A Short Guide to Tbilisi
Faded Charm Flying in, the first thing you see is the TV mast: a huge, flashing monument which is lit up like Blackpool tower with garish...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 26, 2019
- 11 min
A Short Guide to Yerevan
Welcome to the Cognac Capital In the shadow of the fabled Mount Ararat, Yerevan stands at a crossroads between Asian and European...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Feb 22, 2019
- 11 min
A Short Guide to Baku
Will There Be Blood? Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, the most populous of the three Caucasian capitals with around two million inhabitants,...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Apr 30, 2018
- 4 min
Wisła Put to the Sword by Qarabag
This is a match report of a football game I attended in Baku, Azerbaijan, between Wisła Krakow and FC Qarabag in the first round, second...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Apr 30, 2018
- 7 min
Georgian Food & Drink
Overview One of the great joys of travelling in Georgia is discovering the relatively little-known cuisine of the country, which can come...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Apr 10, 2018
- 11 min
Caucasian Daze (Part 9/9) - Armenia - Nagorno-Karabakh: Surrealism and Tragedy
A Philanthropic Diaspora Millionaire After spending a few days in the fairly unremarkable capital of Stepanakert, I decided to head to...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Apr 8, 2018
- 9 min
Caucasian Daze (Part 8/9) - Armenia - Nagorno-Karabakh: Haunted by History
An Enigma Wrapped in a Mystery Nagorno-Karabakh roughly translates as ‘mountainous black garden’ in the Azeri language, though the...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 21, 2018
- 14 min
Caucasian Daze (Part 7/9) - Armenia - Yerevan: Brandy and Barbecues
Completing the Jigsaw Having spent nearly two months in the Caucasus, and having seen both sides of the traveling spectrum, from Georgia...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 20, 2018
- 15 min
Caucasian Daze (Part 6/9) - Azerbaijan: Bad Vibes In Baku
"And when foreigners come to this city all they talk about is the heat, dust, and oil; why do they not love our city?" - "Because they...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 15, 2018
- 8 min
Caucasian Daze (Part 5/9) - Georgia: Tusheti - Hitch-hiking to Paradise
Leaving Kakheti - By Truck From Kakheti, which is a kind of wide, flat expanse sandwiched between two mountain ranges, you are always...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 14, 2018
- 6 min
Caucasian Daze (Part 4/9) - Georgia: On the Grapevine - Kakheti
Heading to the Georgian Tuscany Georgia's wine region in the south east of the country has been trumpeted as a secret gem in the European...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 11, 2018
- 8 min
Caucasian Daze (Part 3/9) - Georgia: Cave Monasteries of Vardzia
Bottling it in Borjomi After my 'exertions' in the mountains, I decided to kick back for a couple of days in Borjomi, a quaint spa town...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 11, 2018
- 8 min
Caucasian Daze (Part 2/9) - Georgia: Kazbegi's Mountains of Poetry
Braving the Buses The heat got too much eventually and I had to escape the city. Five days of searing temperatures, over 40 degrees every...
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Stuart Wadsworth
- Mar 8, 2018
- 11 min
Caucasian Daze (Part 1/9) - Georgia: Tbilisi's Faded Elegance
A Fine Reception Flying in, the first thing you see is the TV mast: a huge, flashing monument which President Saakashvili has, for...
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