First stop was the Peace Memorial celebrating 200 years of friendship between Georgia and Russia, also giving fabulous views of the mountains. The roads here, after the winter are in a bad state of...

Set off to Gori, the birthplace of Joseph Stalin. A local guide took us on a walking tour, as there is more to Gori including Memorial to Georgian War Heroes from the Second World War, they lost...

Unfortunately after such good weather, today started off with rain. Our first visit of the day was Khertvisi Fortress which was built in the 3rd-4th centuries on a rocky crag above the meeting of...

On the way we stopped at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral located in the former capital of Mtskheta. The cathedral was built in 1029 and is the main pilgrimage place on the Silk Road. It is also famous as...

Walking tour with our guide Saba to the Old Town, Georgia has had a turbulent past being ruled by different nations including the Mongols, Ottomans, Persians, Russians and a few more besides, until...

Arrived into Tblisi at lunchtime, we went over the Gombiri Mountain Pass, a little bit overcast so didn't get to see views of the Caucasas Mountains. As couldn't check into our hotel, had a short...

First stop of the day was the local market, where we tasted walnuts, smelt extra virgin sunflower oil, cheese, Georgian sweets, pickles, fruit leather, local bread and smelt loads of different...

Left Azerbaijan, with a quick coffee stop on the way. We had to pass through 2 passport checks, 400m walk to the exit point of Azerbaijan then a 350m walk to passport control in Georgia....