rally 2017 — YOLO
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 30.1: Dog goes "woof" Cat goes "meow" Bird goes "tweet" And mouse goes "squeak" Cow goes "moo"
2 Moose on the Loose Car Mongol Rally travel YOLO
Miles: 178Countries: GeorgiaStops: Lanchkhuti -> Zestaponi ->Playlists: Vocal Trance It's a little cheating since I'm starting with yesterday today. After our swim, we got on the road and drove until we got into Batumi downtown. We needed to find a place with wifi since Georgia is outside of the Roaming Zone for Rogers. Of course the only place we found for food was a Turkish restaurant, so we had a shawarma and Iskender kabob again ... I must say... I think it was better than the one we had IN turkey! SOOO good. We used their wifi and got Georgian...
Day 29: I can't always be waiting, waiting on you I can't always be playing, playing your fool
2 Moose on the Loose Laundry Mongol Rally travel Turkey YOLO
Miles: 185Countries: Turkey -> GeorgiaStops: Yesilyali -> Pazar -> Sarp border crossing -> Batumi -> LanchkhutiPlaylists: Epic Sax Solo Songs, epic 80's/90's playlistOur last morning in Turkey began in a gas station like most other days with weird looks from the attendants. Sketch town, and we weren't sure if we heard fireworks or gunshots the night before because all of a sudden there were a bunch of cops/ambulances/fire trucks that zoomed past us. Justin slept clutching his weapon of a choice, a flashlight. We decided on an early start despite being sleep deprived since we had to do laundry and...