๐ฎ๐ท Kandovan, The snowy sand stone village
We take a little trip to the mountains and luckily two of our friends accompany us. The old-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
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๐ฎ๐ท New Year in Tabriz – What happens to the goldfish after Nowruz?
There are seven things โ โhaft sinโ - that are as mandatory to Nowruz like a fir tree on Christmas or-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฎ๐ท My first day in Iran, The country of hospitality
We arrive in the North Iranian city of Tabriz in the middle of the night. The customs are no problem-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia’s Silk Road on the Trail of Lake Sevan
With the same caution, we avoid Nagorno-Karabakh and other en- and exclaves. According to Google-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฆ๐ฒ The eerie Breath of Nagorno-Karabakh
The weather suddenly turns bad behind the pass. It's cold and rainy. We drive along the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฆ๐ฒ The Drama of Ararat, the Holy Mountain
Next we want to go towards Ararat. The mountain, sacred to Christianity, is already in Turkey, but-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฆ๐ฒ Garni, Geghard and the Armenian Cross-Stones
We continue to Garni to visit a sun temple there. This was built by a king in the style of ancient-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฆ๐ฒ Welcome to Armenia, The wild Land of Apricots
The border crossing turns out to be very complicated even after successfully leaving Georgia. First we-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Stranded in the Border Region between Georgia and Armenia
From Vardzia we are now approaching our next big goal: Armenia. Through the foothills of the Lesser-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช The Maze of the ancient Cave City of Vardsia
We continue to the impressive cave city of Vardzia. Up to 30,000 people are said to have lived-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Break in Achalziche – Georgia’s Touch of the Orient
We camp not far away in a good place, to which we have to cross a shallow stream in the dark. We drive-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Looking into the Past – The Sovjet Observatory
We heard about an observatory that you can visit. We drive a long time through a mountain range
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๐ฌ๐ช Above the Treetops in Okatse
A long bridge over the Okatse forest is a little more spectacular. There you have attached a-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Inside The Tiny Canyon Of Martvili
The next morning, too, no electricity returned in the city of Kutaisi. We're heading north because-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช The Cave of Prometheus and Kutaisi’s Natural Forces
We are on the way to the city of Kutaisi. On the way we stop at a sight, the "Cave of Prometheus".-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Deep in the Greater Caucasus at Ushguli
We have breakfast in a small tourist cafรฉ as soon as it opens. Then we explore the village, stroll-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช The Svanetian Towers of Mestia and Ushguli
Our destination is the mountainous Svaneti. The good Tamona from Tbilisi warned us that winter was-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Over the Lesser Caucasus mountains to Batumi and the Black Sea
We get through a mountain range on an initially paved, then roughly gravel road. Once again the-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Gori and the legacy of the Soviet dictator
We come to Gori. Another city. The city is best known as the birthplace of Josef Stalin. All-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช The 4000 Year old Cave City of Uplisziche
On the drive through the Lesser Caucasus, we visit the cave city of Uplistsikhe, which is 4000-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช The border with Russia and Ossetia at the venerable Mount Kazbek
From the valley of Shatili we set off to the valley through which we entered Georgia. I bathe-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Drunk illegal in Chechnya – Hungover Adventures in the Caucasus
I wake up in the tent, in my sleeping bag, on my sleeping mat. I know we set up the tent before-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Lost in the valleys between Shatili and Chechnya
We drive into the valley through rain, hail, thunder and lightning. Isolated defense towers rise-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช The endless Switchbacks of Chewsureti
Fortunately, after our drive over the passes of the Greater Caucasus, we made the way unscathed in our-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Unexpected Friendships in Tusheti
We spend a great night under the Milky Way on the 3000 meter high pass that leads to the heart of-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Up to Omalu – On one of the most dangerous roads in the world
Uli convinced me that it is a great idea to drive the elevated road from Kakheti to a place called-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Kakheti – The Lesser and the Greater Caucasus
We pick up our car early the next day. Funnily enough, the messenger has already stalled the car in-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Tbilisi, Georgia’s Capital of Youth
Nevertheless, we reach Tbilisi in one piece (in Georgian worm script แแแแแแกแ) at an incredibly-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ฌ๐ช Welcome to Georgia – With Regards from Prometheus
The driver drives us from Vladikavkaz in Russia to Stepansminda, the first place in Georgia across-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
๐ท๐บ Dargav, the City of the Dead in the Russian North Caucasus
We spontaneously visit Uli's friends in Vladikavkaz in southern Russia. The morning after our-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->-->…
