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I got Tax refund at Airport | Tbilisi to Kazakhstan | Air Astana Stopover Holiday till Dec 2019 - YouTube
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No idea about the time
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I am at Freedom square
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enjoying the company of Ali
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he is from Iran
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We are staying in the same hostel
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we are enjoying the music from last 1 hour
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I am just enjoying the time
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the over all ambience is so ...
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I can see a lot of PDA here
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but nobody is bothered
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i have never seen such liberal community anywhere
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I am enjoying everything
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music... ambience... weather... and ofcourse
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company
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I saw a few Indian boys and girls
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holding each other's hands
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I wish youths in India could also enjoy this liberty
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Now I am again going to enjoy that music
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welcome to Tbilisi and enjoy
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This was a very short visit
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I will visit this place again
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Day before yesterday after I arrived in Tbilisi
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I went out with Ali for a while
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but yesterday I just kept on editing the video
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fortunately now its completed
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otherwise usually it takes 2 days
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I skipped my lunch and dinner to complete the video
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He is asking for 30 Lari for a taxi to airport
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thats Liberty square
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I can get bus #37 from here to reach Airport
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airport bus to Tbilisi airport is very cheap
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almost like 15 INR
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It takes around 45 minutes from Liberty square to airport
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its 9:45 and my flight departs at 12:30 pm
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so running short of time
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thats the airport
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time is 10:15 am
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I should run
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this is tbilisi airport
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Today I couldn't take both my bags as carry-in luggage
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I requested them to handle it with care
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they said - we'll take it by hand
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they have put a Fragile tag
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After completing security and immigration formalities
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let me tell you what they ask at immigration
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after I gave them my passport and boarding pass
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"Where are you going and whats your final destination?"
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I replied - Kazakhstan and after that Delhi
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"How many days you are going to stay there?"
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2 days
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then he started looking for something in my passport
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I asked, Are you looking for the visa?
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"Yes, your Kazakh visa!"
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I said, I dont need that
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then again he started looking for Georgian visa
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I dont even require that
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Now I am going to get VAT refund
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which I paid while buying Mac's charger
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a few countries offer this facility to foreign tourists
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tourists can claim refund while exiting the country
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I am going to the refund counter
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Liberty bank refused and said you have to get the bill stamped
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by the revenue department which is at the ground floor
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But I have already crossed the immigration area
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will they allow me to go out of it?
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they replied, those security personnel will help you
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they took my passport and gave a stamped photocopy of it
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They will return my passport
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after I back to them
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thats counter #40 and there is 'tax refund'
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this is the point where you have to come first
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he stamped
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now I am going back
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it hardly took 1 minute to get the refund
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they refunded 33 Lari
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I had 10 more with me
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Now Lari is not acceptable anywhere except this country
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so I have exchanged the 43 lari with USD
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Initially I didnt want to do that
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because they give a poor exchange rate at the airports
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but surprisingly here I got a good rate
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I cross-checked it at XE
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They exchanged 42.40 Lari for 16 USD
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Now I am left with One Lari and 3 Tetri
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I will keep them as souvenir
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WiFi is free of any charge
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Tbilisi Loves you is the wifi network
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She said you can refill bottle from washroom
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She says, its ok to drink tap water in Georgia
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After searching a lot this is the only place
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I could find these charging points
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there are no water dispensers
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another point to charge
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its close to the washroom
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announcements are not clear in this area of the airport
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so you have to be attentive
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keep looking at the TV screens
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for tracking your flight boarding time, etc.
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I am back in the Air Astana's Embraer
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My first flight with Air Astana from Delhi to Astana was also Embraer
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its a small aircraft, but seats are quite wide and spacious
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it love them
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Out of my total international flights...
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most of the time I flew with Air Astana
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thats my seat 40 a
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for eg. on this trip itself I will flying 5 times with them
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Delhi - Almaty - Istanbul - Tbilisi - Astana - Almaty - Delhi
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on my Russian trip, I took 4 flights
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so in total I would have taken 9 flights with Air Astana
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after completing this trip
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I am surprised!
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I love their inflight music
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this makes my nostalgic
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reminds me of my first journey from Delhi to Russia
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Despite economy class the leg space is pretty nice
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i have got the vegetarian meal
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they serve the special meal requests prior to other passengers
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everyone is waiting, but I have already got my food
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after 3 hours flight, we have reached Astana
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if people start clapping after landing, then...
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you have landed somewhere in Kazakhstan, Russian area
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or if someone starts clapping after landing
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then he must be from these countries
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Despite deboarding first, I couldn't complete immigration in time
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Immigration authorities haven't got
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the visa-free stopover document from the airline
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till then I am using the toilet
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I am told that Air Astana staff from Tbilisi didnt inform authorities in Astana
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That is why Air Astana team couldn't inform the immigration authorities in time
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Then I approached Air Astana people at the airport
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The lady from the team helped me.
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Now I have cleared the immigration
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I have come from international to the domestic terminal
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my next flight is a domestic flight - Astana to Almaty
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She is still helping me
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If you also avail the visa-free transit then
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if you are coming from delhi
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inform Air Astana in Delhi itself
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that you are going to avail the stopover holiday programme
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So that they can inform in astana or almaty
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likewise, inform them if you are availing this facility while going back
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though this is their job, still
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its better if you inform them
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