Georgia today!

Cold start this morning and early so we can allow ourselves plenty of time for the border crossing into Georgia
Quick fact, St George our countries Patron Saint came from Georgia and there flag is the same as ours but with some extra emblems. His Father came from Cappadocia in Turkey where we were a few days ago.
Up into the mountains again for more cold and them down into the border for a warmer 10 deg C.
No real trouble getting through, just lots of stampings and checking of your V5 for customs and then through. now put your clocks forward another hour, so I am now three ahead
The place is very beautiful and fantastic roads compared to Turkey but tight schedule means very few pictures
Stopped after 40 miles for a coffee and snack and while we were in a restaurant a few locals came in all smiling but with the usual hand gun strapped to there belts. quite the normal thig to have on display
Gulp, better not argue with the bill then!
Into Tblisi and traffic mayhem, with a basic choice of two cars Lada's or Mercedes with blacked out windows.
The road we have to go down on the main route in, is closed "SHIT"
Kevin had gone a head with Adam the cameraman, to get a shot of us all arriving in the city but as they closed the road just after he took position, then that was not going to work.
So all of us in procession had to find another route which got us near to the hotel.
Unfortunately we had to adopt the local attitude and stop the traffic to do a U Turn and then jump red lights to stay together, (no worries the locals do it all the time)
We then stopped a policeman to ask for directions as we knew we were within a few hundred feet of the hotel. He pointed down a side road and the just stopped all the traffic for us all to cross
FANTASTIC!

Will probably not be updating for a few days while we catch the ferry from Azerbaijan to Turmenistan. Also we cross the whole of Turkey with no time zone change to then find out that when entering into Azerbaijan the clocks go forward another hour

YAWN! yes this is going to affect my sleep pattern

4001 miles - Tblsis, Georgia