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A practical solution: take an old train carriage to bridge a small river [Ninotsminda / Georgia]
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The canyon to the old cave town of Vardzia is beautiful and sometimes even remembles the Grand Canyon, but then a small version [Vardzia / Georgia]
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We stayed at a local family in the small village of Nakalakevi near Vardzia. We talked and drank a lot. But the combination of home made wine and the local spirit ChaCha had a great impact on us [Nakalakevi / Georgia]
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The old cave town of Varzia is one of the major tourist draws in Southern Georgia [Vardzia / Georgia]
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Some frescoes from many centuries ago survived in the cave town of Vardzia [Vardzia / Georgia]
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A Soviet era tractor, still often used in Georgia [Aspindza / Georgia]
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The fort of Khertvisi, one of the many forts you can still visit in Georgia [Khertvisi / Georgia]
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People in the bigger towns and cities seem to have some money to spend. But most people in the villages are still very poor [Aspindza / Georgia]
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On the way to Sapara Monastery, one of the most beautifully located monasteries in Georgia [Akhaltsikhe / Georgia]
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The road to the Sapara Monastry is a 12 km long dirt road. Some people probably advise you to take a 4x4 car, but also a Lada is suitable for the track [Akhaltsikhe / Georgia]
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The Sapara Monastery is not connected by public transport. You probably have to arrange a taxi in Akhaltsikhe [Akhaltsikhe / Georgia]
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A car is never to old in Georgia to be of use [Akhaltsikhe / Georgia]
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Georgia does not have the typical former Soviet Union look as for example Armenia has. But if you visit the smaller villages you still see many things from the past [Akhaltsikhe / Georgia]
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An old atmospherous house in Borjomi [Borjomi / Georgia]
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Borjomi if famous in the whole former Soviet Union and other countries that were part of the Soviet Bloc, because of its famous mineral water called "Borjomi". But the town is not a romantic small mountain village as you probabaly would expect [Borjomi /
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A small wooden house church in Borjomi National Park [Borjomi /Georgia]
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The atmospheric interior of the small wooden church in the Borjomi NP [Borjomi /Georgia]
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The river that brings the famous Borjomi mineral water from the mountains tot the village [Borjomi /Georgia]
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A small village shop where you can buy all the necessities that an average villager need [Borjomi /Georgia]
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The Borjomi NP is a great park for hikes. Both multi-day and one-day hikes are possible and the national park office has good hiking maps available [Borjomi /Georgia]
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Alpine meadow landscapes in Borjomi NP [Borjomi /Georgia]
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View over Borjomi NP, which has beautiful and well-defined hiking trails [Borjomi /Georgia]
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An old Gaz Truck [Borjomi /Georgia]
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No, this is not Aleppo in Syria. This is an old appartment bock in Borjomi [Borjomi /Georgia]
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Detail of a Soviet era appartment block in Borjomi [Borjomi /Georgia]
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Bread for sale along the road from Tbilisi to Kutaisi [Khashuri / Georgia]
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Lada with old stuff in the back [Road to Kutaisi / Georgia]
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Enjoying a beer on the Black Sea coast [Batumi / Georgia]
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An old petrol station [Kutaisi / Georgia]
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Pumping air in a flat tyre with a hand pump in the rain [Kutaisi / Georgia]
