Georgia
Tbilisi: Warm springs, enchanted courtyards and Georgian delicacies (32)Untouched steppe landscapes in the southeastern corner of Georgia (31)
Discovering one of the most remote regions in Europe (30)
Pankisi Valley: Immersion in Chechen Culture (29)
Journey through Western Georgia: Soviet throwback, rusty cable cars and remote mountain villages (28)
Journey to Kakheti and the Greater Caucasus (27)
Journey through the South of Georgia (26)
Tbilisi: Warm springs, enchanted courtyards and Georgian delicacies (32)
Georgia Part 7: The charming capital Tbilisi through our eyes
Now it has been four months since we crossed the border from Turkey to Georgia. Our first impression of Georgia was the subtropical Black Sea coast with the interesting port city of Batumi. In the past months we explored different regions of Georgia, we traveled to remote villages in the Caucasus
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Untouched steppe landscapes in the southeastern corner of Georgia (31)
Georgia Part 6: Cycling adventure in the Vashlovani National Park
Saying goodbye to Tusheti was hard and we had to rest our legs a bit in the town of Telavi before we were ready for the last destination of our journey through eastern Georgia. This time we are going to a barren desert landscape at the border to Azerbaijan. Our destination is the remote Vashlovani National Park in the far southeast of the country
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Discovering one of the most remote regions in Europe (30)
Georgia Part 5: Bike trip to Tusheti, one of Georgia’s most fascinating places
Heavy clouds hang over the dense forests as we’re pushing our bikes along the steep road, cursing and breathing hard, every meter seems a struggle and then suddenly they appear out of the fog: dozens of sheep, accompanied by shepherds with their horses. They are returning to the lowlands after spending a summer in the mountainous region of Tusheti
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Pankisi Valley: Immersion in Chechen Culture (29)
Georgia Part 4: Our experience in Georgia's Pankisi Valley
“Don’t go to the Pankisi Valley, it’s too dangerous there”. It was 2012 when Nazy Dakishvili was warned with these words by her colleagues at the law firm in Tbilisi, when she told them about her travel plans. But Nazy already knew very well what a negative image the Pankisi Valley has in the country, after all she herself comes from the 10 km long forgotten valley bordering the Georgian-Chechen border
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Journey through Western Georgia: Soviet throwback, rusty cable cars and remote mountain villages (28)
Our two weeks family trip through Georgia Part 2
There is a very well-known legend about Georgia, which probably appears in every travel guide in the first chapter and is told in every documentary within the first few minutes and therefore all those who are familiar with the country can confidently skip a few lines. For all the others, here is a short summary of the – extra-biblical – legend
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Journey to Kakheti and the Greater Caucasus (27)
Our two weeks family trip through Georgia part 1
After three cosy weeks in our Tiny House in Marjanshvili in Tbilisi, the time had finally come at the end of July and we welcomed Lisa’s parents at midnight at the airport. Despite the jet lag and the late hour, the first thing we had to do was to drink a glass of Georgian white wine in the garden to get in the mood for our trip together
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Journey through the South of Georgia (26)
Georgia part 1: From the border to Tbilisi
Gamarjoba from Georgia, the small country between Russia and the West with its rich culture, astonishingly diverse landscape, great cuisine and (supposedly) 8000 year old history of wine-making. We crossed the border to Georgia exactly one month ago and it was a special feeling standing at a border again after 8 months in Turkey
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