Day 16 Gudauri It was a short drive to our next stop at the popular ski destination of Gudauri, so we stopped off for a quick hike to Arsha waterfall. From there, it was back down the E117 to the Kobi gondola (cable car) … which was not running. We also stopped at the Jvari…
Tag: Georgia
A Georgian Journey – Stepantsminda
Day 12 Tbilisi to Stepantsminda Our whirlwind stay in Tbilisi came to a premature end, but we’d be back. The city had a youthful vibe to it that we didn’t experience in more conservative Türkiye, and I suspect it will change a lot over the next decade with development in the name of “progress”. Today,…
A Georgian Journey – Tbilisi
Day 11 Türkiye to Tbilisi Today was our flight to Georgia, and after a battle with the traffic and a very unpleasant stint in SAW airport (one of the worst I’ve ever been through), we were crammed onto the two-hour Pegasus flight to Tbilisi. After navigating past a grumpy immigration officer and finding an ATM,…


