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Kazbegi, Georgia - October 2024

  • Writer: leocook21
    leocook21
  • Apr 27
  • 1 min read

Updated: Aug 7

Our day trip hiking around the Causcasus Mountains and Kazbegi's Gergeti Holy Trinity Church.


Ancient stone church on a hill, surrounded by people. Majestic mountains in the background. Gergeti Trinity Church in Georgia, surrounded by the Caucasus Mountains.

With limited information about how to get about the country, we heard about the 'Marshrutka stations' and Ilia conveniently being Russian (a saving grace for speaking to anyone over the age of 35 in Georgia), he knew that these were essentially minibuses. The idea is that you turn up, repeat the name of where you're going enough until someone points at the right van and hope they're right as you hand over the equivalent of £4 for the 3 hour journey once they've filled up with enough passengers.


Stone tower on a rocky hill with a mountain backdrop under a blue sky with clouds. Grassy path leads to the tower.

What tends to happen to any sort of church or cathedral that I make a journey to visit usually happens to be under scaffolding at the time, so the tradition continued even in Georgia.


A dog sleeps peacefully on a grassy hill with a scenic mountain backdrop. The sky is cloudy, creating a serene and tranquil atmosphere.

After our hike up the mountain to the church and realising the glacier I wanted to see was actually a very long way away, it started getting cooler and the sun began lowering so we managed to get a Bolt back down to Kazbegi, then bargained with some different minivan drivers to eventually go all the way back to Tbilisi after the marshrutkas had supposedly finished for the day. Perhaps we should've planned the route back more but I have a habit of just thinking "let's get there first and figure out the way home when the time comes"



Man and woman on rocky cliff, woman photographing distant church on hill with colorful trees. Cars parked below under a clear blue sky.

Interior of an ancient church with high dome, icons, and ornate woodwork. Light streams through, creating a serene atmosphere. Gergeti Trinity Church in Georgia.

A horse stands on rocky terrain against a clear sky, with mountains in the background. The image is black and white.

Two horses graze on a grassy hill with a stone monument nearby. Snow-capped mountains and clouds fill the background under a bright blue sky.

Brown horse grazing on a rocky hill with mountains and blue sky in the background. Bright autumn foliage adds warmth to the scene.

Sunlight streams through a church window, illuminating icons and candles. The ambiance is solemn with intricate stone architecture. The image is in black and white.

 
 
 

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