9. June 2023     Tskaltubo is about 15 km from Kutaisi. There are slightly radioactive thermal springs there. Already started as a spa in the 19th century, it was developed as one of the largest spas during the Soviet era. There is a very large park in which a few sanatoriums and spas were … Continue reading Tskaltubo – between Urbex and Dark Tourism → Read more

7. + 8. June 2023     Actually, I could also name the blogpost something completely different – e.g. Sculptures, Hairdresser and Tourists. Or Cheese, Crypto and David. Or….. To travel from mountainous area to mountainous area, you tend to have to keep going back to the plains, as the mountainous areas are not connected. … Continue reading Kutaisi – Castle, Church and Market → Read more

5. June 2023     In the previous post I announced that I wanted to write more about Svaneti. And now I am faced with the problem of continuing to gather a huge mass of information, digesting it and reproducing it in an orderly fashion. Which I won’t be able to do. But maybe a … Continue reading Ushguli – Svaneti, Tourism and Landscape for Happiness → Read more

3. – 6. June 2023     When I told the story to a friend the day before yesterday, I realised that I had written it too briefly here on the blog. So here are some additions and what happened over the next few days.   Three days ago, I was down from the mountain … Continue reading Dogattack – Update → Read more

1. – 3. June 2023     Patrick had diarrhoea and it didn’t get better, so I sat alone on the train to Zugdidi. Theoretically, he could have joined the following day, but that didn’t happen and so I travelled on alone for the time being. Such a train journey is always quite slow, quiet … Continue reading Mestia – many special experiences with bad ending → Read more

29. – 31. May 2023   In Akhalkalaki we stayed at the Fish Hotel. This was very funny because they have a fish pool in the restaurant part (where they only served closed parties during our time – we got breakfast in the back room).     Fortunately, a Marshrutka went to Tbilisi. And a … Continue reading Akhalkalaki -> Tbilisi – Ugliness, Beauty and Others → Read more

28. May 2023     Our big goal was Didi Abuli, 3,301 m high, an extinct volcano in the Lesser Caucasus. The tour was described as very long and strenuous, so we started very early. We had to drive the first part by car. There were more people up and active in front of us … Continue reading Didi Abuli – Wind, Vastness and Snow → Read more

27. May 2023     Vardzia is now probably the last place where I was in 2008 and now visited again. Back then there was a great adventure with 2 other travellers, a funny taxi driver and his ancient car. We were there all by ourselves and as far as I remember the small, rusty … Continue reading Vardzia – Caves, Landscape and Armenians → Read more

26. May 2023     I spent the day after the hike very calmly and pushed back my budding cold right away. And then in the evening came my surprise: Patrick. There is this website caucasus-trekking.com and there you can look for people to hike with. I advertised there myself and Patrick got in touch. … Continue reading Akhaldsikhe – Kings, a Game and Army → Read more

24. May 2023     Near Borjomi is the Borjomi-Charagauli National Park. It covers about 85,000 ha and is located between 400 m and 2,642 m. It was founded in 1995 and supported by Germany and WWF Germany with almost 20 million German marks. A small part went directly into the park, the large part … Continue reading Footprint Trail – Forest, Snake and Politics → Read more