Tag: Georgia
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Running with the Cows (or, “Til the Cows Come Home – Georgia Road Trip, Part 10)
So, where was I? Right… we were leaving Aphrodisias, and I was giving Harun the option of camping at a place about 2k from the site, or driving all the way to Pamukkale (which was not really all that far – we could make it in time for dinner). I was betting ’50-50′ (under normal conditions,…
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Georgia Underground (The Caves of Prometheus) (Georgia Road Trip, Part 9)
I hope you enjoy reading something that I can assure you is lighter and more uplifting than the current international bestseller, “Woe to Us: How I Learned to Survive the Elections and Love The Donald”…. To pick up the nearly lost thread of my Georgian Road Trip saga, I’d like to point out that the best…
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Georgian Beaches (Georgia Road Trip, Part 8)
When Harun and I planned our Road Trip to the Republic of Georgia, well, as Lou Reed once said, “those were different times”. I know I promised (you and me both) that I’d keep up with the story of the road trip, including photos during and artwork after, but what with coups, bombs, witch hunts, elections, more…
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Kobuleti, Kobuleti – It’s Better than Bodrum AND Antalya… (Georgia Road Trip, Part 7)
I hope you enjoy reading something that I can assure you is lighter and more uplifting than the current international bestseller, “Woe to Us: How I Learned to Survive the Elections and Love The Donald”…. To pick up the nearly lost thread of my Georgian Road Trip saga, I’d like to point out that the best…
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Across the Border, Finally. (Georgia Road Trip, Part 6)
A horizontal line drawn from a point midway along a moon-shaped cove on the eastern end of the Black Sea represents the end of the Republic of Turkey and the beginning of the Republic of Georgia. To the north of the line, sunbathers are sprawled on the sand. To the south of the line, the beach is empty. Instead,…
Deborah Semel Demirtaş 