THE PEOPLE, FOOD & WINE
A light, 50 litre backpack with a lifesaver front zipper. Perfect !
Fellow Pilgrims
Ignacio, the travel aficionado from Madrid
The charming hikers - Sadaf from Kenya & Bea from El Salvador
The free spirits - Mako & Marika
Natalia from The Netherlands & Marika from Hungary
Mako & Marika Redux
The repeat travellers - Katczinskys from Warsaw
Davit aka Dato - The big friendly Svan
The Food
Kharcho - Georgian Meat & Rice Soup - my staple
Bozbashi - Meatball soup
Khachapuri - Baked flatbread stuffed with cheese
Khinkali - ubiquitous in Georgia
Chvishtari - Cheese & cornbread patties
Leek Pkhali
Standard Georgian Salad
Chikhirtma - chicken soup, allegedly best for hangovers
Baked Vegetable - on stone
Georgian Lamb Kebabs - solid with no seekh stick
Mtsvadi - grilled pork with onions & pomegranate
Elarji - soft paste of cheese and cornmeal
Lobiani - basically Khachapuri stuffed with beans instead of cheese
Lobio - Georgian bean soup aka Rajmah
Another version of Khachapuri
Azeri Breakfast - Salad, Pickles , Piti Soup & Tendir Choreyi Flatbread
Piti Soup - Mutton, potatoes and chickpeas
My favourite - just like Indian salted Lassi
Koftah Bozbash - the original Azeri dish
Azeri lamb kebabs - just like tikkas
And Sheekh Kebabs
An Armenian barbque
Imam Bailidi - a turkish dish, eggplant stuffed with vege in olive oil
Ikra - Caviar egglplant spread
Armenian kebab with lavash - a kathi roll
Armenian fish and leak soup
The Armenian salty lassi
Lavash - the wonderful Armenian flatbread
The Booze
Georgian wines - great reds and whites (this big guy is Armenian though)
Separavi grapes make great wines
Chacha - a strong, clear Georgian brandy made from grape pomace. It's a by-product of winemaking, and is sometimes called Georgian vodka
Home made Chacha is way better
Chacha beats Vodka
Georgian Brandy
The best of them all : Heshkili Huts house wine in Georgia
Wine glass stabilizer
Armenian wines
A superb Armenian brandy
The People