A visit to Tbilisi in Georgia and an hours stay in Armenia and back to Georgia. .

My last " Chacha" drink during lunch at Fabrika Compound holding this cute kitten.

Wonderful memories of 12 days stay in Fabrika Hostel with a la " Sherlock Holmes" mystery of my stolen purse in my hostel room " No133" and informing the police as also visiting a police station in a foreign country and submitting a report for the first time in my life at " Gogolstreet 11" police station. Strangely on returning from the police station found my purse kept neatly on the room study table.A bizzare mystery .Who was the " CAT BURGLAR" among us guests residing in " ROOM No 133" of Fabrika Hostel. Start of a Agatha Christie mystery ?!

"CHACHA" sipped in "Fabrika Compound".Don't leave Georgia without tasting "CHACHA".

" CHACHA" is a Georgian pomace brandy, clear and strong (ranging between 50% alcohol for commercially produced to 85% for home brew), which is sometimes called "wine vodka", "grape vodka", or "Georgian vodka/grappa". It is made of grape pomace (grape residue left after making wine). The term chacha is used in Georgia to refer to grape distillate. It may be also produced from unripe or wild grapes. Other common fruits or herbs used are figs, tangerines, oranges, mulberries or tarragon.Many Georgians claim chacha has medicinal properties and is suggested as a remedy for a number of ailments, including ear blockages and indigestion. Also, it is claimed to cure stomach aches by applying it to the abdomen. It is also claimed to cure acne by applying to the face.The Kakheti region, which is in the easternmost part of the country, accounts for 75% of all vineyards (approximately 33,000 hectares) in Georgia. .

Seafare/ Traveller/ Blogger Rudolph.A.Furtado " ZIP CYCLING " over Dashbashi Canyon.

Enclosed in a diamond shaped glass enclosure in "DIAMOND RESTAURANT" over Dashbashi Canyon.

Late lunch at " B Sandwich Club" , a Lebanese - European restaurant on Marjanishvili street.

At Sadakhlo Border crossing in Georgia.

Inside Queen Tamar's hall in Uplistsikhe cave Town.

A cave Queen Tamar visited in Uplistsikhe cave town.

Exhibits in Stalin Museum. The World identified "CHESS" with the Soviet Union ..

A chess board among the exhibits. The Soviet Chess School had a 24-year monopoly on the world championship title , with Boris Spassky the latest in an uninterrupted chain of Soviet world chess champions, stretching back to the 1948 championship.The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union at the height of the "COLD WAR" The match took place in the Laugardalshöll arena in Reykjavík, Iceland, and has been dubbed the Match of the Century. Fischer became the first American born in the United States to win the world title thus ending 24 years of monopoly of the Soviet Union over the game of "CHESS"..

Inside " Stalin Museum " in Gori.

Post breakup of the U.S.S.R (Soviet Union) into 15 different country's in December 1991 the statues of Stalin as also many Soviet Union symbols, Soviet street names was removed in these newly formed Independent Country's which includes Georgia, the birthplace of Stalin.Today its only in the "STALIN MUSEUM" in Gori, the birthplace of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin[ (Birth Name :-Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili ) that a tourist, historian can view or research facts about the former "IRON CURTAIN" as Winston Churchill once named the Soviet Union post World War-II. .

A visit to Tbilisi in Georgia and an hours stay in Armenia and back to Georgia. .

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Solo Mumbai to Tbilisi in Georgia and a one hour entry permit into Armenia and back to Georgia and Mumbai.. .

Solo Mumbai to Tbilisi in Georgia and a one hour entry permit into Armenia and back to Georgia and Mumbai.. .

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