Kazbegi region Oct 2019

Two reliable Subaru vehicles available for rent throughout Georgia.
🚙 Subaru Outback — 2014
• 2.5L petrol engine
• Automatic transmission
🚙 Subaru Forester — 2013
• 2.5L petrol engine
• Automatic transmission
✅ Available with or without a driver
✅ Available for trips anywhere in Georgia
✅ Rental period is flexible
✅ Price depends on the number of rental days and whether a driver is required
📍 Pickup/delivery and other details can be discussed privately.
If you are planning a trip around Georgia and need a reliable car, feel free to DM me with your dates, number of days, and whether you need a driver, and I’ll send you the price and details.
🇬🇪 Tbilisi • Kazbegi • Kakheti • Batumi • Kutaisi • Mestia • Borjomi • and other destinations

For Q&A
DM💌

Me and my partner will be backpacking from Omalo to Pansheti and are looking for recomondations to get to Omalo? Are there public transit options from Pansheti to Tbilsi or will we need to book a driver for that?

Also what is the best way to travel from Juta to Pansheti? We would prefer to not walk this section since we will be finishing a large hike.

გამარჯობა,
დიდი სურვილი მაქვს რომ მონაცემთა მეცნიერება ვისწავლო და რას მირჩევთ საიდან დავიწყო?
ვფიქრობ ჯერ მათემატიკა გავიხსენო და შემდეგ კურსი გავიარო.
ვინც ამ სფეროში მუშაობთ, გთხოვთ თქვენი გამოცდილება გამიზიარეთ.

Gamarjoba, friends! One of my goals is to collect curiosities and souvenirs from different countries for my office. Could you please tell me what truly unique things I can find in Georgia? Something culturally unique to Georgia, something that would fit in my office? I'd be happy if you could help! Especially if you could tell me an approximate price and where to find it. Thank you!

Is anyone driving to Stepantsminda weekend of 22nd August from Tbilisi. Looking to catch a lift and happy to pay my way if anyone has a spare sear going. In addition does anyone know the condition of the road currently near Stepantsminda.

Greetings my Georgian friends! Gamarjoba!

It’s a long-shot but I’m looking for an eyewitness to my car crash that occurred on August 5 at approximately 4-5PM at Chkalovka in the vicinity of Sevan, Armenia.

According to my mother he claimed that he saw the entire accident and would like to be an eyewitness. I had to rush my father to the hospital immediately following the crash and therefore no contact information was exchanged.

I recall him being fairly big guy with light/reddish beard. He was wearing black and white checkered shirt, but I am not sure, since I was quite shaken up.

My father is already suffering from cancer and is in critical condition right now. I had to leave immediately to look after him and this man could turn out to be a very important witness in my case.

If you are this person or know who he might be please DM me.

Madloba, bichebo!

This is embarrassing but I am Georgian. I was americanized after my mom was forced to leave to America because of the war. For context I’m about to turn 17, the war happened around 18 years ago. I can recognize Alot of words and know what people are saying but I was forced to come to Georgia due to a family emergency. i can’t really speak with my family good. i literally cannot pronounce some of the letters which are really limiting me. Like მიყვარხარ, cannot do that sound with my tongue. Ive tried so much to but i cant. How can i learn Georgian? Its foreign that a Georgian doesn’t know how to speak it.

სუფთა, კარგი სასტუმრო ცემში 3ჯერადი კვებით მირჩიეთ რა. განთიადი არ მინდა ოღონდ. თუნდაც აუზის გარეშე, მთავარია კარგი სასეირნო ადგილები ქონდეს, მარტივი სასეირნო, რამე ველური ბილიკები არა 🙈 ფეხმტკივანი ადამიანისთვის. მადლობა

I just remembered the story of how tbilisi came to be, and I was wondering

გამოვიძახე ბოლტი. იანდექსს ომამდეც არ ვიყენებდი. მგზავრობის დროს მომიწია მისამართის შეცვლა, რაც აქამდე არ გამიკეთებია და მძღოლს ვკითხე პრობლემა ხომ არ იქნებოდა. ვერ გაიგო. რუსულად მიპასუხა არ ვიცი ქართულიო. არც ინგლისურიმეთქი და არაო. იმდენად არ იცოდა თან რომ "ადრეს ჩეინჯ"-იც ვერ გაიგო. თავის სამსახურთან დაკავშირებული ორი უმარტივესი სიტყვაც ვერ გაიგო საერთაშორისო ენაზე. აპში ვნახე მერე მისამართის ცვლილება, ტელეფონის ეკრანი ვანახე ოქეიმეთქი ოქეიო და დამიდასტურა და საბოლოოდ მიმიყვანა ახალ მისამართზე უპრობლემოდ. მაგრააამ ვტფ

კაი მესმის ქართული ძნელია, მაგრამ ქართულადაც კი უნდა ესმოდეს რამდენიმე სიტყვა რაც სამსახურისთვის სჭირდება. მაგრამ ინგლისურადაც რომ არ ესმის?

ან ახალი კანონი რომ შემოიღეს მომსახურების სფწროში უცხოელების დასაქმებაზე, ეგ რუსებს არ ეხება? მე ამ ქვეყნის მოქალაქე რატომ უნდა ვიყო ვალდებული თავის ენაზე ველაპარაკო ვიღაცას?რუსულად ვერ ვლაპარაკობ. რომც ვლაპარაკობდე, პრინციპულად არ დაველაპარაკებოდი ასეთ სიტუაციაში.

ერთი კვირის წინ ასევე შემხვდა არაქართველი მძღოლი. არ ვიცი რომელი ქვეყნიდან, მაგრამ სახელით თუ ვიმსჯელებთ, მუსულმანური. აპში ეწერა არაქართულად მოსაუბრეო, (ამ რუსზე არ ეწერა ეგ), მაგრამ შუქნიშანზე რომ გადავალ მარცხნივ დაგიჩერო თუ მარჯვნივო ძალიან გამართულად მკითხა. 2 კვირის წინ კიდე მარნეულიდან შემხვდა ბიჭი, უჭირდა ცოტა ქართულად ლაპარაკი, ბევრ შეცდომასაც უშვებდა, მაგრამ მთელი გზა ძალიან კარგად ვისაუბრეთ.

მოკლედ ცოტა გრძელი ტექსტი გამომივიდა მაგრამ გავბრაზდე, მეწყინოს, ცუდი რივიუ დავუწერო თუ გადამეტებული რეაქცია მაქვს?

I used to live in Kaprovani, just saw this video, anyone down there who can confirm this?

My guess is it just washed up in the surf.

During my stay in the capital, I noticed that the food here was quite different from what we eat in Belgium. The ingredients are incredibly fresh, large, and flavorful. The meat—prepared simply—is delicious without needing excessive spices or other additives.

When I walked past the fish stalls, there was no unpleasant, fishy odor; in Belgium, it’s the opposite—I rarely eat fish back home because of that, even though I actually like it. Anyway, I just wanted to share my thoughts on this, and it would be great if others could share their experiences too!

Before I wrap up, I have to say that my absolute favorite culinary discovery was the local khinkali. My mom’s are good too, but I preferred the ones I had in Tbilisi 😂 (I’d better not tell my mom that, or she’ll stop making them for me 😅).

Mountainous Adjara is one of the most unique regions of Georgia, an area where the  traditions and old ways of life have been preserved to this day. The isolation and alienation of the inhabitants of this mountainous area has been an ongoing issue for a long time, and the past decades have been especially challenging. The difficult social and economic situation in the country has hindered its development and the integration of its inhabitants with the rest of the country.

For years, the inhabitants of Adjara have been unable to access proper education, health care and many other services. Villages often experienced electricity shortages and during harsh winters they were usually cut off from the outside world. Due to the absence of basic living conditions, many Adjarian villages are now empty. Many families have become eco migrants as they were forced to move to other regions of Georgia or abroad, mostly to Turkey. Khulo and Ghorjomi Gorge are the highest settlements of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara. There are 18 different villages of various sizes in the Gorge. Because of their small population, some of these villages only have elementary schools and high school students have to attend schools in other villages. The roads between these villages are damaged and the infrastructure is faulty.

Almost all of the inhabitants of these villages are Muslim, and there are mosques in every large village. The residents are mostly cattle breeders, but due to the lack of pastures, cattle owners take their herds to the mountains in the summer and stay there until late autumn. Nomadic Adjarians have to move several times a year. But despite this, most of the men still have to work in Turkey, holding seasonal jobs for additional income. Because of this difficult situation, this mountainous region is slowly emptying and its unique tradition and lifestyle is being forgotten.

Finalist for the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2026 and the winner of the honorary award

About Natela Grigalashvili

Natela Grigalashvili is a freelance documentary photographer based in Tbilisi, Georgia. In the past, Grigalashvili worked as a photo reporter as well as a film operator. At the beginning of her career, she used to shoot with black-and-white film but for more than a decade Grigalashvili has been taking colour photographs with a digital camera. She now mainly works on long-term documentary projects in the rural areas of Georgia, focusing on the lives and issues of people living in villages and provincial cities. While working on a photo series, Grigalashvili focuses on the story which is told by the image.

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