I have had a little break from posting and am slightly behind on the blogs so I will post just pictures and the descriptions of these amazing places will be in the YouTube vlog! We absolutely loved Gori, it was such an incredible place to visit, the locals were friendly and the amount we learnt about Stalin and WW2 was amazing! Uplistsikhe however, which translates to “Lord’s Fortress“ was one of the most ancient and interesting places we have seen. It is a cave complex you will see below dating from 1000 BC. We took a taxi costing about $12 from Gori to see it, we rushed to see it all! It is one of the oldest places we have seen, and to answer your questions before you ask them. Yes, I definitely was having Indiana Jones vibes with my hat! It was serendipitous that our taxi driver who insisted we call him "Dedo" (grandfather) Kova (he was lovely) was very vigilant about me getting sunstroke, and insisted I take the hat! Honestly, I felt like the real deal, move over Indiana Jones!! (even though my hat was a gift from an elderly taxi driver!
If anyone does visit Gori, we honestly cannot recommend enough for you to visit Uplistsikhe in the same day, it made for a fantastic day trip and memories that will remain long after everyone stops viewing this blog!
Here is the YouTube below, which I would say you should at least glance at if you do plan on going so you can see what you will see in Gori and Uplistsikhe:
Arrived at Uplistsikhe and look who greeted me! What a cutie!
And the views begin..
Back at the Stalin Museum
What an incredible museum!
Back on the train and Ludmila (our train conductor supervisor, was keeping the train in order!!) We saw her smile, but once. She lifted a naughty little boy every time he got in her way, she kept the train so clean and orderly. Ludmila was officious and when we were all stuck in the carriage in absolute horrendous heat, I was struggling and she offered some help... and that is the only time in the entire train ride that we saw her smile, bit a little.
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