Tbilisi again

 After I posted my last update, I went for a walk up the road to see the protests. They were quite tame really, just a bunch of people standing around with the occasional chant. It was a bit like being at a festival waiting for the next band, but there was no next band. I got some photos with a couple of protesters, wandered around a bit then left.

Yesterday I had a pretty quiet day and didn't stray far from the hotel. 

Today I checked out at 12 then made my way to the "Chronicles of Georgia" it is a big stonehenge like construction on top of a hill near the sea of Tbilisi (which is actually a reservoir, although a big one). Unlike Stonehenge, this was created fairly recently, in 1985. The blocks are 35 metres high and depict text and images from the history of Tbilisi. I couldn't read the text, and the pictures were of people standing around in different poses, so I learnt nothing.

Getting there was a mission in itself. I took the Tbilisi metro, which I didn't even know existed. The escalator was at least 100 metres long, steep and fast. The railing also moved slower than the stairs. I had to fight the urge to sit down as it was making me a bit woozy. The train goes fast and is bumpy. At the other end I decided I'd walk to the monument as google assured me it wasn't too far. Google, of course, was wrong. I walked through some fairly sketchy areas, or at least they seemed that way. On the last street there was a group of men standing across the road, seemingly blocking it. I walked on past them and they didn't do anything, although they were probably confused as to why I was going that way. At the top of the street the road turned to dirt and became a diy tip. There was supposed to be a path up the hill, but I couldn't find it. I went back and got a bus, like I should've done in the first place. 

I'm now at the airport, drastically early. I was going to go to Stalin's underground printing press, which I think would've been interesting, but I was sick of public transport. I fly to New Delhi at 12:35am, arriving at 7am. I then have to change terminals for my flight to Goa at 9:50am. It should be enough time assuming everything goes smoothly, which it has every time so far, but I'm quite nervous about it. I guess if I miss my connection, so be it. This will be my 10th and final country of this trip before I return to Australia.