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=== Northeast to [[Poti]], [[Samtredia]] ===
From the city centre, walk northeast on Chavchavadze St. under you see a tall building with a Coca-Cola advertisement on top of it. Another characteristic point could be a catholic church on the right side of the road. You can thumb here, though you'll have to be careful not to attract the many ''marshrutkas'' and taxis driving by. This is after the bypass joins the main road, so you might even stop a truck. To get there you can also get into any marshrutka going on Chavchavadze St. towards Plaza (where the cable car is). Marshutkas usually take two routes - they can go right to the marshrutka station or left to the building with Coca-Cola. If you happen to go to the marshrutka station, just follow the street on your left, crossing the track. Even if taking city marshrutkas might seem to be scary for the newbies, in fact it's the easiest thing ever. When you see your spot (the church, the coca-cola advert, the marshrutka station) say to the driver "GACHERET" (gah-ah-cheh-reht), which means "stop" (let me off). The vehicle will immediately stop and you will get to the spot without bothering yourself with walking. A ride with a city marshrutka costs 0,40 GEL and is paid when you leave.
Alternatively, if you don't mind taking a marshrutka and want to take the slower road through [[Ozurgeti]] to Samtredia, a good strategy for hitchhiking northeast is to take a ''marshrutka'' from the taxi stand at the eastern end of Chavchavadze St., where it joins the main coastal road, to the town of [[Kobuleti]] about 20 km north. Get off at the first (southernmost) stop in Kobuleti, follow the northeast road for a couple of hundred metres, and just after the railroad tracks you can hitch.
: ''This is the worst thing you could do to yourself. If you like yourself, please, don't go through Ozurgeti. I've lived there for 6 months when I was doing my EVS service and I can certainly say that the road from Batumi to that city is bad but the road from there to Samtredia is even worse. It goes through mountains, overcoming never ending serpentines might end badly to owners of sensitive stomachs. It's also easier to get stuck going this way, especially if it's night. [[User:Pieczara|pieczara]]''
== South towards [[Turkey]] ==
