Istanbul to Tbilisi | Midnight Train To Georgia: Ep 2

We attempt to travel overland from London to Tbilisi, Georgia.
In this episode we have a couple of days enjoying Istanbul; then once we arrive in Georgia, we explore Tbilisi before heading up to the mountains to the ski resort Gudauri and the iconic location of Kazbegi.
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[@karlwatsondocs]

So glad everyone has enjoyed this series, absolutely loved making it!! These kind of trips are the direction I want to take the channel in! :) Next up will be Patagonia + Antarctica series from November, that will be out late May (premiere party for Antarctica is end of May, so it HAS to be done by then haha) Then in July the random South Korea trip will be out, no idea how that video will come together but hopefully it's good fun. Then late July / Auguust, I'll be off on Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda trip which I'll begin editing immediately when I'm back. But end of the year and certainly into next year, will be looking to do lots more random adventures like this one, shorter videos between the documentaries will start appearning during the summer / early autumn I think. So LOADS more to look forward to :)

[@bronwynquinn4477]

Utterly fabulous! Things always come out in the wash! Glad you could all just go with it! ( not much choice) loved this series! Good on you ! Three fab fellas …Cheers from Oz!

[@drkimble7315]

love the video Karl, but you have to go back to amsterdam some day as there is nothing dutch on your channel now.

[@malcdaley5267]

Were moving to canada???

[@dansherriff2179]

This was my fav video of your series (and i love them all). Reminded me of the bond i have with my friends and my trips away. The 2 lads you travelled with seemed such good lads. Would love to see the 3 of you on another trip together soon

[@karlwatsondocs]

@@dansherriff2179 planning it for later this year / early next year

[@AlpW.]

It was a pleasure to meet you guys and take you around Kadıköy, when you come back to Türkiye Furkan and I will take you to some more hidden gems! 😁🙏

[@karlwatsondocs]

Cheers Alp, was such a fun day with you!! 😊👍

[@thetakeawayman]

What a legend! I hope you're keeping well mate

[@AlpW.]

All is fine and dandy, lots of travelling to be done this year. I hope all is well in your part of the globe?

[@marcsteppi2192]

Georgia is so beautiful

[@marlajohnson810]

Definitely do some more overland trips with your two mates. These videos were great fun to watch!

[@NutrisaveoO]

I wanna see the boys take on Bolivia to Venezuela overland next!

[@rainapage]

No one does it better than Karl Watson. Shows the reality of travel and always has the ability to develop an organic, compelling story. That’s what sets him apart from the rest. Plus, his music selections are always on point. Can’t wait for the next one!

[@camorraII1]

Absolutely agree!! The music is great indeed! He shouldn't change a thing!

[@Heytombeck]

The two friends couldn’t have been any better suited for these videos / your channel. Great mini series.

[@sosonadiradze3493]

Wow how beautiful Georgia is I want to go there

[@ibrahimturkoglu5492]

Sen zaten gürcüsün orda degil misin ?

[@HalimWander]

congrats to Georgia for qualify euro 2024 ! now the show begin !

[@queenofesc7342]

Thank you!

[@kaybrisvegas1099]

Love Istanbul and Turkey, travelled around for three weeks there last year and your vlog you did with Intrepid was what made us bucket list it and go. Thanks. I am absolutely wanting to do Georgia and had planned to do it in 2020 via the Touristic train from Turkey but covid put a end to that.

[@user-jm4of4xx6t]

კოვიდი დამთავრდა, ჩამოდით საქართველიში ნახეთ ეს უძველესი ციბილიზაციის და კულტურის ქვეყანა, არ ინანებთ. ❤

[@jwmvandenes6372]

Great video! Brings back great memories of Budapest and Istanbul. And it gives a lot of inspiration of Georgia! Thanks, guys!

[@globalfilmpaul]

Absolutely love train travel across europe and lots of memories of Georgia. Fantastic video series. Your mates should do their own channel they were so fun!

[@hatehaters6563]

wow amazing istanbul.

[@user-gv9dw8fz9k]

beautiful Georgia

[@DCDorseyS]

These guys are great. More of them! Love the videos with the banter and fun.

[@karlwatsondocs]

Gonna be lots more like this in the future

[@indianfyre]

Ehhh I wouldnt be too hard on yourself mate, you guys did have an adventure after all! Good video as usual brotha 👌

[@karlwatsondocs]

Thanks 🙂👍

[@salomekvaratskhelia3834]

Georgia 🇬🇪❤

[@muratkalyenci3571]

Seç baklava is the best in Istanbul. Fresh and genuine from Gaziantep. Congratulations to whoever suggested it. By the way, nice trip 👍

[@XenoFonia]

Looool I love how you 'laboured' through pronouncing Mtatsminda, but actually pronounced it perfectly, not a letter or sound out of place.

[@hairbearstare]

I loved this!! I have a soft spot for travelling (mostly 😂) overland. I would actually love to see a continuation of this journey! Maybe starting in Georgia and going through parts of Central Asia, seeing what you could accomplish in 2 or 3 weeks time there.

[@mrttrm9504]

İstanbul👍🏻💕

[@nicoli8437]

Thank you, that was beautiful!! I hope you will return to Georgia again 💖

[@user-qr7xw7cg7p]

Great pair of episodes. I live and work in Tbilisi and its interesting to see it from another perspective. A hidden gem that gets few British tourists , mainly due to the lack of direct flights - lovely to see the country portrayed so well

[@waters1801]

I was looking forward to pt2. Another fantastic video! My favourite content on the tube. Fantastic editing as well!

[@davidlp6510]

Another epic video. Karl you are my favorite filmmaker. The soundtrack and the sequencing of events is just perfect. You are so ready for feature films in the level of Indiana Jones. Your videos are just that good. You rock dude.

[@Kevins93cobra]

I'm a bit behind on your content and just knocked out this series last night and tonight. Excellent film as always. I don't think the lack of the car rental ruined anything. You "lost" a lot of time just spend in a car. You "gained" more time in cities and looks like a blast. Now I want to visit Istanbul as well.

[@bekalabadze1336]

Georgia never dissapoints 🙌🏻 But next time if you will explore more here in Georgia, you will be definitely blown away by the nature. Good luck ❤️‍🔥

[@user-xb6hq1vv8u]

Great video ❤ hello from Georgian Londoner .

[@paulscott775]

Again "just bloody brilliant". We all know that travelling has the ability to never go as planned. Lads on an adventure. Will be in Istanbul in 2 weeks time. Even more excited now 👍👍👍👍

[@PeeweeM80]

This series was just brilliant! Loved the camaraderie between the three of you, the personalities and humour literally had me lol! What an experience you all had. Looking forward to the rest of your adventures. 😊

[@COOKINGFROMTHELOFT]

absolutely INCREDIBLE journey!!!!!!

[@andrewmcintyre3894]

Always really enjoy your content. Makes me think about all my past trips and tells a great narrative! Look forward to the next video

[@Pete_YT]

Love your travel videos. So much better than typical travel vlogs. More like a professional documentary or Netflix series.

[@karlwatsondocs]

Thanks 😊

[@June6ix]

Feels like it's back to the 'HK2NY' style! Absolutely loving it!

[@karlwatsondocs]

Thanks mate appreciate it 😊

[@feather1950]

Fabulous series. Istanbul is my favourite city ever. I have visited 3 times now and never get tired of it. I only stay in the old city area. You guys are hilarious. Tiblisi and s surrounds was awesome. Cannot wait for your next adventure 😊

[@Zanna_pr]

а у меня мечта проплыть по следам Золотого руна - из Средиземного моря на Батумское побережье.Как аргонавты)

[@enverboss1986]

От души желаю осуществить эту мечту!

[@ChrisBatey]

Thoroughly enjoyed these videos! Also, the sound track to this series is spot on! Very much looking forward to the next trip wth the three of you in!

[@karlwatsondocs]

Thanks very much :)

[@McdanielJenHome]

Great stuff as always Karl, I had never dreamed of doing anything other than a safe package tour, but watching your videos over the past couple of years and now my children are old enough to stay at home. Hubby and I are going to be spending our new vacation time backpacking around! Who says you have to be in your twenties!!! Cant wait to visit some of these places and thanks for showing us what we can do, how we can do it and giving us access to future adventures! Much appreciated x

[@karlwatsondocs]

good luck with your adventures :)

[@eminsalamzade5621]

One of the best travel videos on KZbin 👍 bravo!

[@alvinredido6741]

Thank you Karl I enjoy so much

[@LukeSimmondsTravel]

Loved both parts incredibly good filming and story

[@xhavana_ytx]

Hi Karl very much enjoyed this 2 video series first time I have watched. I think the three of you should do route 66 that would be great to see.

[@johnvanderhulst4778]

Thank you Karl for another amazing video.

[@tommyd3257]

Just found this channel and loved the first part. Can’t believe you threw in the towel after hitting one minor bump in the road.

[@AAG300889]

Amazing! ❤

[@SarahPetrov]

Loved this!

[@FCB19873]

Hey guys, nice one, welcome to Georgia, hope you enjoyed your stay here!

[@mariannemaag7692]

thanks for these wonderful videos, loved them both. passed some dreamy hours travveling in the world. ❤

[@MrAirborne144]

What a great film 🎥 and great locations.

[@helenlayley]

How about drawing some 'extreme to extreme' lines across Europe, W to E, N to S, then most Easterly port to most Southern port, or mountain or castle or whatever. For added fun, see if any of those lines intersect in a particular city! You could travel on the nearest overland rail route to those lines on the map.

[@thetakeawayman]

Great shout that would be cool

[@RichardParker-hc6dn]

This was a great trip even though you had a few issues with travel. Really enjoyed seeing some place I've never been to before. Thanks Karl!

[@CuriousPavel]

Definitely a trip to remember. It's great you've documented it (even so well) 😍

[@karlwatsondocs]

Thanks buddy 😊

[@AmilAQs]

Wow it’s amazing overland trip. Different countries with weather, food, people, and travel by bus trains cars airplanes wonderful to see trips like this. 😮❤❤ Do again Karl

[@karlwatsondocs]

Will do 😊

[@MrArikan]

This was great mate! well done! 👏🏻 can't wait for your next adventure! cheers 🍻

[@bernardtan3639]

Hi! Karl👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 Awesome video! Your 2 travel buddies make good travel companions 👍🏻👍🏻Thank You For Sharing this interesting vlogs.

[@mohammadfazlehelahi4139]

I was waiting for the second part. now it is available

[@xkr510]

Just found this channel and loved this ADVENTURE. Outstanding viewpoint and full of great tips. Thank you (all). Greetings from Port Dover, 🇨🇦

[@gavinbarnes5998]

Don’t get me wrong, I love all of your stuff Karl, but it’s great to see you doing some more stuff outside of the tours. Fantastic couple of episodes! 👏

[@syedsaboorarif]

Love the series, could you do more backpacking trips. Those are amazing.

[@sdpeteadventures239]

Awesome!!

[@JamesKerwin]

Love the fast pace editing style. 👌

[@user-xg6gy6rw3m]

I’m pretty sure that Gladys didn’t actually take a midnight train to Georgia either. No worries. Great video Karl.

[@Dovndyr13]

Not yet. In some years there should be a train baku-Ankara

[@damianng6849]

Late December last year, I took a flight from Malta to Bucharest (Romania) and going to Veliko Tarnovo and Sofia (Bulgaria) by train. Then took a bus from there to Skopje (Macedonia), had a daytrip in Pristina (Kosovo) before ending my trips in Tirana (Albania). It took about half a month, definitely a good trips!

[@onlineamiga]

London to Marrakech, Morocco is very do-able overland in your time scale! You'll be heading to Africa! Passing through France and Spain, and you could pop into the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar on route too! Good views of Africa from the top of the rock!

[@malcdaley5267]

loving your vlogs

[@StartLivingNow1963]

Another Awesome Adventure Karl🙂looking forward to the next one Thank You🙂❤👍Watching from NB Canada🙂

[@susanglasgow8992]

Awsome video and soundtrack Karl, loved si and kev on the tour too. Xxx

[@karlwatsondocs]

Cheers 👍

[@jorgebermann9369]

Amazing episode Karl. Loved the Peter Jackson reference at the end 😊

[@DebyColes]

The longest video I've ever watched on YT and it was worth every second.

[@jameshaddan8538]

Great video, thank you to all involved - it gave me some more spots to visit. I understand your disappointment with the issue traveling overland from Istanbul….but you created some great memories with your friends, and that’s really important. And, the content is still a winner and reminds us all that plans don’t always work out (sometimes we just need to relax about it all).

[@marriettalam2969]

Some places revisited by you, yet you can still create a captivating, fun & interesting film yet again🙂!

[@karlwatsondocs]

Thanks Marrietta 😊

[@EduardPlaza]

LOVE YOUR VLOG

[@marinebedoshvili1490]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ from Georgia

[@deirdrenugent1887]

Things happen for a reason..you could have ended up killing each other 😅😅😅...really really enjoyed this adventure..please do another one..with the same cast😂...hello from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@karlwatsondocs]

We will do more in the future hopefully 😊

[@edwardshobbies]

This series was amazing, I hope to do some things like this eventually. A possible trip could be crossing the US. It takes 4 days by train, but you could stop and see different places to make it however long you wanted it to be.

[@paulmorris3613]

Once again excellent editing and keeping one engaged in the adventure, Such a pleasure to watch and feel part of that adventure. We learn a lot watching and enjoyment from being drawn into the storytelling of the trip. Its a wonder your livers survive the onslaughtof drink lol

[@Stmark_catholicparish_litein]

Awesome.Cant wait fo the next episode probably from the Kenya,Uganda and Tanzania trip.

[@karlwatsondocs]

Next up is Patagonia + Antarctica

[@adambott2199]

Loved this series Karl and a great bunch of mates as well. I do enjoy the tours (obviously 😉) but getting back to some “sort of planned” adventures is great to see again. I did enjoy the name of that Blue wine vineyard 😂. Quality mate, genuinely enjoyed watching these!

[@karlwatsondocs]

Cheers mate appreciate it! Gonna be a lot more trips this style moving forward with the channel 😊 Also I’m glad someone laughed at my “dad joke” about the blue vineyard 😜👍

[@MegaGo68]

I've been meaning to do this particular route for the last 5 years -- still haven't. Can't wait to watch and take inspiration.

[@thetakeawayman]

Do it! It's great fun

[@a.k.zanchy9739]

Oh guys… they don’t tell you this but always get the stamp in your passport. But if you for some reason didn’t, you can also get the stamp at the actual port or the train station where you arrived originally.

[@johndoherty8198]

Loved both episodes, I liked the Jets toque you were wearing lol embracing your future home's hockey team noice👍. All the best Karl from 🇨🇦

[@karlwatsondocs]

Cheers 😊🇨🇦👍

[@Wheres_My_Sports_At]

Loving the Jets beanie or "tuk" as the Canadians would say. Lets hope the Jets can make the post season.

[@mrfrano100]

Great video. Makes me wanna be the 4th musketeer. Btw I also liked that midnight train didn’t work out. Some extra drama and showing the reality of thinks. Plus I am sure you would still have done it if you had had more time

[@jayabunda9156]

Watching from the Philippines 🇵🇭🇵🇭❤

[@user-bt9xn6vp4b]

Went to Tblisi last August,lovely city but boy was it hot,and eating carb rich food wasnt ideal but the beer was good and cheap

[@JamesKerwin]

Yeeees Retro!!!! ❤😊

[@hendrikdevries9725]

I did Chiang Mai via Prachuap Kiri Kan and via Georgetown to Kuala Lumpur. End that in Singapore, or go to Batam Island and from there to north Sumatra Md end up in the epic, majaesti Samosir island in Lake Toba.

[@stevenwalravens4220]

Hey Karl, what about a trip that goes from the most western part of Europe to the most northern part in Norway? It is a place that has always fascinated me. Never been though. But I love watching train travel/ road trip videos as they are so adventurous!

[@karlwatsondocs]

Like it! 😊

[@thetraveltester]

Love it Karl! You're so talented and was great to hang out with you guys again ♥ Can't wait to see what the funicular boys are up too next 😉

[@karlwatsondocs]

Haha we put the “fun” in funicular! 😃👍

[@keatonthompson7104]

Gotta rename it ‘Midday Plane to Georgia’

[@Pete_YT]

Midday bus to Dublin

[@thetakeawayman]

We did get a midnight train towards Georgia 😂

[@thetakeawayman]

@@Pete_YTMidday bus to Dublin turns up at 5pm 😂😂😂

[@nvk7590]

awesome series karl! I suggest an overland of the west coast of australia, not a big cultural change but the landscape difference is spectacular you'd love it.

[@heikeherbert3683]

I did an interrail tour from London to Lyon, then the French alps, then $witzerland including the Glacier express route and the Bernina Express. then we went to Lake Como, Bergamo, Genoa, Cinque Terre, Florence, fast train to Salerno, visited Amalfi and Positano, then went to Taormina in Sicily. From there I took the Ferry to the Aeolian Islands and then to Naples, from where I flew back to London. I can totally recommend this route, and doing it with an Interrail pass instead of paying each trip separately saves a lot of money. Interrail always do special offers for Black Friday and the beginning of March, so you can save even more!

[@northernfaction]

here before we're on the travel channel

[@mattix28]

Can't tell you how much grateful I am for your videos and travel documentaries! back in 2021 you inspired me to start traveling and I'm now "nomading" around the world for 7-8 months each year. So far I've seen amazing places and met new friends that changed my life. And every new video you post is a reminder of the feelings I experienced back then. Thank you man 🙏🏻

[@karlwatsondocs]

Thats amazing!! Sounds like you're living the life 🙂

[@ahmedelkhwaga2751]

Eastern express train is amazing

[@bajlandiabajlandia5898]

A great adventure, as always! What's next? 😋😋😵🧡

[@gibbo1988]

Would love to see you 3 do route 66 together in an RV stopping at random towns along the way

[@tubesrikerd]

Real Real Real and fun. The situation in the war room proved real close friends. You took the best option and it worth doing it. By the way, with his style of new haircut and that shade of rayban, I think it is time for me to get one in Bangkok. hehe😊

[@israel_started_it_ALL_in_1948]

Wow

[@lifecoachguru3915]

Great two part episode gents. Can you do one of the balkans covering the old Yugoslavia states? Please

[@areebahmedshariff2842]

Loved the content Karl, my suggestion for an overland trip would be through Cenral Asia, It's a very interesting part of the world with great food.

[@thetakeawayman]

Great idea 😃 I would love to