Happy Valentine’s Day

To those who are celebrating this Day of Hearts: May this waiter on skates knock at your door to deliver the heart that you’ve been longing for.  – Jessie   Author’s Note:  I… Continue reading →

Images of Georgia: Batumi and the Black Sea

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… Continue reading →

The Trump Tower and Other Rising Structures in Batumi

Originally posted on A Traveler's Tale:
The planned Trump Tower Batumi (Source: SkiGeorgia) I got excited when I saw the above image showing the Trump Tower that will soon rise in the…

Black Sea 6: Three Moms and a Sunset

While hanging out at Batumi Boulevard, I  captured these images of mothers taking photos of their kids by a wire sculpture of a waiter with a heart on a plate.  I was wondering… Continue reading →

Black Sea 5: Sundown

It was the end of our one day tour of Batumi and there was nothing else to do but to hang around at Batumi Boulevard and watch the sun as it gradually dipped… Continue reading →

Black Sea 4: Adjara Mountains

The Adjara Autonomous Region where Batumi is located is on the south-eastern coast of the Black Sea and extends into the wooded foothills and mountains of the Lesser Caucasus and shares borders with Turkey to the… Continue reading →

Batumi 4: Port City

A seaside city on the Black Sea coast of Georgia, Batumi plays a vital and strategic role in Georgia’s social, political and economic life.  It is the capital of the autonomous province of Adjara in the southwest border… Continue reading →

Black Sea 3: Spring Beachgoers

Still along the Black Sea coast of Batumi in Georgia, taken on the same location and around the same time as the previous post. Well, we only had one day to explore the… Continue reading →

Batumi 3: Sepia Town

While there was a construction boom in the city of Batumi at the time of our visit, certain sections of the place has retained an ‘old town’ ambiance so I choose to portray… Continue reading →

Black Sea 1: Porthole

There is a new restaurant in Batumi Boulevard that goes with the name, “Tower” and yes, it has a tower with a winding staircase about 5-7 stories high.  Since it was not officially… Continue reading →