| Georgia |
| Georgia is a small country along the Caucasus mountains that has deserts, beaches and great mountaineering. Surprisingly it was listed on the most dangerous destinations to travel to in 2006 by Forbes.com! Like most other countries, the citizens of Georgia are very nice and helpful for travelers. Georgia recently went through the Rose Revolution, firing all the corrupt officials, replacing almost the entire police force among several other changes. Since then the country has had some problems with Russia which borders Georgia to the north. |
| Above is a photo of six old churches that can be seen at night in Tbilisi. On the right side are the remains of an old fortress wall. The church below is still being built, but is one of the biggest I've ever seen in my life. The picture on the lower right is the entrance and the courtyard to the church. The courtyard is nicely decorated with several shaped bushes, small pools and bridges. |
| Tavarish Josef Stalin actually wasn't Russian but was born and raised in Georgia, which of course was part of the Soviet Union at time. Above is the small room is where Stalin was born. On the right is his bullet proof train that he used to travel across the country, since he never flew in planes. |
| These four surrounding pictures are of ancient cities carved out of sandstone in different parts of Georgia. The first picture is of the dry desert like terrain while the second shows a window carved out of the stone in the ancient city of Uplistsikhe that is thousands of years old. The next two are of Vardzia which is said to be 800 years old. It was built inside the mountain to be protected from Mongols, but was exposed after a large earthquake in the 13th century. The cave city of Vardzia has over 13 floors with a total of 6,000 rooms! |
| These last pictures are from the central part of Georgia in the mountains. On the right is one of the buildings from the Green Monastery which was attacked several times by Arabs. The locals told me that the red on that rock seen above is blood that was stained from their attack, because all the monks that were found were killed. The rest of the pictures are from the huge forest park of Borjomi. Lots of animals make their home here so its a good place to see Georgian wildlife. Below is a Georgian getting water from one of the streams, on the lower right is damage done to a tree from a bear marking its territory. |
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| In a restaurant in Tbilisi, a Georgian man eats some of the countries traditional food, a type of dumpling. On the right is the old city of Mtskheta, the former capital of the country. |
| Georgia is made of up deserts as well as deciduous forests. The desert and rocky areas are found mostly along the southern parts of the country and the green forests are found in the north and central parts. On the upper left is where a forest ends and a large dry rocky mountain begins. Above is some very rocky and scraggly terrain that I passed by in the southern part of the country. There didn't seem to be too much population in these parts of Georgia, but several hundred years ago a castle was built in the area that can be seen to the left. |
| Left is a picture of the capital of Georgia that is called Tbilisi. The green river runs straight through the city and has many churches and homes built right along its steep banks. To the right is a government building in the downtown area that has changing color lights and fountains with many Georgians lounging around and talking. |
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