in the old town of Tbilisi - in the back you can see the signpost to our hostel:-)
many buildings have seen better times...
especially in the old town many earthquakes caused damages
no matter how bad the houses look...they are still inhabited
Gabriadze theatre with the clock tower
Abanotubani - the traditional-bathhouses-district
on our way south to David Gareja
in the left part of the image is already Azerbaijan
colorful landscape near David Gareja
in the back one can see the Udabno-Cave-Monastery
above ground pipelines are very common
our first stop in Armenia - Alaverdi
most of the industry is shut down nowadays
our first breakdown - find the mistake :-)
the friendliest and most helpful police officer of entire Armenia :-)
dinner at a restaurant where you have a small private room on your own
many cars, trucks and also buses are running with gas instead of petrol
one of many coffee breaks:-)
Haghartsin (means dance of the eagle)
we both don't like Coriander so we always had a screenshot of the word Coriander in Armenien at hand :-)
...indicates a parking lot with a "repair your car own your own" ramp
stairway to one of our accommodation
no matter how big the car is...there never is enough space and it's always messy:-)
old Goris. Cattle and people used to live inside caves in the rocks
bridging the gap until we had "photo light" by cooking coffee :-)
a little bit of rock climbing ;-) ...
...and crawling trough thick bushes
it does not matter which the correct side of the road to drive is...the challenge is to find the best way through all the pot holes :-)
accidentally we ended up at an Armenian birthday party
we did not expect bears in Armenia. (Un)luckily we did not see any
small hot pot with natural bubbling approximately every 7 minutes :-)
vendor at the main road selling apples
hiking in the Geghama Mountain range near Geghard
Mt. Ararat in the far distance
we enjoyed the vast open spaces
while hiking we found this snake
our great camping spot :-)
basalt pillars near Garni
we met 2 Russians and naturally we had to drink Vodka with them
basalt pillars near Garni
pot holes like this are quite common
back in Georgia - view over Mtskheta near Tbilisi