Sunday 23 June 2013

Georgia (20 June – 24 June 2013)

Driving to Sarp, at Turkey Georgia Border
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SARP TUNNEL, TURKEY
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TURKEY GEORGIA BORDER CROSSING POINT, SARP,BEEN      RAINING ALL MORNING
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BATUMI TOWN
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DRIVED PAST BATUMI…STILL RAINING
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  TWIN TUNNEL GEORGIA
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SELLING HANDICRAFTS AT BUKNARI ROAD
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BRONZE STATUE
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WATER PIPES ….ODD?  EH
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CAUTION: WATER PIPES  CROSSING THE ROAD
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RIVER NEAR KOBULETI
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GEESE BATHING IN  PUDDLE
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COWS WALKING TO PASTURE
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THREE LITTLE PIGS
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HORSES GRAZING ON LUSH GRASS
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21 JUNE 2013 -   KUATASI CITY
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STAUTES AROUND KUTAISI
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HAT MAN ON RONIN RIVER BRIDGE, KUTAISI
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RONIN RIVER, KUTAISI
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STATUE OF SINGING MAIDENS, KUTAISI
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GEORGIA AND EU FLAGS, KUTAISI
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KUTAISI SCULPTURE
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THE FOUNTAIN HAS 30  STATUTES OF THE COLCHIS FOUND FROM THE KOLKHIDA DIGS ASLO CALLED AGHMASHENEBELIS SQURE, KUTAISI 
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BAGRATI MONASTRY KUTAISI
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OLD CHURCH IN OLD KUTAISI
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OLD KUTAISI
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VINTAGE JEEP
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ENTERING KUTAISI

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RURAL ROAD
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ABANDON CAR
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RURAL GEORGIA
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RAILWAY BRIDGE
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MOTHER BREAD
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GORI…. FROM HIGHWAY
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A GRANDIOSE REST AREA OUTSIDE 2 HOURS GORI
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REST AREA MORDERN ACHITECTURE
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CHEERIES
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CHERRY TREE
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SWEET SECCULANT RASBERRIES AND CHERRIES
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SWEET PASTRY
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CAPEL OF VIRGIN MARY GORI
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CHAPEL  BELL
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FLAG OF GEORGIA AT CEMETARY
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CEMETARY NEAR CAPEL
DROVE THROUGH THIS CEMETERY TO GO TO GORI CITY
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GORI 22 JUNE 2013
STALIN’S BIRTH CITY
STALIN PARK
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STALIN OFFICIAL TRAIN
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JOSEF STALIN
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STALIN MUESUM GORI
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GORI STATE BUILDING
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WEIRD  CULPTURE
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GRAND STRUCTURE GORI
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FORT IN GORI
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DIRECTION SIGN TO TBLISI
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GEOGIA GIANTS KNIGHTS
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GIANT KNOGHT UNDER MEDIVAL FORTRESS
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CAHPEL NEAR GIANT KNIGHTS
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STATE BUILDING GORI
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MTKVARI RIVER BRIDGE
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RUGGED LANDSCPAE
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SEE  THE FACE ?
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WAITING FOR ORDERED PACK LUNCH
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DISPLAY OF GEORGIAN PRIDES IN RESTUARANT
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OUR PACKED LUNCH
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ROCK CAVE DWELLING SITE…..SEEN FROM ACROSS THE RIVER MTKVARI
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UPLISTISKHE.ROCK DWELLINGS. OUTSIDE GORI
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INSIDE A ROCK DWELLING
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SCENIC LANDSCAPE ON THE WAY TO ROCK DWELLING SITE
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ROCK LIZARD
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NATURE’S ROCK CARVINGS
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NATURE’S  GIFT TO MANKIND
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NATURE AT WORK
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SCENIC  MOUNTAIN VIEWS
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SCULPUTRE
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JVARI MONASTRY NEAR MTSKMETA
According to traditional accounts, the early 4th century Saint Nino, convertied King Mirian III of Iberia to Christianity, erected a large wooden cross on the site of a pagan temple. The cross was reportedly able to work miracles and therefore drew pilgrims from all over the Caucasus. A small church was erected over the remnants of the wooden cross in 545 named the "Small Church of Jvari".
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MTSKHETA TOURIST CENTRE AND FOOD COURT
NOTE THE PROTON PERSONA WITH IRANIAN PLATE
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GEORGIAN SOUVINERS
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GEORGIAN SWEETS WITH PISTACHOS FILLING
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SVETITSKHOVELI--CATHEDRAL OF THE 12 APOSTLE, 2ND LARGEST CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL IN GEORGIA, A UNESCO HERITAGE SITE.
It is also known to be the burial site of Christ's mantle, has long been the principal Georgian church and remains one of the most venerated places of worship to this day. It presently functions as the seat of the archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, who is at the same time Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.
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ORTHODOX PRIEST
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CATERDRAL SQUARE
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CATHEDRAL‘S HUGE SQUARE
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SQURE’S LONE APRICOT TREE
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WHAT TO HAVE FOR DINNER?
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SALAD DISH
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SAUCE FOR THE GRILL FISH DISH
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GRILLED FISH
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CHICKEN DISH
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GEORGIA 19 CENTUARY CHITAIA…OPEN AIR MUESUM OF ETHNOGRAPHY
OLD GEORGIAN 19 CENTUARY WOODEN HOUSES
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A FARMER’S HOUSE
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OLD NOBLEMAN’S HOUSE
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OLD ARTIFACFS AND UTENSILS
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STONE CARVINGS
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WELCOME TO TIBLISI 23 JUNE 2013
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TIBILISI CITY CEMETRYDSC_0853
BEAUTIFUL ROUNDABOUT FOUNTAIN
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VAKE PARK,TIBILISI
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DRIVING TOUR OF TIBLISI CITY CENTRE
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OLD TIBLISI
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WORKOF STREET ARTIST
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KARALIS DEDA
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SAMEBA CATHEDRAL TIBILISI
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NARAKEL FORTRESS
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FAMOUS GEORGIAN SWEET CHURCHKHE – WITH DIFFERENT NUTS,COVERED WITH THICK GRAPES JUICES.
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Manti / Dumplings
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BLOSNISI,GEORGIA
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GREEN LUSH VALLEY
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SCENIC COUNTRY ROAD
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PICTURESQUE HUT
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GUGUTI VILLAGE BOY
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DUGUTI VILLAGE AT GEORGIA/ARMENIA BORDER
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ROUGH ROAD TO ARMENIA
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ARMENIA -24 JUNE  - 02 JULY 2013

POLICE CHECK ARMENIA NEAR DUGUTI
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CATTLES OVERHAED PIPES AND MERCEDES CAR,TASHIR, ARMENIA
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APPROCHING TASHIR ARMENIA
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TASHIR MAIN STREET FLOODED
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SARAHART 1
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GOGARAN CAPEL
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