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Joseph Stalin’s Hometown of Gori

Bino — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:00:22 +0000

This was our third and final day in Georgia and it turned out to be an auspicious one. I woke up about an hour before sunrise in Tbilisi. Despite the darkness, I could make out these little white particles descending from the sky. It was snowing! gori fortress I checked the temperature and it said...

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The Unpronounceable UNESCO World Heritage Town of Mtskheta

Bino — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:20:33 +0000

“M-TSKHE-TA,” I shouted, pointing furiously to my guidebook. It was our second day in Georgia and the plan was to visit this UNESCO World Heritage town only a few minutes away from Tbilisi. We were at the bus station and no one around us could seem to understand a word we were saying. a cathedral...

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Warm Hospitality and Subzero Temperatures in Tbilisi

Bino — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:08:34 +0000

It was towards the tail-end of a great flight (one of the best I’ve been on after constant delays in my previous flights in Southeast Asia) when I first had a glimpse of Georgia from the window of the plane. Everything was covered with snow and for the nth time, I pondered on my seemingly...

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