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Our man in Georgia: Tusheti and Khevshureti
My journey to Tusheti began in Telavi, in the Kakheti region, east of Tbilisi, where much of Georgia’s wine is produced. The town is perched on a hill above the Alzani valley, giving beautiful views out over the vineyards with the mountains of Tusheti in the distance. Telavi was once a royal city, at a…
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Our man in Georgia: Svaneti
As I write, I’m sitting on a marshrutka heading down from the mountains of Svaneti towards Kutaisi, where I started my trip. For the past six days, I’ve been hiking west to east in the Caucasus from Etseri to Ushguli. Here are some of the memorable experiences I’ve had along the way… Svan cowherds: good…
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Our man in Georgia: the beginning
As I landed at Kutaisi airport in the early hours of Sunday morning, the sky was just beginning to glow in the east, the peaks of the Caucasus vaguely looming out of the darkness across the airfield. By the time I had made it through Georgian passport control, I hasten to add, day had very…
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