Blog Archive: July 2016
An ex-pat living in Georgia since 2011, I trade stocks, take photographs, work out at the gym, and many more. Here I write about travel, finance, and other things that might interest me.
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Park Hotel in Yerevan Review
In mid March, 2016 we visited Yerevan again, this time we booked a boutique hotel on Koghbatsi street - Park Hotel. We booked this hotel on booking.com for about EUR 80 per night, and stayed here for two or three nights (don't remember anymore) and used as our base for further Yerevan's exploration. There are two another hotels in Yerevan I can really suggest - Hotel Meg and Republica hotel. Yerevan's boutique hotels are among the best in the…
LEMP Server Ubuntu 12.04 for serving Drupal on Nginx
In this tutorial you will learn how to setup a LEMP stack on Ubuntu 12.04 for serving a Drupal site (s). Update: I originally started this post to document my setup for actually configuring Nginx server on Ubuntu for Drupal site at the start of 2015. Many things have changed ,ever since, thus most of the written bellow will work. LEMP is a variation of the ubiquitous LAMP stack used for developing and deploying web applications. Traditionally…
La Codorniz Hotel Review in Tarifa
We were driving around area of Tarifa, it was getting already dark, we hadn't yet booked any hotel. Our hope was that we will easily book some hotel on site. In fact we made a stop at some 3 roadside hotels. hostels but they all were fully booked. At every place I asked could they recommend me something in this area, and La Codrniz was one of the suggestions. We found La Codorniz hotel located just some 300 meters from beaches, about 5 km from…
16 Things to do in Batumi
Batumi is a port city of Georgia, located on the shores of the Black sea. Pebbled beaches energize you with their natural force and astonish with the beauty of seashells that can easily be found right in the rocks, especially after storms. For choosing a hotel in Batumi see: 16 Best Batumi Beach / Seaside Hotels Close to the sea, you will find a new boulevard with lots of boutiques and cafes whereas in the old boulevard you can peacefully…
Postcards from Batumi
At the start of March 2016, after about a two-year break I visited Batumi again. This time I was equipped with a DSLR camera, a tripod, and two days of free time. I decided to capture as much as I can. Result? In the pictures below. Sunset in Batumi This photo was taken from the top of the mountain at Argo Entertainment center (you can get there by a cable car) Batumi Miracle Park A lot of wonders around here. The Chacha tower,…
Spooky Images from Tarifa, Spain
We were heading from Gibraltar towards Tarifa, still searching for accommodation for tonight when we were surprised by a natural phenomenon - the mist. Mist rolling over highway Mist rolling over highway It was getting late and dark, we decided to make a stop at local store to buy some goodies and I got an opportunity to capture another natural phenomena - clouds covering the Sun Sun covered by clouds Dwelling houses
Gibraltar
I have never been to the United Kingdom, today, thus, I had a chance to step a foot on British Overseas territory - Gibraltar. Nope, they are driving the same as in the rest of Europe (left side wheel), but some particles of British taste you can enjoy here definitely. Approaching Gibraltar from Spain (The Rock of Gibraltar) There is a quick border control between Spain and Gibraltar. Passengers are not obligated to leave the vehicle. It…
Cafe-Bar El Hacho, Gaucin
Cafe-Bar El Hacho in Gaucin proudly bears hundredth cafe name featured on blog. See all the rest 100 restaurant reviews. We made a quick stop here, just shortly we left Ronda (Ronda Bridge) and took a small tapas and coffee con - lece's here. Inside sun terrace with outdoor pool Outdoor pool Light meal and freshly squeezed orange juice Our bill here - around EUR 10.00 Cafe-Bar El Hacho in Gaucin, Spain
How to Fix Missing MarkeClusterer Icons for Drupal Gmap Module
I have been using Drupal + Mapping for years already. My most favorite combination Location + Gmap module for entering and displaying location info. Recently I did upgrade for Gmap module for this blog and things went wrong - customized province names disappeared and... Marker Clusterer icons were gone soon afterwards. My first thoughts were that latest Gmap module have done something wrong, turned out I was wrong. My next idea was it's…