Choosing a place to travel is never easy, especially with my family; always wanting to experience new things, meet new people, and understand new cultures. This time the choice of destination was Georgia, and no not the state. I got used to saying this sentence due to a lot of people not knowing about this place or assuming that we would not go to the country. As to the reason or how we found out about this place is as follows:
Eid-Al-Fitr break was coming up and our beloved government gave us a whole week off, which meant a whole 9-days, this meant TRAVEL to us. Looking at various places over the internet and long hours of conversation with my mother; we of course wanted a place close to Abu Dhabi and were no visas were required since most EU embassies at this time were packed. I read previous reviews from people who visited Georgia from different nationalities and it was set to Georgia.
Looking on how to get there was the most troubling part, since our local airlines do not have direct flights to Georgia, we found that it was either through FlyDubai or Qatar Airlines. We set to go through Qatar Airlines because their timing was most suitable for us.
Travel details:
Departure: 31 July 2014
AUH-DOH: 05:55 - 05:55 (Duration 1hr)
DOH-TBS: 07:25-13:30 (there was one technical stop in Baku, Azerbaijan- total duration 5:05hrs)
Return: 6 August 2014
TBS-DOH: 20:00 - 23:59 (Duration 4:59hrs)
DOH-AUH: 01:55-03:55 (there was one technical stop in Baku, Azerbaijan- total duration 1hr)
Transit waiting time in both departure and return is about 1 hr.
Total ticket cost (at the time):
Business class: AED 12,180 (approx. $3,316)
Economy class: AED 2,100 (approx. $573)
Hotel booking comes next, we booked the hotel through the travel agent in Qatar Airways.
Marriott Hotel, Tbilisi: great location, it overlooks the main avenue in the center of Tbilisi. The atmosphere is great, food is okay as well. The room rate, per night was about AED 1,400 (approx. $381). I did not take pictures of the hotel, but they are the same as those found on their website.
Happy traveling!
Hind
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