14. – 16. June 2023     This for now my 4. accommodationt in Tbilisi. On the photo below it is the window above the AirCon.     And again I’m fascinated by how rotten and broken a house with a hallway etc. is – but how pleasant it looks behind the appartement door. I … Continue reading Tbilisi – touches me → Read more

12. June 2023     I got up quite early to start the Gergeti-Glacier-Hike. The weather app and the window view looked like I was lucky with the weather. Since the tour was described as very long, I shortened it a bit by taking a car to the church, which saved me some metres in altitude … Continue reading Kazbegi – Green Pastures and White Snowy Mountains → Read more

10. + 11. June 2023     From Kutaisi I wanted to go to the next mountain region, Kazbegi. To get there, you first have to go back to Tbilisi, but it’s quick and uncomplicated. I even had a very comfortable Marshrutka, where only half the seats were occupied, and a fast driver (on the … Continue reading Kazbegi – Military Road, Stepantsminda and Church → Read more

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