Georgia : 2017

Georgia 27/2/2017-5/3/2017

Taichi, Tête - tour guide

27/2

Reached  shota rostaveli intl airport 3.30pm from Dubai by fly Dubai

Phulikular restaurant Kajori village

Dry bridge, wet bridge

Ate  eggplant and walnut paste, beans, Georgia wine,

Name of the currency- Gel

28/2

Msizguli- hotsun ,badiaguri winery drive around 1 1/2 hrs from Tbilisi

Zemomachkaani , Signagi town , portbay monastery 11th century

540 different kinds of grapes

Katagiri grapes red wines skarsigali for white grapes

8000yrs history of storing gapes

7-10'c always down  cutting grapes with hand machine in March stirring 21 days after fermatation juice goes up other things goes down After 3 months closed wine comes , balance materials used to make vodka  

Choochkela- natural grape juice with small piece of bread and walnuts

Kansi- horn shaped container and pyala - mud container

Mardhalobha-thanks, gamarjhoba-hello,are- no , Gargi-yes/good

Signaghi wall -2nd largest wall after Chinese wall

Vaxtong gorghazali - king in 5 th century

Mravaljameiri -khajouli dance style

Georgian,magruli,swanuri and lazuri language

1/3- juari church

Uppilisike cave - castle of god 3BC heritage

Now preserved as caves

Upilishtke caves

Sketa towns

Stalin's house in Gori- 1879 -1953

Shiamgivme monastery in skheta town

Mildiani wines

Church built in 1020 finished in 1039 narikala  castle went by cable car from peace bridge

2/3

Zhinvali lake ,ananuri castle -1689 a.d

riv. Aragvi on the way to Gadauri -2000m

Reached at 2.30pm to gudauri inn

Did  cable car upto second station from Marco polo station then snowmobile to third station to kudebi peak and from there paragliding

3/3 kudebi peak 3200m

Did skiing at marcopolo station then went in cable car upto kudebi peak

4/3- trinity church 1995-2004, 7 churches inside the main church including Ukrainian church , paintings with gold,silver embedded shadow of Midaki restaurant

Hauling mall is being built  by china - biggest mall near. Hotel pref fence where we stayed

5/3 played virtual golf, drybridge market, freedom square, sulphur bed