On the Road in Georgia: Ushguli
September 26, 2014: In a country of remarkable, unusual historical villages like Shatili, surreal cave monasteries like David Gareji and Vardzia and stunning high Caucasus vistas like Mt. Kazbegi, Ushguli […]
On the Road in Georgia: Svaneti
September 25-26, 2014: Our next destination was Svaneti, one of the most ancient and picturesque provinces of Georgia. Straddling the border with Russia, this area is surrounded by towering snow-capped […]
On the Road in Georgia: Vardzia
September 23-24, 2014: Initially we had planned to head straight from Gori to Svaneti, another mountainous region in the northwestern corner of Georgia. Since the weather forecast was calling for […]
On the Road in Georgia: Gori
You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves. – J.V. Stalin September 23, 2014: Located in the approximate geographic centre of Georgia is Gori, the birthplace of Georgia’s most infamous […]
On the Georgian Military Road
September 22-23, 2014: Up in the northwest part of Georgia lies the Zhinvali Reservoir, a long narrow, somewhat V-shaped lake at the meeting point of three rivers. The Aragvi River […]
On the Road in Georgia: Shatili
September 21-22, 2014: Our route today would take us 224 kilometres from the fortified town of Sighnaghi to the fortress village of Shatili, located very near the Chechnyan border. Not […]
On the Road in Georgia: Kakheti Region
September 20-21, 2014: In the arid southeastern part of Georgia, tucked up against the border with Azerbaijan, is a Georgian Orthodox cave monastery complex hewn out of the rocky slopes […]
Tbilisi Old and New
September 17-19 & 28, 2014: Gamarjoba (hello) from Tbilisi. Tbilisi was to be both the starting and ending point of our Georgian odyssey. We expected that three and a half […]
Transcaucasus Overnight Train to Tbilisi
Here’s our first post in the Georgia series. Admittedly I’m running a wee bit behind schedule in posting as life has somehow gotten in the way of blogging. What a […]
Baku, Second Time Around
September 2014: This was my second visit to Baku, where Chris has worked on and off for the better part of the last 14 years. I must say, this time […]
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