Robroysboy Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Great city, lovely trip ( apart from the 90 mins at the stadium). I liked tiblisi and was made to feel welcome by the locals. The only downside for me was the Roma gypsy children begging, holding onto your leg and being a general nuisance. There was also "passive" begging where young kids were sleeping in the shade ( don't think they were under the influence of drink or drugs) and locals would put coins in their open hands. Makes you appreciate how lucky you are when you see such scenes. I just hope that the money donated by TACC and TASA filters down to the genuine people to give them a little lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox tassels Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Yeah, two of them ripped the tassels off my sporran, and i had to pay 10 lari each to get them back ( and £25 to re-attach them to ma Sporran back home.). However these kids have nothing, absolutely nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washboarder Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Best one i seen, a local beggar stopped fellow ta member(you know who you are lol) put his hand out, the ta member took out 10 lari out and told beggar he only had a ten. the beggar pulled out 5 lari to give said ta member offering change if he needed it. needless to say the ta member gave him the ten for his cheek. just one of those moments on a Scotland trip priceless. well done fellow ta member. £2.80 hopefully did'nt break the bank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Had one little girl steal my wine from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Had one little girl steal my wine from me. Sorry about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Sorry about that Too little too late. Have you any idea how much that glass of wine cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) Appearances can be somewhat deceiving...... Very few of them are collecting money for themselves, but actually gathering money for their "boss" who will live the live of luxury in his 6 bedroom mansion on the edge of the city. You get this right across Eastern Europe...... my wife's city has a big problem with it.... once I gave money to a little homeless boy, and 30 minutes later we were in a cafe having a beer, and suddenly the same kid comes in, hands over a load of cash to some guy sitting at a table and then buys him a massive Ice Cream Sundae. Edited September 22, 2015 by wanderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deek Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Met a guy from the british embassy on the Saturday and he said the Georgians were absolutely gobsmacked by the donation from TACC. They really appreciated it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Best one i seen, a local beggar stopped fellow ta member(you know who you are lol) put his hand out, the ta member took out 10 lari out and told beggar he only had a ten. the beggar pulled out 5 lari to give said ta member offering change if he needed it. needless to say the ta member gave him the ten for his cheek. just one of those moments on a Scotland trip priceless. well done fellow ta member. £2.80 hopefully did'nt break the bank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Met a guy from the british embassy on the Saturday and he said the Georgians were absolutely gobsmacked by the donation from TACC. They really appreciated it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Appearances can be somewhat deceiving...... Very few of them are collecting money for themselves, but actually gathering money for their "boss" who will live the live of luxury in his 6 bedroom mansion on the edge of the city. You get this right across Eastern Europe...... my wife's city has a big problem with it.... once I gave money to a little homeless boy, and 30 minutes later we were in a cafe having a beer, and suddenly the same kid comes in, hands over a load of cash to some guy sitting at a table and then buys him a massive Ice Cream Sundae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Yeah, two of them ripped the tassels off my sporran, and i had to pay 10 lari each to get them back ( and £25 to re-attach them to ma Sporran back home.). However these kids have nothing, absolutely nothing. sounds painfull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan cake Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 reminded me of gorgie these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoodster Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Appearances can be somewhat deceiving...... Very few of them are collecting money for themselves, but actually gathering money for their "boss" who will live the live of luxury in his 6 bedroom mansion on the edge of the city. You get this right across Eastern Europe...... my wife's city has a big problem with it.... once I gave money to a little homeless boy, and 30 minutes later we were in a cafe having a beer, and suddenly the same kid comes in, hands over a load of cash to some guy sitting at a table and then buys him a massive Ice Cream Sundae. Like Edinburgh then, professional beggars dropped off by the boss in the toon to sit aboot all day with their hands oot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 Like Edinburgh then, professional beggars dropped off by the boss in the toon to sit aboot all day with their hands oot. A form of slave labour? The film slumdog millionaire touched on this,horrible set of circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 A couple of Roma kids came over and kept pointing at my olives which I had finished. Thought they were wanting them but then one grabbed the slice of lemon on them and ran off delighted. If I had realised I would have just let them take it in the first place. I couldn't get over the fact they wanted the lemon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave78 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Went to an ATM just off Shardeni Street. Had a little Roma girl (about 12 i'd say) standing next to me as i entered my PIN, asking for money. When the machine spat oot my cash she made a grab for it. Had to fight her for it while her Mum watched. (I won BTW.... just) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Went to an ATM just off Shardeni Street. Had a little Roma girl (about 12 i'd say) standing next to me as i entered my PIN, asking for money. When the machine spat oot my cash she made a grab for it. Had to fight her for it while her Mum watched. (I won BTW.... just) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan cake Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Like Edinburgh then, professional beggars dropped off by the boss in the toon to sit aboot all day with their hands oot. aye, dropped off by a mini van up the bridges every morning by their "gang master" my mate sees it whilst walking the dog before work im very xenophobic when it comes to tramps only scottish jakeballs and junkies get my hard earned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Gills Mcginty Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Saw a lot of that in Milan, lassies with babies getting dropped off in Mercedes people carriers to beg round about Duomo square Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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