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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 12:37 am
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Originally Posted by bensyd
I'm here now (waiting to get a transit visa for Azerbaijan) and I really don't get this place. Where and why is all this money pouring into this town to build these grand boulevards and hotels? They're building a Trump Tower, there's already a Sheraton and a Radisson Blu. There just doesn't seem to be that much going on here (and the coast is nice but nothing special) to warrant all this development.

There was a pamphlet in our hotel "How to open a bank in Batumi", which gave me a good chuckle.
It isn't Batumi, but it is sure close. The country seems to be on a development spree. In addition to Batumi, they want to build a special economic zone in Lazika.
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