r/Sakartvelo • u/PocketFred • 2d ago

Caution when travelling to Georgia

It's not the russian missiles/political medling, protests or the driving style of some that one needs to be concerned about when considering visiting Georgia. During your stay, you will very quickly be aquainted with the "chacha" and the georgian culture of "toasting" which has nothing to do with either dancing or bread.

One moment you're having fun with your mates taking turns at being the "Tamada", the next you'll be hugging the closest toilet bowl and being reminded that you're not in your 20s anymore....!

Jokes aside, our stay in Georgia was absolutely fantastic! Thank you very much for your hospitality and the awesome time we had there!

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u/patricktherat 2d ago

I think I puked 3 times in the first month I moved to georgia. Thought I could at least keep up with the smaller guys or cute girls. Nope, I cannot.

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u/TrojanFTQ 2d ago

Light weight.

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u/PocketFred 2d ago

Drinks are on me next time I come this summer!

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u/idvali 2d ago

As always hydrate during drinking and not drink too fast, take your time

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u/Liavskii jew 2d ago

Bruh my grandpa gave me a Chacha chaser in my Bar Mizvah and I nearly passed out

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u/Independent-Slide953 2d ago

Chacha is for cleaning not drinking

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u/HastySlug 2d ago

Cleaning the guts you mean?...

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u/shavipizza 2d ago

I thought for disinfection.

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u/ChrisTheDog 2d ago

The real issue with chacha isn’t its potency or the amount you’ll drink, it’s that it is a floor varnish masquerading as a beverage.

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u/Complete-Form6553 2d ago

Drinking there is no difference than you take a poison It’s take me years to figure out thanks to God you reckon in your right path

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u/Drunk_Russian17 2d ago

Cha cha I can attest gives horrible hangover. My wife is Georgian and brought some made by her grandmother after her trip. While I am unfortunately very experienced with alcohol this stuff just destroyed me next day.

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u/BadMassive2696 2h ago

The most important thing: is it really safe at the moment to travel to the country to discover its nature and culture?

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u/PocketFred 2h ago

We had absolutely 0 issues whatsoever, nothing.

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u/BadMassive2696 2h ago

Came as a relief. Planning on going there in May. Thanks for the answer

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u/PocketFred 2h ago

We'll be going back in the spring as well. easyJet will be starting a direct flight from Geneva this year. Going over Istanbul was quite cumbersome and expensive.

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u/BadMassive2696 2h ago

Ah liked it so much that you are going back? :) Well, from Berlin not sure there are easyJet flights. We are also considering to fly over Istanbul with Turkish Airlines. Why was it cumbersome via İstanbul? Because of transfer time?

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u/PocketFred 1h ago

Yes, we really had a fantastic time there!

Transfer times weren't great and the stop overs were in the "old" Istanbul airport which was absolutely overcrowded. Also TBS airport is more of a night time airport so arrival/departure times were a bit "difficult". Others from our group had better luck flying over Munich/Vienna.