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Travel in Georgia First I want to say that this is about the country in the Caucasus region, on the Black sea, near Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia, so if you were looking for a state in the USA you are in the wrong place. Still, I invite you to continue because you can see fantastic nature and read about an excellent adventure. I travelled to Georgia for two weeks in September visiting a big part of the country, this month is the end of the primary touristic season there. Moving from one place to another can be time-consuming if you use public transportation (marshrutka) or hitchhiking, but it can be authentic and interesting.  After my experience in  Kyrgyzstan  in 2021, I wanted to visit another ex-soviet country, I am interested in the background, culture and history of these countries and Georgia is the second of a long list. In this post I will talk about the east part of the country, the capital Tbilisi, the "city" of Uplistsikhe, Kakheti the wine region and...

  Bishkek Kyrgyzstan I had the opportunity to live in Bishkek for two months, while I was volunteering for a contemporary art association.  Those two months were very intense, and they literally flew between amazing people, wonderful landscapes and discovering a new culture. I think that what I brought with me from this experience are human relationships, Kyrgyz are smiling people, open to helping you and sharing their culture. I also found some parallelism between Kyrgyz and Italians (at least people from Bishkek), they have the same behaviour on the streets, they honk, they get angry, and they have their own rules. B' art contemporary organised a nomadic art camp from 2011 till 2019, my volunteer job was to organise it for 2021 but in the end, it wasn't possible because of the pandemic situation. The plan b was to do a series of workshops between expat artists in Bishkek and local artists, with an exhibition at the end of them. The time was not enough to fully concretise thi...