Random sights in Georgia
Georgia is a beautiful country I loved visiting. I saw a few strange things in my ten days there though, here are a few of them… Cows in the roads…
Tag: Caucasus
Running in Georgia
Despite the July heat (30C+) and humidity (Singaporean) I managed to run most days in Georgia, exploring new areas and trying, possibly in vain, to counteract the typical Georgia diet,…
Modern architecture in Georgia
A small country of 5m people in the heart of the Caucasus region isn’t an obvious candidate for exciting modern architecture, but the former President Saakashvili was a big believer…
Josef Stalin Museum, Gori, Georgia
I had very mixed feelings about visiting this place. The most popular museum in Georgia, opened by the Soviets in 1957, it gives at best a very partial view of…
Georgian monuments and statues
The Soviets loved a good monument, either of a significant person, or symbols promoting the socialist cause. Georgia, part of the Soviet Union for nearly seventy years, was full of…
Kutaisi, Georgia
Georgia‘s second largest city lacks much of the charm of Tbilisi but is a handy stopover heading west. The city itself was worth a quick wander around, primarily for the…
Georgian Military Highway and Kazbegi
The Georgian Military Highway is a spectacular piece of road in more than one way. The mountain scenery is stunning, and there are impressive churches along the way, but the…
Modern architecture in Tbilisi, Georgia
Tbilisi, historic capital city of Georgia, with an Old Town and filled with churches. Not exactly where I expected to find stylish modern architecture. So it was a surprise when…
Street art in Tbilisi, Georgia
One of the highlights of exploring Tbilisi, Georgia‘s wonderful capital, was the street art. The vast majority of which I found on one building next to St. Peter & Paul Church,…
Getting slightly lost in Tbilisi, Georgia
I spent my first day in Tbilisi exploring the left bank of the Mtkvari river, which according to the guidebooks (Lonely Planet and Bradt) had nothing to see. Which I would…
Ushguli, Caucasus Mountains, Northern Georgia
The highest permanent settlement in Europe, 2,200m above sea level, Ushguli in Northern Georgia is an experience to visit. Home to the greatest concentration of thousand year old stone towers…
Georgian churches
Christianity came to Georgia in the 4th century, and they’ve certainly been busy since building churches. Georgian Orthodox churches tend to be pretty consistent in style, and there is a…
Mestia, Caucasus Mountains, Northern Georgia
The remote Svaneti region in North Georgia is becoming less remote by the year but remains relatively unspoiled for now. Framed by the Caucasus Mountains, rising up to 5,000m, and…
Taster of Tbilisi, Georgia
Tbilisi is the delightful capital of Georgia, which offers visitors a rich history, easy to explore by foot. As an architecture fan I loved the variety from neo-classical to ultra…
A brief introduction to Georgia
Nestled in the heart of the Caucasus, on the Black Sea, between Russian, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Georgia is one of the increasingly few relatively undiscovered tourist gems. A small…