Tbilisi or Yerevan: which to visit?
A couple of years ago we spent 2 months in the Caucasus region, splitting the time equally between Tbilisi (the capital of Georgia) and Yerevan (the capital of Armenia). There are so many …
Exploring the highlights in and around Tbilisi
We stayed a month in Tbilisi. I’ve previously written about our impressions and observations (Tbilisi is very different than almost any place you’ve ever been). This post covers more practical …
Group Tours vs Independent Travel. The Pros and Cons… and some thoughts.
Group Tours vs Independent Travel. Before our recent trip to Georgia and Armenia we’d always travelled independently. In Georgia and Armenia we tried something new: taking part in an 8 day intensive …
Tbilisi to Yerevan by train. Is it worth doing?
How to get from Tblisi to Yerevan by train? We made the journey recently, buying tickets for a 1st class carriage (“1st class. How fancy!” you say? As you’ll see, it really isn’t). This …
Visiting Georgia’s Far North
Visiting Georgia’s far north was the highlight of our visit to the country. I didn’t know this before coming here, but the highest mountains on the Georgia/Russia border (the Great Caucasus Mountains) …
Is Tbilisi really a place you want to visit? Impressions, Observations, and lots of photos
Is Tbilisi really a place you want to visit? What’s Tbilisi like, I mean really like? We spent a month in Tbilisi, discovering the city and the Georgian countryside. It’s a complicated …
Newsletter June 2019 – Touring Georgia & Armenia, shitty Airbnb experiences, fake butts, remembering Jacques, and more…
June 11, 2019 Greetings from Armenia! Welcome to the land of the Kardashians where we’ve seen more duck lips and fake butts than any other place on our travels. If you think aspiring to be a …