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…
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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…
๐ท๐บ Visiting the Crisis Area of โโNorth Ossetia around Mount Elbrus
We spontaneously visit Uli's friends in Vladikavkaz in southern Russia. The morning after our arrival,…
๐ท๐บ Vladikavkaz and the heartwarming people in Russia’s dangerous south
Our original plan was to drive from Germany to Russia in our old Soviet combat bus "UAZ" made in…
๐ท๐บ The Echo of the Tsarist Era and the Cosmopolitanism of Modernity Around the…
After our date with the young woman in the remote dacha, we have our next date right here in the city,…
๐ท๐บ The Invitation from the Russian Girl to her dacha in Nowhere-land
On our first day in Saint Petersburg, we actually wanted to treat ourselves to the city's biggest…
๐ท๐บ Priviet! Unexpected in beautiful Saint Petersburg
At 6 a.m. the alarm tells us that it's time to start our adventure. And that's after our UAZ for the…
๐ฉ๐ช With the UAZ 73 Kilometers to Russia
Now the real adventure is about to begin: the trip in the antique Soviet UAZ combat minibus. We had been…
๐ฆ๐ฑ Shkodra and Albania’s Virtues
In the most beautiful evening light we drive back to Albania. This time, the border is quickly behind…
๐ฒ๐ช Between the Mediterranean Sea and Skadar Lake
Originally there was the idea to go to the beautiful Bay of Kotor and visit the town of the same name.…
๐ฆ๐ฑ Vermosh takes your breath away
Crossing the border back to Albania is a joke this time. We quickly leave Montenegro at a small log…
๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro’s Wonderfull Alpine Villages near Lake Plav
After we had officially left Kosovo with a few obstacles, we drive ten kilometers through the most…
๐ฝ๐ฐ Our Visit to Kosovo that looks like little Germany
As always, our thinking is determined by prejudices. So also about Kosovo. Entry into the country is…
๐ฆ๐ฑ The Valbona Fairy Tale Valley
On the way, an oncoming car with headlight flasher stops us. Again a driver draws our attention to our…
๐ฆ๐ฑ The Crazy Koman Ferry
We fight our way through Albanian traffic again and take the only northbound highway Albania has to…
๐ฆ๐ฑ Skanderbeg’s mighty Fortress of Kruja
We head north the next day; we men are among ourselves again. Saying goodbye is still difficult and…
๐ฆ๐ฑ Searching for Solitude at The Coast of Albania
The hotel that we found in the middle of the night is preparing for a wedding and we have breakfast in…
