October 26, 2014
To relax a bit after a long travel around the Caucasus, from Mestia we went to Georgian seashore. Before the trip, we read a lot of reviews of different sea resorts, chose Gonio, and did not regret later. Today we will tell about Georgian Black Sea, sun, wine and, again, hospitality.
October 18, 2014
Situated 2200 meters over the sea level, the Georgian settlement Ushguli is European highest permanent village after Kurush in Dagestan. It is separated from Mestia by about 30 kilometers and 3 hours driving on the terrible road, with the limited transportation available. But Ushguli landscape is worth that.
September 28, 2014
After Gori, we went to Zugdidi by the night train, to get to Mestia from there. As soon as the train arrived, the crowds of those who were ready to take the travelers anywhere were there at the railway platform. Luckily, we found a marshrutka to Mestia at once (with a price of 20 laris per person). Since many people…
September 6, 2014
Not far from Stalin’s birthplace, Gori, there is an unusual place – Uplistsikhe – a rock-hewn town. It is not just one of the first settlements in Georgian territory, but also one of the first town settlements in the whole Caucasus.
August 23, 2014
On the 12th day of our Caucasian trip we woke up in Tbilisi at 7. Yesterday’s alcohol – cognac, beer, home wine, liquor, again beer – resulted in a little hangover. But after the shower with the breakfast cooked for us by our new friend couchsurfer, life became much better. Peter showed the metro station to us, to help us to…
July 5, 2014
On the last day in Yerevan (how we passed other days in Yerevan) we visited the excursion in the brandy factory. At first we were planning to visit “Ararat” factory, but on the way to it checked its branch – “Noah” and found out that visiting it is cheaper than visiting “Ararat” (3500 and 2500 drams with and without tasting…