Around Kakhetia on the Georgian Road Trip

From David Gareji we head to Sighnaghi, a small old town that’s been restored and prepared for masses of tourists. There is a monastery nearby.

Castle along the way.

The Monastery of St. Bodbe near Sighnaghi. I overhear an Australian accent and start chatting to it’s owner. Ross, his wife and daughter are travelling Georgia for five days before heading back home. It’s funny how when you travel and meet people from your home country, you go out of your way to talk to them. When you live in the country you just don’t make the same effort.

Sighnaghi.

St George church in Sighnaghi.

From Sighnaghi, we head to Akhtala in Gurjaani, a small town with mud volcanoes.

Apparently the mud is very good for your skin. In Soviet times, the surrounding town was built in order to develop the location as a resort town for people that would come to heal any and all ailments in the mud.

We stop at Akura to visit a friend of Koba’s for a wine tasting.

Grapes fermenting into wine, the family here has been making wine for several generations now and has been featured in some magazines.

Tired of being driven around everywhere we go, Jean and I walk to a partially restored church complex up in the mountains. Nekresi consists of several churches built at different points in history.

From Nekresi, we drive to Gremi…