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| We haven't slept in for months, so when rain kept falling we kept sleeping. Then we boarded a bus to the nearby border of Turkey and Georgia because we're hooked on borders, these places have become tourists sites for us. Close to the border is a real tourist site, Sarpi's old Byzantium fort; it claims to be the finest example of Byzantine military architecture; it's really a low, ramparted wall that guards a citrus orchard. The citrus farmer saw an opportunity for a quick buck. He tried to sell us a fake entrance ticket so we countered with a fake student card and demanded free entry. Who's more corrupt? | |||
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| Sarpi, the pebble beach border
between Turkey and Georgia. The small mosque on the shoreline leaves no doubt
that Turkey lies ahead. | |||
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Between Batumi and Sarpi we find the ancient fortress of Gonio
which experts call the finest example of Roman-Byzantine military architecture
in the world. Now it's guarded by a cow. Nothing inside except a small ruin and
an orchard. | |||
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Roadside
gravestone - does it imply the deceased was drinking and driving? | |||