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A couple weeks in the Caucasus Jun 30 - Jul 19, 2019 -- compiled by Jeff DePree Day 1: Tbilisi
![]() Decaying old houses amidst the pricey real estate of central Tbilisi
![]() Fortress in the morning light
![]() Downtown Tbilisi
![]() A restaurant, I think?
![]() Interesting parking job outside wine shop.
![]() Assorted veggie concoctions sprinkled with pomegranate seeds
![]() ![]() I try not to be limited by my fear of heights, but sleeping on the uppermost bunk was terrifying
![]() ![]() This brewery fills a plastic bottle with your choice of beer, then transfers it to a pint glass. Maybe it helps with the foam?
![]() Day 2: Kutaisi
![]() Church in a tree
![]() Day 3: Monasteries
![]() Most colorful drive-thru ever
![]() ![]() ![]() Walking along a "disused" railroad track
![]() A weird thing to have to tell people
![]() Mushroom fajita
![]() Day 4:
![]() ![]() Iron-rich spring
Day 5: Onward to Ghebi
![]() ![]() Bean quesadillas and everpresent tomato/cucumber salad.
![]() ![]() ![]() This pig followed me for some minutes and halfheartedly posed for all my pictures
Day 6: Knowing your Boundaries
![]() Shrine outside my guesthouse room
![]() ![]() Butterflies sure do love poop
![]() Awash in a flurry of poopy butterflies.
![]() Day 7: Next, Kazbegi
![]() Day 8: Churches and Glaciers
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A lot of rules for a mountain hut
![]() ![]() Glacier
![]() Day 9: TruSo Gorge
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Veggie dinner in the station diner
Day 10: Svaneti
![]() This theater only plays one movie, five times a day.
![]() ![]() Mother-in-law tower
![]() ![]() ![]() Someone weaponized this cow by affixing a board with nails to its face.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Day 11: Turned Around
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Every single car that passed this accident stopped to help - eventually a ring of about 30 guys carried it to a field on the other side of the road.
Day 13: Baku
![]() Night train from Tbilisi to Baku
![]() Azerbaijan has its share of burkas, but they certainly aren't the norm in Baku
![]() Caspian coastline
![]() The Flame Towers
Day 14: Xinaliq
![]() "Highest village in Europe"
![]() ![]() This village had giant poop masonry works on every corner, presumably for heating/cooking.
Day 15: Quba
![]() ![]() All dressed up and nowhere to go
![]() ![]() Cozy 4-across 2-hour minibus ride
![]() Pizza Hut started in the States, but we've somehow missed out on all their most innovative menu options.
Day 16: Sheki
![]() Random hotel
![]() Breakfast at tea shop
![]() Hunter's cafe, complete with shotgun shells
![]() Pottery artisan workshop
![]() Winter palace
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