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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.

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—

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

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

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

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