Blog Archive: March 2022
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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100 Trades To Become Profitable Bitcoin Futures Trader
Welcome to another interesting blog topic series - lately, I've been into crypto futures trading a lot. So far I can report mixed results - yes, the gains are enormous - like I was able to make 189% gain with 100 trades in 9 days trading Ethereum, but meanwhile I also have blown up my account at least 4 times. The losses so far are far bigger than gains. For now, I have decided to give it one more shot - trading Bitcoin futures with 50x…
Postcards from Pasanauri
Pasanauri is a small town in Georgia, situated in the Dusheti district, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region. We have been traveling this small town through zillions of times, mostly when heading to Gudauri or Kazbegi, but never had we made a stop here and explored more. It was in the mid-February 2022, we headed to Gudauri, but as the road was blocked and not willing to wait more we turned our car around and headed back to Tbilisi, but decided to make a…
Bristol Hotel and Spa Bakuriani
Bristol Hotel and Spa Bakuriani is offering accommodations in Bakuriani. The property provides ski-to-door access and ski storage space, as well as a restaurant and a bar. The hotel features an indoor pool, sauna, karaoke and a 24-hour front desk. We booked Bristol Hotel and Spa Bakuriani hotel at the end of January 2022, for a two night stay, paying about $250 (breakfast included) When visiting such hotels it's always about personal, not…
Spice and Herbal Garden No7 near Bentota, Sri Lanka
Spice and Herbal garden No7 is located next to the Galle - Hambantota - Wellawaya Hwy near Bentota in Sri Lanka. We visited this place during a day trip from our hotel (Taj Resort & Spa) to Madu Ganga river when returning back to our hotel. We didn't have any special plans to visit this place, but our driver (s) just took us there. Once here I didn't understand how this works and thought - oh, nice we are enjoying a nice excursion at the…
Hiking trip near Turtle Lake
Hiking trip near Turtle lake in Tbilisi, dining with Rapunzel and other fictional Disney characters near the Svan Tower, meeting real South African and Georgian friends near Bazaleti, tracing numbers and bitcoins back in Tbilisi. enjoy and thumbs up!
Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery Sri Lanka
Kosgoda Turtle Care program aims to protect sea turtle eggs and increase hatching rates. I had a chance to visit Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery in Sri Lanka at the start of January 2022, during a day trip from our hotel at Bentota. After returning from the Madu Ganga riverboat safari our guides took us to the Turtle hatchery. Arriving on the site a guide come made a littlec excusrion on the site, telling the story how turtles are rescued, hatched and…
February 2022 Dividend Income Report - $3.4
Welcome to the fifty-eight (#58) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in February 2022. Last month we spent in Georgia, did a few road trips across the country, flying a drone, made some nice drone videos. At the start of the month, we got infected with Covid-19, mild symptoms and after 8-day quarantine, we were back on the track. The daughter is growing really fast, the QSI Internation school is…
Daytrip to Gori (and not because of the Stalin's museum)
At the end of January 2022, after just returning from Sri Lanka we decided to take an easy weekend trip to Gori in Georgia. I have a good friend David living in Gori. After a quick WhatsApp chat, we agreed to have some nice dinner at Villa Park Gori restaurant with a home wine, also David recommended staying at the fancy Georgia Gold hotel. Day trip to Gori and nearby vicinity On a Friday evening, we took our daughter from the school and…