" Batumi is waiting you ( sic ) . Batumi is welcoming you . Batumi loves you . " So stated the tourist brochure .
“巴统等着你、巴统欢迎你、巴统爱你!”旅游宣传册上是这么说的。
Prokudin-gorskii in suit and hat , seated on rock beside the karolitskhali river , in the caucasus mountains near the seaport of batumi on the eastern coast of the black sea .
Less than a decade ago , ajaria , a verdant south-western corner of georgia of which batumi is the regional capital , was the personal fief of aslan abashidze , a strongman who seemed to own the place more than run it .
Like any advertisement , batumi does not reveal the full picture .
就像别的榜样一样,繁荣的巴统并不是全部的细节。
I cheerlessly ate the bread that had come with it , before continuing on my way to batumi .
我无精打采地吃完随送的面包,然后骑车上路,继续我到巴统(batumi)的行程。
Fountains dance , children play and families stroll along batumi 's five-mile seafront boulevard , lined with palm trees , hammocks and playgrounds .
喷泉舞,儿童游戏,在巴统长达五英里的滨海林荫大道上漫步,这条大道上并排着棕榈树,吊床以及游乐广场。
As he walks through batumi 's old city , clad in jeans and without a bodyguard in sight , locals come up to thank him-and there is nothing forced in the gesture .