Dmanisi

Dette er doen paa raadhuset et sted jeg var i dag. Det er hverdagen til de ansatte paa raadhuset. (Heldig er du, mamma!) En for paa hver side, buksa ned eller skjoertet opp og whops gaar det ned i sluket. Det er best aa ikke bomme, for da gaar det ut over sko osv. Og papiret skal ikke skylles ned, men kastes i boetta bak... La meg dog faa si at dette er 'i distriktan', det er ikke alle steder standarden er saa gammeldags! (Jeg har opplevd baade bedre og verre, naar jeg tenker meg om.)
This is the toilet at a town hall where I was earlier today. It is what employees in the local administration have to deal with. (My mum's lucky to work in a Norwegian town hall instead!) The paper is not to be flushed down but rather thrown in the basket in the corner. Let me say, though, that this is in a fairly remote district and that this is NOT the standard across the country. I have seen both better and worse, and in more urban places the standard is mostly - but not always - more modern.


Ikke bare mennesker nyter godt av at rent drikkevann har blitt offentlig tilgjengelig gjennom drikkefontener sentrale steder de siste aarene. Denne kua var veldig flink til aa ta for seg. Jeg tror kanskje ikke jeg ville drukket der etter aa ha sett det! Men naar kyr gaar fritt omkring i byen er dette simpelthen normalt, antar jeg.
It's not only local people who seem to benefit from the increased availability of publicly provided pure drinking water the last few years. This cow was fully capable of helping itself to some! I don't think I'd drink from this source after watching this. Although when cows walk freely about everywhere there's hardly any avoiding this phenomenon.

Dette er jeg og Giorgi, en kollega og tidvis min/vaar sjaafoer. Han er en utrolig hyggelig fyr - og han liker aa fiske! Selv om han ikke snakker engelsk og min russisk mildt sagt er begredelig klarer vi som regel aa kommunisere. Jeg har tenkt aa invitere ham og kona til Norge!
This is I and Georgi, a colleague and sometimes my/our driver. He is an incredibly nice guy and he enjoys fishing very much! Even though he does not speak English and my Russian is close to non-existant we nevertheless manage to communicate fairly well. I intend to invite him and his wife to Norway some time!

Fantastisk vinterlandskap! Og paa haugen du saavidt skimter finnes det rester av ei kirke og ei festning. Her har de funnet rester av mennesker som er blant de eldste levningene av mennesker som noensinne er funnet i hele verden. Det var nesten menneskehetens vugge:)
Winter wonderland! And on the hill you see in the background there are ruins of a church and a fortress. There they found remains of human beings (knuckles) that are among the oldest human remains ever found in the world. This is almost the cradle of humanity:)