Armenia
Posted August 3, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 1 Comment
I woke up at 7 on my last day in Georgia and went to get a huge breakfast of lasagna-style Katchapuri and Kudbari (bread with ground meat in it). Then I took a taxi to the bus station to head down to Yerevan, Armenia. On the bus I met a really nice American couple and …
Svaneti
Posted August 1, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 0 Comments
Svaneti is known for being one of the most beautiful areas in Georgia and also one of the hardest to reach. After leaving Kazbegi, my goal was to get there, even though it was on the complete opposite side of the country…in one day. Arch, the father in the guesthouse in which I was …
Kazbegi
Posted July 30, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 2 Comments
In the far north of Georgia near the Russian border, at the end of the Georgian Military Highway, lies the town of Kazbegi. It is nestled in the foothills of Mt. Kazbek, one of the biggest mountains in the Caucuses and all of Europe. I arrived via Marshruka (old Soviet minibus) early in the morning …
Tusheti
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High up in the Caucus mountains, near the Georgian border with Chechnya lies an impossibly beautiful collection of villages which are collectively known as Tusheti. In order to get there, Beka and I met up with young Tushetian man named Irakli who took us on the four hour drive in his 4×4 van. We crossed glacial …
Sighnaghi
Posted July 28, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 0 Comments
The Georgian wine country was high on my list, so after visiting Davit Gareja, we went into the Kakheti region to a town called Sighnaghi. The town is situated on a hilltop overlooking a huge green valley and it almost looks like ancient Italian town, with cobblestone streets, castle walls, and old church towers rising …
Davit Gareja
Posted July 27, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 0 Comments
Davit Gareja is one of the most famous sites in Georgia and all of the Caucuses. It is a series of ancient monasteries that are carved into and on top of a huge rock formation on the border of Azerbaijan. Davit Gareja or David the Builder was one of the thirteen ‘Syrian Fathers’ who spread Christianity around …
Tbilisi
Posted July 26, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 0 Comments
Amanda left from the Amman airport at midnight but my flight wasn’t until 7:30am so after a terrible night’s sleep at the airport and a long day of flights to Tbilisi, I was pretty haggard when I arrived. I was using AirBnB to stay in a house and the son from the family came …
Aqaba
Posted July 25, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 0 Comments
Aqaba was bittersweet. We loved the city and the scuba diving in the Red Sea but we were sad because it was the last city that we would explore together for a while. Aqaba was Amanda’s last stop before heading back to Virginia for a while to help take care of her father who was …
Petra
Posted July 24, 2012 / By Adam and Amanda / 1 Comment
Petra is one of the wonders of the world and is probably most famous for being the home of the holy grail in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. What’s amazing to see though is that the Treasury, the building seen in the movie is just one structure in an entire city. Typically people arrive …
Kerak
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Kerak castle is the best preserved crusader castle in Jordan. It was built in the 12th century at a strategic hilltop position to protect the King’s Higway, an ancient trade route that winds through the valleys of Jordan. We took a taxi there from Madaba and the views along the King’s Highway were spectacular. …