Three days we spent on the open sea, taking a freight ferry boat across the Black Sea from Bulgaria to Georgia. It was a very special experience! We set off in Varna and spent two nights on the boat, only surrounded by water.
Since our time on this bike trip is limited, we chose this way instead of riding through Turkey.
The ship was loaded with tons of trucks and freight trains, but besides us there were only 3 truck drivers and the crew on the ship.
Food was made three times a day, we spent lots of time reading, exploring the ship and looking out the window!
Read more (and see pictures) in our blogpost on this journey:
https://butwhatsoutthere.com/three-days-on-a-ferry-crossing-the-black-sea-from-bulgaria-to-georgia/
If you’re planning to take the ferry, here’s some stuff and tips you need to know:
https://butwhatsoutthere.com/black-sea-ferry-varna-poti/
We are Finn (20) and Henrik (19), two brothers from Berlin, and we are riding our bikes from Berlin to Central Asia!
We want to show everyone that going on adventures and also living an environmentally friendly life do not exclude each other. On this 6-month journey, we will regularly post videos to share our life on and off the road with you.
Check out our website, where we post Blog posts (more often than videos), to read more about our experiences and see pictures! There’s also many travel tips and reports of our past trips!
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Hi Finn and Henrik, my partner and I also took a cargo ferry but from opposite way (from Batumi to Burgas) on early March this year. I also made informative videos on that particular ferry from our experience. When was it that you took this ferry? It seems the freight ferry you took is different company from the one we took. And we met a German bike traveler on that cargo ferry, ha! I checked your other video the one you went to Tbilisi as well. It's quite nice to see other traveler took a similar path in minor method. We have been in living in Tbilisi for almost a year and at the moment stuck in Bulgaria. By the way Your camera work is quite impressive showing nice scenery and views of environment.
Great. I'm considering taking the boat from Odessa to Poti (whenever we are able to do such again).
Your Instagram link doesn't work, you are missing the 'there'.
Regards.
Thank for upload the video. Stay safe guys for your journey. Greeting from southen asia..
Hey guys, amazing videos! I was wondering why you guys decided to "skip" Turkey and take the ferry instead? Kind regards, keep it up!
how much time does it take the ferry to cross from bulgaria to georgia ?
is there a ferry from burgas bulgaria to sevastopol russia ? And how to find the ferries ? is there any number i can call or email ?
You avoided Turkey. Probably the best part 🤔
Guys, Georgia is not Asia yet))
I bought the same DRAG this summer 🙂
მაგრები ხართ რომ გვესტუმრეთ😂😂❤❤