The caucasus Mountains

My travels around the Caucasus Mountains covering Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Southern Russia, including destinations like North Ossetia, Adygea, Chechnya and the Elbrus region.

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A guide to visiting Georgia: what to do, and what to avoid

Based on my five visits between 2014 and 2022

Travelling overland from Armenia to Georgia during Covid

Georgia 2022 part 1: Tbilisi

Visiting the Soviet ghost town Tskaltubo

Georgia 2022 part 2: Kutaisi and Tskaltubo

Visiting Vardzia from Borjomi in one day: my experience

Georgia 2022 part 3: Borjomi, Akhaltsikhe and Vardzia

My travels around Armenia during Covid in spring 2022

Armenia part 1: Yerevan, Dilijan and Goris

Hiking from Garni Temple to Havuts Tar, Khosrov State Reserve

Armenia part 2

Travels around Elbrus

Dombay, Nalchik and Terskol

Stuck for three days on the road from Vladikavkaz to Tbilisi

Traveling from Russia to Georgia

North Ossetia

Vladikavkaz and Dargavs City of the Dead

From Pyatigorsk to Grozny, Chechnya

Including Kislovodsk and Ishkanty

The Republic of Adygea, Russia

Maykop, Khadzhokh Canyon and Guzeripl

The Russian Black Sea Coast

Sochi and Krasnaya Polyana

Ups and downs in Svaneti

Mestia, Chvabiani and Ushguli, Georgia

A travel guide to the Russian Caucasus

Based on travels in 2018 and 2019