Harry Monk:
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Essential to get the Georgian visa in advance.
might be a bit difficult, considering EU citizens don’t need one, it’s been like that for a couple of years now. There was no border crossing open between rus-ge even before the war so your options are overland via turkey or ferry from bourgas (bg) or ukraine (haven’t used it so don’t know). Georgia is as peaceful as can be actually, cops everywhere and none of them looking for a handout either. The sarpi border is quite relaxed, took me 4 hours to cross the first time and about 15 the other, not a lot of traffic heading there.