Robert Dunford

Reporter on behalf of WWA Sport. Back to UX/other computer related stuff too. (AFC) Wimbledon fan since 1983. All opinions expressed are 100% accurate.

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

A shitty picture of another TV tower and some modern buildings with a light display, at dusk

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

Baku is what I imagine a place like Ankara or Bursa to be like.

Hell, I'm drinking ayran before tucking into an Iskender kebab, and I'm sure I'm in the wrong country.

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

Not sure how long I'll stay up, I've been up since 6am, but the World Cup is finally upon us....

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

Actually quite impressed that I went through £18 of phone credit on my UK account just to check any phone messages that I've missed in the past 9 days.

(Top tip: an eSim like Airalo is your friend)

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

Initial impressions of Baku:

- It's richer than Tbilisi or Yerevan.

- It's what I imagine a more Russian speaking version of Turkey or Iran is like

- They didn't seem bothered at passport control that I was in Yerevan last week.

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

Relocated to Tbilisi airport for the night, and just realised I can see a bit of the runway

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

Graffiti you don't expect to see in Tbilisi...

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

They have minibuses in Tbilisi which are a bit like the small buses you get in London.

Anyway, I'm on one and it's standing room only. It feels like a WFC away day on Redwing Coaches from the 1990s

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

Fun Fact : I remember USSR v England in 1986 being shown on telly (live, I think) and it coming from here

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

You know the feeling when you go to a museum, because you're quite interested in the subject, and you exit feeling you haven't learned too much?

That.

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

In Georgia, zebra crossings are for pedestrians to cross.

It doesn't mean drivers stop when somebody is using one.

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

Guy on this bus I'm on is wearing an Arsenal shirt (the yellow away JVC one).

Not sure if it's genuine.

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

Obligatory picture of Eastern European TV tower #Tbilisi

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

My trip to the Georgian wine place off the street/impromptu Russian lesson just cost me £7.

I like it here.

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

This is bringing back bad memories #afcw

[retroQPR @retroQPR]

#OnThisDay 2️⃣5️⃣ years ago.

📅 7/6/2001

Reports of a consortium making a £6.5 million bid for @QPR and moving them to Milton Keynes.

#QPR

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

Hmm, just found some bar near my hotel where the woman proprietor brews her own red wine.

It's very nice. And I'm getting some Russian practice in

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

In Tbilisi, USSR.

I thought the Armenian alphabet was a nightmare, until I came here.

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

One thing I've noticed going around these ex-USSR countries.

They are much more distrusting of you at passport control when you're leaving than when you arrive through them

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

Wonder what the people of Newark make of the Scots?

[Sky Sports Scotland @ScotlandSky]

😰 "It's going to be exhausting trying to run in this... it's absolutely boiling!"

The Tartan Army are in New Jersey for Scotland's final World Cup warm-up match ⤵️

[Robert Dunford @repd1975]

I think I got to Yerevan airport a little bit too early