Episode 17 Although not actually raining when we left Tbilisi it was still very threatening. We managed to get in a couple of visits to more Monasteries before the heavens opened and nearly drowned us. The rain was so heavy that D gave up trying to drive in it and pulled off the road and had a sleep while the heaviest rained itself out. Jvari monastery is another one that sits on a high point over looking a confluence of two rivers. It is a very popular day t...

Episode 16 Even while we were at passport control we could see advertisements for casinos in Georgia. Quite possibly there isn't any in Turkey so those that want to gamble just head over the border. If you lived handy you would want to cross to buy fuel too, it’s way cheaper than Turkey. Later L could check the exchange rates and Turkey wasn’t as bad as she feared, but still the most expensive we’ve encountered. But, O boy! The driving is wors...

Episode 15 After crossing back into Romania, another neat little stamp in L's passport, we started to head out into the delta area, however as it was very flat land and marshy a decision was made that there probably wasn’t going to be much to see except marshes so instead we headed south and a little inland. Just a short way from the city of Braila we passed through an area with many oil wells, each one having one of those 'nodding donkey’ type pumps...