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- Crazy day in travelling in Georgia. Adventure.
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*Georgians are crazy drivers but on the other hand very welcoming people* đŹđȘâ€ïž
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Expat from US residing in Ukraine-
A lot of drivers in post soviet countries drive crazily. What is crazy is that they don't even think about how unsafe it is. Drivers will be talking on the phone, handling change (because you pay cash to the drivers) and driving at the same time.
This is the case for two reasons:
1) most people do not take a proper driving test to get their license in post soviet countries. If you take the written test you will always fail. You are not allowed to see the results and what questions you got wrong. You fail until you pay (also called a bribe in the west). And since most people know this they just pay at the get go so you end up with drivers who never actually studied the rules (and if you have the pleasure of getting a drivers handbook in a post soviet country you will find it is many many times bigger than the western word. The goal isn't simple rules. The goal is over complexity to overwhelm a person into just paying the bribe.
2) police in post soviet countries do not drive the streets stopping rule breakers like in the West(they would have to stop everyone :-)). instead, road police stand on the side of the road and with a trained eye stop drivers. They are looking for a person who looks like they are wealthy enough to pay them off but not too rich to have connections. They will stop you even if you didn't do anything just to waste your time in the hopes that you will give them a couple of dollars(after conversion).
It is getting better in places like Ukraine with the rehiring of their entire police force after their revolution. But it is still bad in places like Russia and Georgia. The great thing is that you will never be beaten or shot by a Georgian pig and locals are never afraid of police they just have to pay. Get stopped driving too fast- just pay. Get caught drinking and driving- just pay.
We have Uber in Kiev and that has dramatically changed the taxi culture. What mcdonalds did to customer service in post soviet countries Uber is doing to driving culture.
Enjoy the adventures brother!
yet so there is 80% more carr accidents in usa and all over the wordl than georgia cause lot of us know hot to drive
waaa are right we are crazy drivers but we love turists and we have so cool nature
you realize that most places don't even have a database of this information let alone collect it on paper.
I visited Georgia last year. And you are right with your observations; Georgians are hospitable, friendly and honest.
Oh nice! And yes, very kind people :)
Dengs ya we are âș
Man, traveling in Georgia is my best traveling experience up to date. Most amazing place I've visited. Very real, not all made up like most economically super advanced countries, suuuper authentic with exceptional cuisine and people that are a treasure! Their hospitality is unmatched, they're very sincere and shockingly friendly, with a lot of genuine pride and love for their motherland and respect in their traditions, folklore and culture (which is what actually keeps the up to this very day as unique and authentic as they are). But the driving - yep, that's a different subject. It is the I'd say only thing that kind of sets a negative impression. You've already figured it out after your whole stay in Georgia but for the people watching - no, guys, he's not unlucky with drivers, this is indeed the general driving manner in Georgia - cutting road bends and/or passing on blind turns, rarely using lights unless it's the evening/dark, rarely (if ever) using blinkers, not slowing down or stopping for pedestrians or animals on the street/road unless there's literally no way of going around them to avoid them and so on and so on (just naming a few traits). Still, to be perfectly honest, 11/10 traveling experience over there, I believe it's a must for any traveler who has claims to know good places around the world. Plenty of landmarks too - mindblowing natural diversity (in such a small area), almost 3-milennium long Georgian history that has left traces to present day and charming architecture, just to name a few :)
Respect â
This, exactly. So true to my experiences in Georgia. To add to the driving madness; the "two"-lane russian military highway constantly being used as a 3-lane road, where the middle lane could be used for either direction depending on testicular size and madness.
A saying in Georgia/Sakartvelo is: A guest is a gift from God
Georgia is so cool
100% amazing
I Now :))
i would like to visit Georgia đ
I recommend it!
That MSN Messenger noise at the start never fails to trick my brain into looking down for the orange flashing bar! Great video as always dude.
Hahaha yes, that's why I put it in there :)
Hahaha yes, that's why I put it in there :)
My dad is from Georgia and mom is from Sweden đŹđȘâ„ïžđžđȘ
Dear Sakartvelo, your brother Lithuania is greeting ya! đ±đčâ€đŹđȘ
Its not only drivers in Georgia that speed about the place in a frantic manner. You have been doing it yourself, country after country, after country! Great to see you catching up with your mate for some well deserved catchup and relaxation.
Haha I guess you are right mate, Thanks for the kind words :)
Awesome vlog, that's a lot of work. you made me more excited about planning a trip to Georgia. thank you bro!
Thank you Vlad! Appreciate your support mate!
Never even heard about Georgia, keen to watch the videos and learn so more about it! Love your style of travel too, just winging it haha
Thank you Jasmine, there are heaps of videos of Georgia on my channel! :)
1:40 and that is lobiani very cheap fast food that is with bean in bread I love it
There's a wild dog named James outside > died laughing.
That pie at 3:24!!! Yum!
1:35 It is "Lobiani"
Cheers!
Damn, Georgia is very similar to the Balkan countries. Drivers used to be scary in Albania as well, but about 6 years ago the new gov started to fine everyone for every little thing they did wrong while driving and that helped a lot.
Hey mate! Yeah I heard about the crazy Albanian drivers but when I went there, they were fine. Cheers man
Yeah, they used to be crazy but now you get fined for every little thing and if you pass the speed limit say bb to your driver license, there are police with radars everywhere.
We even get fined for not turning on the car lights during the day lol
But i guess that was needed, now its much safer and getting better.
we need this in georgia
Yeah Golday, I guess you have to play rough sometimes to get results!
Professional pilot, perfect control, race speed! We are all glad you are there, so we don't have to :-)
Hahaha cheers mate, classic humor from you as per usual
Again everyone seems so friendly!! Finally getting to catch up on loads of your videos so expect lots of comments bro haha
Super friendly! Cheers Dan, looking forward to reading and answering your comments! Legend!
i loooveee your vids!
Thanks Ana!
Awesome adventure! loved it!
Thanks Victoria!
That's one fascinating script the Georgians have for their language. Just going by the visuals, it looks a bit like Armenian, even a bit of Ethiopian Ge'erz?
Great vid, as always. Working my way through your collection. So glad I found your channel
hey indigo i live in georgia đŹđȘ and i now about georgians sightseeing its really paradise. georgia have another beautiful city and villages. and georgia have sightseeing food đ„ such as xinkali elarji sacivi and another that
thank you for sharing
try applying an a shake reduction filter
Man i had a driver like that in bosnia, and it was the most stressful thing. cheers brotha, lovin the edits
Yeah man, can be so stressful... Cheers man :)
Nick, you're living the dream!!!
Hey Siash mate! Cheers man, it is great fun :)
Hey Indigo Traveller I am from georgiaaaa!! I love your vids cool to watch. that snak name was "LOBIANI" and if you can visit Telavi small city but lovely and cosey
Thank you, it was super Tasty :)
Watching your Georgia video from 2017, the camera quality has really improved over the years, great video though a little shacks buy liked the views
Awesome country. But I know what you mean about the drivers. On the Balkans people drive often like that too. It can be pretty scary
Gotta say, Georgia looks epic, brah.....never heard anyone repeat so often "I thought I was gonna die" (paraphrase) - sounds like a must go destination, get there before the mainstream pack arrive sorta thing....:-)
I would have guessed you travelling with a mate from home may have been trouble :) I did not think it would be a bus driver! Glad you guys made it o.k.
Hahaha yeah, right. Cheers K Mac!
I liked this vlog because this is my country. He really like georgia and he want that see everything in georgia. He eat georgian food and he really like . There is very beautiful nature and he is very motivation .. đđđ
Thank you â€ïž
you're a natural born vlogger. nice videos dude..
Thank you buddy!
U deserve way more subscribers
Thank you!
Expat from US residing in Ukraine-
A lot of drivers in post soviet countries drive crazily. What is crazy is that they don't even think about how unsafe it is. Drivers will be talking on the phone, handling change (because you pay cash to the drivers) and driving at the same time.
This is the case for two reasons:
1) most people do not take a proper driving test to get their license in post soviet countries. If you take the written test you will always fail. You are not allowed to see the results and what questions you got wrong. You fail until you pay (also called a bribe in the west). And since most people know this they just pay at the get go so you end up with drivers who never actually studied the rules (and if you have the pleasure of getting a drivers handbook in a post soviet country you will find it is many many times bigger than the western word. The goal isn't simple rules. The goal is over complexity to overwhelm a person into just paying the bribe.
2) police in post soviet countries do not drive the streets stopping rule breakers like in the West(they would have to stop everyone :-)). instead, road police stand on the side of the road and with a trained eye stop drivers. They are looking for a person who looks like they are wealthy enough to pay them off but not too rich to have connections. They will stop you even if you didn't do anything just to waste your time in the hopes that you will give them a couple of dollars(after conversion).
It is getting better in places like Ukraine with the rehiring of their entire police force after their revolution. But it is still bad in places like Russia and Georgia. The great thing is that you will never be beaten or shot by a Georgian pig and locals are never afraid of police they just have to pay. Get stopped driving too fast- just pay. Get caught drinking and driving- just pay.
We have Uber in Kiev and that has dramatically changed the taxi culture. What mcdonalds did to customer service in post soviet countries Uber is doing to driving culture.
Enjoy the adventures brother!
That is a total bullshit. I'm from Russia. And at first there is no "written test", there is a test on the PC, and you see the results right away. And to be able to take this test, you have to study at a driving school, which includes both driving and theory. And for the theory test you have as much tries as you wish, you just pay around 10 USD for the next try. So everyone learn the driving rules and pass the exam. The driving test is more complicated and in many cases not fair. So many people would pay the bribe to pass this test. But, again, this happens after the 4 months of a driving school, that includes minimum 24 hours of driving practice with the instructor. So everyone gets a proper education. And a lot of people bribe for the driving test because it's unfair. But it is totally not like you described. And the driving in some post Soviet countries is crazy because there are no cameras there, and the police works not properly. So even when people from the other countries, like Finland cross here, they also start to do crazy things, simply because they can. It has improved here a lot, after they put the speedcams everywhere and raised the fines.
Thats funny. I have a russian friend who practically grew up in NZ and he is this monster whenever he gets behind the wheel. Weird thing is hes a teacher with young children, lives a nice respectable life. But whenever he drives he becomes this agreesive rule breaking imbecile. I guess maybe the bas driving behaviour in these countries is very ingrained. Even a cultural custom or something?
3 years ago. i went with my family got to Georgia boarders and they just introduced photo id for under 18's. they let through my friends but knocked us back. couldn't believe it. i had to stay in turkey and looked after my daughter and wife and son went for the day trip. hopefully next i go there. enjoy bro
Sorry to hear, you will have to return!
Indigo Traveller thanks bro. The best part of travel is the food and culture. Safe travels bro
1:38 that thing is called LOBIANI its like bean inside
I love it!
I am from Georgia Love Youâ€
I †your videos
Thanks Nini :)
OOO MYY GODDD 0:36 I AM LIVING THEREEEE VERRY NEARR IN THAT STREET
G.CHITAIA STREEET
Fascinated by the culture of toilets like an open room, molesting on the street, and milking a cow in the front of the local market hihi. I think Nick, you must be amazing for this culture too:)), because you are both very authentic.
Hahaha yes, it is amazing! Awww thank you so much :)
What did you mean by " molesting on the street " ? It`s like giving a high five in Georgia. It`s okay.
it's a joke, dude.
that guy was drunk maybe and he just got excited to see some foreign people :)
Awesome vids man,
Where abouts in New Zealand are you from?
I am from ChCh. Cool vids bro keep up the good work
Thanks mate, Im from Wanaka
- 2:29 - I love this. I don't mind paying high prices - if it actually costs that much. But I don't like paying white tax (what I call it in Asia). They charge you more because you are a foreigner. Frustrating.
I am currently in a part of Vietnam where people are very honest. I have found that even children who see an equivalent of $.10 on the ground, they will not pick it up because 'it is not theirs'. Interesting. I love it đȘđœ
Yeah mate, it's great! And yes Vietnam is another great spot for honest people, especially in rural areas! Cheers mate :)
Georgians are white race too
For a second, I thought this was Georgia, USA LOL
Albanian song in 7:13 min âïžđ
Interesting! :) So far away too :)
Indigo Traveller that's true . You doing a great job bro đ
0:37 that is my street i am living there very near
What is the village you stayed in is there a link you could give to the room you had?
It was near Mestia, Guest House Latali, if you use the link in the description of this video to booking . com, you can get 10% discount there :)
Dude you shuld ear xachapurei it is bread with chees insede its amazing
I love it, we ate it before :)
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You were eating Lobiani dude, it's pie with beans :d
Love it!! đđŒ
Hey Nick, Love your channel. Do you have any plans to do videos visiting the United States?
Hey Gina, not at the moment, later, yes :)
1:39 I'd like to have seen the owner of that white Porsche trying to get into it....
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You Are Bro
you should visit TUSHETI and SIGHNAGI too ^_^
Hopefully we get time!
U're eating Lobiani BRO :Ddd
It is tasty! :)
We love it too
Saro M and this was with beans too
Don't eat it everyday
Tasty loaf bread, sandwich... VPO.. TY!
8:50 áá§ááááá áá„ááá ááŁá
Superb.! Where's your mate from?
New Zealand :)
@@IndigoTraveller You two guys make a nice couple.
Nice đđœ
thank you
Going to minsk?
Not sure yet mate
How Many days bro you gonna stay in Georgia i'm coming on 3/9 it would pleasure if i meet you bro i'm Amr From Egypt
Hey mate, not quite sure because we will be going into other countries, let me know when you arrive :)
Indigo Traveller i'm going to be in tbilisi 3 September at 1 am just if you gonna be there then i can come to you i'm planing to visit Tbilisi & Batumi
It's like tacos butt with much meet
hey that was shaurma 1:41
au ramagari var loians chams dashaurma tqo
It wasn't Shawarma i don't think :)
Nice vlogs mate. I love them. It`s nice that you like Georgia. If you you would like any kind of help don`t hesitate to ask me.
Thank you for your support mate â€ïž
Absolutely love your channel! I think you'd have fun in Armenia. :)
Thank you, Armenia sounds epic!
guys how can i contact you ? i just want to meet you and say just "thanks" for everything this
Hit me up on Facebook mate! :) Info in description :)
Yes lads! How tan is that other guy with you đ
Haha he is as dark as I have ever seen him :)
this name is lobiani-ááááááá nice food a love lobiani :D its bred and insaid is beens
Thank you!
NO problam a love you and 20 september in east point its my birthday can you come ?
if you have time ?
can you say in next video a lovegeorgia in georgian lenguge áá ášáá ááá§ááá áźáá thanks
What do you like more? Ukraine or Georgia?
They are so different in what I have seen, I can't compare them :)
taste georgian traditional foods
People of the former Soviet Union have dulled sense of danger. I compare my life there to the life in the US. The death rate by negligence in those countries is staggering, compared to the one in the US. I literally felt like I could get hurt or killed any day by either drivers or just crazy people.
Sorry to hear that Ilham
there are so much places to be seen, sadly no one who knows must see places gave you advices, too bad đą
Watch my other Georgia videos â€ïž
Indigo Traveller seen them all
You were probably eating "lobiani" which is beans
Oh.... That makes sense now, thank you! :)
Pretty sure beans are healthier than byrek, so you are good there :D
True that Golday :)
drinkgame; every time nick says "authentic" drink a shot ;D
no really, it looks seriously authentic and suuuuper country side!
Haha ok then; authentic, authentic, authentic, authentic, authentic, authentic, authentic, authentic,. Are you drunk yet? Haha cheers Amy :)
Am Georgian and i know that place very well at 1.32 and its worst part of town.btw i hope you don't get cancer from dat food.just joking
go mountan region "racha (á ááá), ambrolauri (áááá ááááŁá á) city, krikhi (áá ááźá) village " czcams.com/video/Ms7Czjodr6Q/video.html
Quinn looks like Prince Harry. :)
I do remember the pig episode!
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From 4:26. What's my reward?
Nailed it! Wouldn't expect anything less from you. You will get your gift :)
DON'T WORRY BRO. WE KNOW HOW TO DRIVE. IT'S GEORGIAN STYLE ;) :D
U eating lobiani
Tasty!
next u going to Armenia?
We think so!
kutaisi gaichita :D
first
Nailed it yet again mate!
you are travel goals bro
#_nazmulnaz_
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sorry mate about those villigian wired drivers , usually Georgian are very friendly to foreigners .
Thanks mate, they were friendly but just kind of crazy behind the wheel :)
I love this country!! The people are strangely familiar, because they are Russian ( I am Czech ) but they are also Arab/Middle eastern. Very interesting mix! Also as a European I got my DNA test done and my ancestors come from Caucasus Mountains, so thanks for showing me around. I feel very welcomed there!
That's so cool Radka! Thanks for letting me know :) Uploading next vlog right now from today :)
If u think Georgians are either Russians or Arabs u have to read few books about history of our country culture and ethnography and u will find that we are unique, also read Charles Darwin's book about how Georgian people (women and men who were exiled) to Arab world corected their DNA. Here is ethimology of word caucasian(white race):The appellation Caucasian for the grouping was popularized by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, who named it after the category's archetypal skull, a cranium of a woman from Georgia in the Caucasus region. and excerpt :Caucasian variety - I have taken the name of this variety from Mount Caucasus, both because its neighborhood, and especially its southern slope, produces the most beautiful race of men, I mean the Georgian; and because all physiological reasons converge to this, that in that region, if anywhere, it seems we ought with the greatest probability to place the autochthones (original members) of mankind.
i would be grateful if u delete or change your misleading wrong statement about Georgian people who are unique ethnic group with subethnic groups withing it's territory.
I am not an expert on anthropology, that's just how I view Georgians from my perspective. Every nationality is unique.
@@radkabuddy1112 If you think that Georgians are Russians and Arabs than you firstly need to recover from your strange brain injury. Whatever that may be, asshole.
Are you speak only english.
the molestation is not cultural thing bro, it just happens often bc old men there are creepy affffffff
Loose.
come to Moscow please!!!
I would love to visit Moscow!
ilovepancakeswithjam I hope my country will change. I think if you visit Moscow, you will understand that real life is different from what you see in the news. Hope you'll get rid of stereotypes
ilovepancakeswithjam okay, no problem, gonna do that after finishing my homework
In Georgia Moscow comes to you đđ©
Nice đđœ
Cheers!