Images of Georgia: Batumi and the Black Sea

July 30, 2012

I was happy with my first and only visit to Batumi, the coastal city of Georgia, in April of 2011. Though the tour was just for a day and it was still cold, it was the first sunny day of the year and I joined the locals in celebrating the glory of spring. It was also a realization of a long-time dream to reach the Black Sea — a moment which I greatly savoured by simply sitting on the empty beach and staring at the dark blue waters of the sea very early in the morning just minutes after I arrived. It was also historically significant since Batumi was undergoing a rapid tourism-driven facelift (see “The Trump Tower and Other Rising Structures in Batumi”) and the place may look very different when I get back.

Below are some of the photos about Batumi and the Black Sea which I featured in a series of posts in March this year.

Morning Train from Tbilisi

An old city street

Dawn breaks over the city

Old section of the city

A quiet street

Early morning at the seaport

A hotel under construction

The Black Sea Coast

Construction boom

The city is undergoing facelift

Repainted apartment buildings

Spring visitors at the beach

The Batumi Beach

Blue waters at the village of Sarpi

A walk in the park

Street scene

An ever-changing skyline

Early morning view over the city

The Sheraton and other rising structures

A pastel colored city

Sunset at the Boulevard

Batumi Seaport

Bicycles at the park

The Batumi Boulevard

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