Summer's here

Summer has arrived in rustavi, and it is hot. I know that others claim that their site is the hottest in Georgia (namely those in the west) but i would contend that rustavi is even more miserable in the summer. Sure we don't have heinous humidity, but what we lack in moisture we make up for in sheer misery.
The variances in flora, fauna, climate and topography in Georgia are astounding. Rustavi is maybe 15 km from Tbilisi but the land scape is totally different. Don't get me wrong, blissy is dry, but there is vegetation and far more greenery there than in Rustavi. All the sudden when you hit rusti everything changes. No vegetation, different rock formations, it's crazy. 20 km north of blissy it is the same thing. Totally different and an alpine climate. In the center of the country it looks like the smoky mountains and it is way cooler there than any where else. And in the west, it is subtropical. It is insanity. All of this in a country the size of Ireland!
I am depressed though because all of the beautiful green rolling hills around Rustavi have suddenly turned brown. It hasn't rained here in weeks. it almost rained last night, but turns out we got something closer to heat lightning. Being in a city does not make the heat any easier. My theory is that the city just enables things to become dustier, windier and makes the heat more suffocating.
But enough complaining! I am getting out! hurrah! I am going to the beach! School is almost over (praise allah) and I can get out of this city! I do love my site. I am very happy here, but in the summer Rustavi is just not the place you want to be (even with my newly purchased fan!). Thus, I am going to batumi, then north to the baltics!
This entry is rather pointless.
I'll try to put up more pictures later.
PAKA
lizzie