A FACETIOUS GUIDE

7 days ago
4 min

Birjas, Spoons, and Rebellion

The reality of the situation set down upon me perhaps two days ago. The State of Emergency had yet to be declared, read on.

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Shawn Basey

Mar 14
5 min

How much is a taxi in Tbilisi

Getting a taxi and for how much. Just like hailing a taxi anywhere else: You stick your arm up when you see one coming. Keep reading...

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Shawn Basey

Mar 1
4 min

The Suicidemobiles of Tbilisi

2020 was supposed to be the year ending the marshrutka, where Tbilisi City Hall was going to sit down and re-think all the routes. Read more

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Shawn Basey

Jan 30
5 min

Riding the Tbilisi Metro

The Tbilisi metro is a beautiful thing. It’s a lifeline, it’s one of the few things that keeps Tbilisi chugging along. Read on.

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Shawn Basey

Jan 2
3 min

Bedoba: Your Lucky Day

Today Georgians have a special tradition. It’s the Day of Luck, or “Bedoba”. Whatever you do today is how you’ll spend the rest of the year—

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Shawn Basey

Dec 24, 2019
8 min

Borjomi: Ruins of a Resort

When I first went to Borjomi 10 years ago, I saw what appeared to be the ruins of a resort town. Something of a town post-collapse, mites an

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Shawn Basey

Sep 29, 2019
5 min

Rabati Reborn

It was once a pile of crumbling ruins on the hill of a sad metropolis. Always grey skies, or raining, or if not that then sunny, hot, and du

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Shawn Basey

Sep 3, 2019
7 min

Vardzia, Khertvisi, and the House of Tears

Vardzia is one of the more incredible places in Georgia, and must be on any list of “have-to-see” places. Logically, because of Georgia’s in

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Shawn Basey

Aug 5, 2019
9 min

Megaliths and the Backroad to Vardzia

Prehistoric castles, medieval cave cities and castles, canyons, and a hot springs. That was our three day quest that we had set, with very

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Shawn Basey

Jul 4, 2019
8 min

Putin protesting protests of Putin

Georgia is safe. I’ve got to repeat that time and time again, despite the popular draws the country has into the international media. The ci

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Shawn Basey

Jun 4, 2019
10 min

The Great Wall of Sighnaghi

Sighnaghi gets a bad rap as a “tourist town”, and expats hate it because it “isn’t authentic”. I say they must not have been to any number o

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Shawn Basey

Apr 10, 2019
7 min

Best Places for Coffee in Tbilisi

Wondering where to get a proper cup of coffee in the Caucasian capital? Wonder no more. Years ago, getting a decent coffee in Tbilisi was a

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Shawn Basey

Mar 25, 2019
7 min

Sololaki: Tbilisi's First Suburb

Sololaki is one of the more interesting districts in Tbilisi, and perhaps my favorite one (probably because of the sheer number of bars that

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Shawn Basey

Jan 26, 2019
4 min

The Shephard Painter: Pirosmani

One past wonder was a naïve painter known as Nikala Pirosmani. With premiere exhibitions having hit Europe recently, he’s definitely Georgia

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Shawn Basey

Dec 5, 2018
12 min

Finding Food in Chugureti

Chugureti, or Plekhanovi as some Tbiliselis still call it, is easily one of my favorite neighborhoods of Tbilisi. All that walking can make

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Shawn Basey

Oct 30, 2018
6 min

The Right Hand of the Master

Konstantin Gamsakhurdia is one of the more famous writers in modern Georgian history, and most noted for his work the Right Hand of the Mast

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Shawn Basey

Oct 21, 2018
3 min

A season of festivals

The other week, I lamented on a blog about Tbilisoba how it was lacking in the folk character that I had come to know and love about the fes

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Shawn Basey

Oct 8, 2018
7 min

Tbilisoba

Tbilisoba is one of my favorite events of the year, held on the first, second, or third weekend of October, depending on various factors lik

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Shawn Basey

Oct 2, 2018
8 min

Transit in Tbilisi

However, even taking into account the preference towards private transit, there’s no clear explanation for the condition of Tbilisi’s traffi

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Shawn Basey

Sep 17, 2018
9 min

Taking the Short Tour of Juta and Kazbegi

When I first came to Georgia ten years ago I was struck by something odd. The tradition here is to make hyperbolic toast after toast, and mu

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SAINT FACETIOUS

A FACETIOUS GUIDE

Birjas, Spoons, and Rebellion

How much is a taxi in Tbilisi

The Suicidemobiles of Tbilisi

Riding the Tbilisi Metro

Bedoba: Your Lucky Day

Borjomi: Ruins of a Resort

Rabati Reborn

Vardzia, Khertvisi, and the House of Tears

Megaliths and the Backroad to Vardzia

Putin protesting protests of Putin

The Great Wall of Sighnaghi

Best Places for Coffee in Tbilisi

Sololaki: Tbilisi's First Suburb

The Shephard Painter: Pirosmani

Finding Food in Chugureti

The Right Hand of the Master

A season of festivals

Tbilisoba

Transit in Tbilisi

Taking the Short Tour of Juta and Kazbegi

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