Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Georgia

Uplistsikhe cave city









Soviet-era futurist architecture



Georgian baths




Kakheti - Georgian wine country
Kahketi
Stalin's hometown of Gori, Georgia. His childhood home is enclosed in the pantheon behind his statue.




Tbilisi's Soviet-era central railway station.

Georgian Presidential palace




Soviet murals for a Georgian tobacco factory, well-preserved as they are hidden inside a closed courtyard.
New government building in Batumi on the Black Sea
Georgian farewell meal
Downtown Batumi
 Kakheti cont'd



Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Istanbul, part one

























 The sign says "Fishing is banned in this location"