LEAVING GEORGIA
Lots of people live for years in one place. I lived for years in a state I really mostly hated - Illinois. Hell, that was a decade. After extensive travel, some people come to despise it. I went the other way. Seven months in Tbilisi, Georgia seemed like forever.
When you need to save up money, sometimes there is no other option.
The jobs caused me to sit around rather than wander around. Logan got fat. Again. Or, as some would say "Reverted to his natural form". Gods help me when I return to the USA. Mt Vesuvius belly.
Affordable alcohol and sweets are a dangerous combination.
LUXURY APARTMENT
Of all of the places I've stayed so far, the $450 per month luxury apartment is high on the list. Literally everything I needed was in there.
Only two downsides, both related to the gas heater. First, if you left the kitchen window closed when using gas, the house fills with gas. Possible death. Definite downside.
The second problem with the gas heater is that the genius that built it didn't put any sort of cover on it. When the wind blows, it goes out. Quite a bummer if you are in the middle of the shower for the water to go from 'nice and hot' to ice cubes.
Hell no I never used gas to cook. Didn't cook. If food in a country is too expensive to eat out, I will fucking switch countries. There is no need for Logan to cook.
PEOPLE OF GEORGIA
They're pretty nice. I like them and would go back.
Sure, everyone likes to dress in black (not joking) and wander the streets unsmiling but it's almost like this is an automatic defense mechanism against the hordes of beggars and the KGB ghosts which haunt the streets.
Not a clue if it should be considered 'can do spirit' or people fighting on despite tools, training or competency but a saying I developed for Georgia is "If you don't have the right tool, any will do."
They have some weird beliefs. Very weird. Stay the hell away from doctors and politely ignore anyone who wants to give you any medical advice. These things seem handed down from the same folks who brought western Europeans the 'knock on wood' beliefs. It's easy to look at another countries' beliefs and say "Gosh, they believe in some goofy shit" but when I run into these strange beliefs it makes me wonder about my own programming. What unquestioned yet erroneous beliefs have I?
Business beliefs and practices within Georgia also defy rational explanation. Hidden, unlabeled stores. No change in cash registers. No customers, no problem. Totally baffling. Though labor is cheap here, rent and bills aren't. How these are paid for is a mystery.
Most people live with their families in homes everyone was given after the collapse of the USSR. This is handy because the wages people are paid wouldn't pay for rent.
RETURN OF THE GEORGIAN (SINCE JEDI IS COPYRIGHTED)
When discussing Georgia with Mark Rein-Hagen, he mentioned a mutual acquaintance would return to Georgia and that people often returned to Georgia.
"Why is that, do you think?" I queried.
"Dunno." he replied. "There is just something about Georgia."
I concur.
Especially if Mark has more game design work for me.
YOU AND GEORGIA
Should you choose to visit Georgia and see it's wonderful outdoor scenery, experience the warmth of the people and hunt in frustration for hidden shops on roads without street signs some advice.
Seeing Tbilisi itself is one to three days depending upon your interest. It is also a good 'jumping off' point for hitting many outlying areas.
Though there is at least one place with good skiing, tourism in Georgia is a summer thing. Roads get blocked and closed quickly in the winter making much of the country inaccessible.
I've never even heard rumors crime of Georgians against foreigners.
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE...AGAIN
People bitch about having to wait for two or three hours for a flight. Fuck them. Because it was a bit more convenient for a couple people, I showed up at the airport eight hours early. Eight.
Georgia drew the short straw in terms of when their flights arrive and leave - between three and six in the morning.
For those keeping track, everything I own is down to 14.3 KG.
REGICIDE
While maintaining my vigil, Burger King snared me with it's siren call. They have one at Tbilisi Mall as well that was pretty good - though very expensive. The BK at the airport was amazing in it's 'suck-a-tude'.
No beef. They weren't 'home of the whopper'. Makes me think they bought an 'indulgence' from the home office king to carry on despite wild incompetency.
Figured perhaps a shake would take the edge off.
No shakes.
The only good thing (for me) - smoking was permitted there.
Die, King, die.
COSTS
Taxi to the airport, with additional stop; 20 GEL.
Shitty, overpriced, don't have beef Burger King, 25 GEL.
Lots of people live for years in one place. I lived for years in a state I really mostly hated - Illinois. Hell, that was a decade. After extensive travel, some people come to despise it. I went the other way. Seven months in Tbilisi, Georgia seemed like forever.
When you need to save up money, sometimes there is no other option.
The jobs caused me to sit around rather than wander around. Logan got fat. Again. Or, as some would say "Reverted to his natural form". Gods help me when I return to the USA. Mt Vesuvius belly.
Affordable alcohol and sweets are a dangerous combination.
LUXURY APARTMENT
Of all of the places I've stayed so far, the $450 per month luxury apartment is high on the list. Literally everything I needed was in there.
Only two downsides, both related to the gas heater. First, if you left the kitchen window closed when using gas, the house fills with gas. Possible death. Definite downside.
The second problem with the gas heater is that the genius that built it didn't put any sort of cover on it. When the wind blows, it goes out. Quite a bummer if you are in the middle of the shower for the water to go from 'nice and hot' to ice cubes.
Hell no I never used gas to cook. Didn't cook. If food in a country is too expensive to eat out, I will fucking switch countries. There is no need for Logan to cook.
PEOPLE OF GEORGIA
They're pretty nice. I like them and would go back.
Sure, everyone likes to dress in black (not joking) and wander the streets unsmiling but it's almost like this is an automatic defense mechanism against the hordes of beggars and the KGB ghosts which haunt the streets.
Not a clue if it should be considered 'can do spirit' or people fighting on despite tools, training or competency but a saying I developed for Georgia is "If you don't have the right tool, any will do."
They have some weird beliefs. Very weird. Stay the hell away from doctors and politely ignore anyone who wants to give you any medical advice. These things seem handed down from the same folks who brought western Europeans the 'knock on wood' beliefs. It's easy to look at another countries' beliefs and say "Gosh, they believe in some goofy shit" but when I run into these strange beliefs it makes me wonder about my own programming. What unquestioned yet erroneous beliefs have I?
Business beliefs and practices within Georgia also defy rational explanation. Hidden, unlabeled stores. No change in cash registers. No customers, no problem. Totally baffling. Though labor is cheap here, rent and bills aren't. How these are paid for is a mystery.
Most people live with their families in homes everyone was given after the collapse of the USSR. This is handy because the wages people are paid wouldn't pay for rent.
RETURN OF THE GEORGIAN (SINCE JEDI IS COPYRIGHTED)
When discussing Georgia with Mark Rein-Hagen, he mentioned a mutual acquaintance would return to Georgia and that people often returned to Georgia.
"Why is that, do you think?" I queried.
"Dunno." he replied. "There is just something about Georgia."
I concur.
Especially if Mark has more game design work for me.
YOU AND GEORGIA
Should you choose to visit Georgia and see it's wonderful outdoor scenery, experience the warmth of the people and hunt in frustration for hidden shops on roads without street signs some advice.
Seeing Tbilisi itself is one to three days depending upon your interest. It is also a good 'jumping off' point for hitting many outlying areas.
Though there is at least one place with good skiing, tourism in Georgia is a summer thing. Roads get blocked and closed quickly in the winter making much of the country inaccessible.
I've never even heard rumors crime of Georgians against foreigners.
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE...AGAIN
People bitch about having to wait for two or three hours for a flight. Fuck them. Because it was a bit more convenient for a couple people, I showed up at the airport eight hours early. Eight.
Georgia drew the short straw in terms of when their flights arrive and leave - between three and six in the morning.
For those keeping track, everything I own is down to 14.3 KG.
REGICIDE
While maintaining my vigil, Burger King snared me with it's siren call. They have one at Tbilisi Mall as well that was pretty good - though very expensive. The BK at the airport was amazing in it's 'suck-a-tude'.
No beef. They weren't 'home of the whopper'. Makes me think they bought an 'indulgence' from the home office king to carry on despite wild incompetency.
Figured perhaps a shake would take the edge off.
No shakes.
The only good thing (for me) - smoking was permitted there.
Die, King, die.
COSTS
Taxi to the airport, with additional stop; 20 GEL.
Shitty, overpriced, don't have beef Burger King, 25 GEL.
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