Posts Tagged ‘Georgia’
Jan 2, 13 • Azerbaijan, Georgia, Holland, Iran, Myanmar / Burma, Romania, Thailand, Travel experiences, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan • 2 Comments »
Year 2012 was very successful in terms of traveling and full of thrilling impressions and amazing discoveries. In 2012 I started my long term trip and spent exactly half of the year (July-December) traveling full time. First part of the year I...
Nov 28, 12 • Travel experiences • 2 Comments »
Our travels have now reached 5 months, and we want to always remember this trip, we want to stop and look back at the good and the bad’s, at what we have learnt and what we have forgotten. Our memories in few words… What have you...
Oct 7, 12 • Georgia • 1 Comment »
Wine is constant proof that God loves us & loves to see us happy. Benjamin Franklin There was no question where we should go to drink wine – Kacheti, the wine basket of Georgia. Moreover September is the harvest season when grapes are...
Sep 15, 12 • Georgia • No Comments »
The main means of transport in Georgia so far is so called marshrutka, a minibus. They are usually old and shattered. Drivers are grim and swearing. We took these minibuses all everywhere in Georgia: along the black coast, then to Kutaisi, survived...
Sep 12, 12 • Georgia • 4 Comments »
Swastika is an equilateral cross with four arms bent at right angles. This sigh is usually associated with World War 2 and the Nazi regime in Germany. At least in Europe and the North America. I knew that this sign is widely used in India and...
Sep 10, 12 • Georgia • 8 Comments »
After hiking in Svaneti we could not leave Georgia without going to Kazbegi. To be in Georgia and not visit Kazbegi is like visiting Prague and not seeing the Charles bridge. Besides the Georgia Military Highway which leads to Kazbegi and the...
Sep 7, 12 • Georgia • 5 Comments »
Shashlyk is a form of Shish kebab popular throughout the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Pakistan, Iran, Mongolia, and Israel among other places. Shashlyk (meaning skewered meat) was originally made of lamb (in some extent pork or beef)....
Sep 6, 12 • Georgia • 2 Comments »
For some people cemeiteries are sad places. For people from a Romanian village Săpânţa the cemetery is a happy place. Traditionally in many countries pictures of deceased people are placed on tomb stones. In some – only a face or a bust,...
Sep 3, 12 • TPR Photo Quiz • 3 Comments »
Khachapuri is one of the most famous Georgian meals. There are different types of this meal. Where the meal in the picture is from? What is the name of the region where this meal comes from? Travel Photo Report Quiz is a series of posts with photo...
Aug 25, 12 • Georgia • 1 Comment »
After settling down and exploring a bit of Mestia the previous evening we decided to wake up early and hike to Chalaadi glacier, the closest one to the village. With a map of hiking trails from the information office we made our way through the...
Aug 24, 12 • Georgia • No Comments »
After shaving fast through the Black coast we decided to go to the mountains of Svaneti. We chose Kutaisi as a base. Two days later and 6 hours of roller coaster ride from Kutaisi on a marshrutka(minibus) we safely arrived to Mestia, Svaneti. The...
Aug 21, 12 • Georgia • No Comments »
We were leaving Ayder in Kaskar mountains in hope for some sun, beach and swimming, and because it was rainy, foggy and cold, and because Mara was a bit sick and totally in no condition to hike really-good-Scottish-summer style. No one expected...
