Georgian boys, singers, in the traditional costume

Georgian boys, singers, in the traditional costume, originally uploaded by grijsz.

These boys perform in a famous chor of the 20. Public School

View to the Mosque of Tbilisi, originally uploaded by grijsz.

View to the Mosque of Tbilisi from the Botanical Garden, in the background you see Sameba Church

006, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Nice Georgian girl from yesterday at a friends party

Saskia, Niza and Nini

From Art Club Caucasus works by various artists

Cattle Street

ausflug-shiomgvijme 001, originally uploaded by grijsz.

ausflug-shiomgvijme 004, originally uploaded by grijsz.

ausflug-shiomgvijme 005, originally uploaded by grijsz.

ausflug-shiomgvijme 007, originally uploaded by grijsz.

ausflug-shiomgvijme 010, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Rustavi Extravaganza Sneak Preview

Chris Wills about his adventurous travel through Tusheti

Chris with his Family in Tusheti. Photo: Chris Wills

Chris Wills and his family from London decided to discover the wild mountains of the Georgian Tusheti Region in the North East of Georgia on horseback. 

"With the Carpathians and Balkans under our belt and ever increasing confidence in our ability, I managed to con my family into the idea of riding in the Caucuses in Georgia."

Do not expect a fast read, no, expect a wild journey with Chris' blog in one of most fascinating mountain cultures in the World: 

Travels in Tusheti by Chris Wills

http://travelsintusheti.blogspot.com/

Let's have a ride

Let's have a ride, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Lagodekhi National Park 2005 on 2600 m in August

Strange Building Tbilisi

From Art Club Caucasus works by various artists

From T-Shirts Images

available at Kaukasus Spreadshirt (EU) and Informel Spreadshirt (USA)

Everywhere ornament and spring in Tbilisi

everywhere ornament, originally uploaded by grijsz.

I love the Cafe Pur Pur in the Evening

prpr 002, originally uploaded by grijsz.

yesterday, there was a fantastic and simple white wine

Europe for Azerbaycan, Armenia and Georgia

available at

Art Club Caucasus Spreadshirt

Old Tbilisi

From lichtschatten1024

Street Scene with Cat Tbilisi

From lichtschatten1024

Niza-Hansi-Wind-Surfing in Uplistsikhe

Niza-Hansi-Wind-Surfing, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Kiosk by Ralph Hälbig

Kiosk, originally uploaded by Rapho (georgien.blogspot.com).

NYT Travel about Tbilisi nostalghia

"Dynamic Tbilisi, Surviving and Then Some" by Lionel Beehner, read the full articel here

Photo Competition "Kolga"

Hello hello everyone ! Hello all our blog visitors !
I even don't remember how many months have gone since my last post..
But there were reasons...
Though, I'm back here with new energy and stimulus..
And I start my REpostings with the photos from ceremonial opening of Photo Competition "Kolga 2009", which was held yesterday, may 8 in newly opened Mtatsminda Park. Theme of the competition is freestyle.. Totally the best 100 photos of the year were exhibited..
I think people enjoyed friendly atmosphere, really interesting works and music performance by Georgian National Symphony Orchestra.
First the contest was held in may 2002 and since number of professional photographers and photo amateurs is growing up.
From today the winner photos will be exhibited in Tbilisi history museum "Karvasla", 8 Sioni st. and last one week.
So, Visit and enjoy !!!







Irakli Dzneladze - "Dream"

Tatia Shavgulidze - "Hakuna Matata"

Georgian National Symphony Orchestra

Tatyana Burvan - "We are afraid"

Nino Megeneishvili - "Cracked"

Old Election Poster

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

I think this is from 2004

Great Jogging in the Botanical Garden

The May is a pleasure, especially in the little paradise behind Narikala Fortress, in the Botanical Garden ! It's blossoming, it's aroma of flowers, it's a universe of forms and colors provided with the sweet sound and tweets of hundred of birds. I started sports and want to loose some weight, now on 96 kg I want to reach 90 in 4-5 weeks, very relaxed, no stress please ;-))

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

A nice little Waterfall

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

Quiet, only some lovers from time to time ;-))

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

I think this one is called Queen Tamar's bridge and was an important keyhole + checkpoint of the Silk Road before crossing into Tbilisi

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

There is another exit (not entrance!) from the Botanical Garden near the Mother of Georgia

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

View from the ridge to Tbilisi

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

View to the Sameba Church

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

Betlemi Church

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

From Jogging im Botanischen Garten Tbilisi

Turning into Sayat-Nova-Street I found a fresh made stencil, Darth Vader ??

The Golden Tron T-Shirt

USA: Informel Spreadshirt

Europe: Kaukasus Spreadshirt

A faked "Horse Thief" and a real T-Shirt

First we have this



then this

From Art Club Caucasus works by various artists

then this

From Art Club Caucasus works by various artists

then this

From Art Club Caucasus works by various artists

and now you can wear it ;-) It's all imagination 

US Customers please look here: http://informel.spreadshirt.com

EUR Customers please look here: http://kaukasus.spreadshirt.net

Original Foto by Trix Zürcher, Design by Hans

Rainy April Old Tbilisi View

From Art Club Caucasus works by various artists