Telavi to Gori was bus, taxi, bus via Tbilisi. Looking for our apartment in Gori we asked someone where exactly it was and the "someone" turned out to be the son of the owners! Gori is the home of Stalin but we avoided the Stalin museum.
Next day took a local bus to Uplistsikhe (Google it for more info), an amazing cave and rock city dating from over 2000 years ago. Some of the later "rooms" had quite ornate carving. Back to Gori where we dined well in a, for us, upmarket restaurant 15 euros each!
Early start for the bus to Borjomi, a real holiday centre in the mountains. Cable car up, walk along the plateau and then down to the hot (well, warm) sulfur spring swimming pools. Had our swimmers and towels so did the pools along with lots of others as it was a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Came here to walk in the national park, got a permit and then a tough (3 hours up, 2 down but very steep) circuit through woods with autumn colours. Rained near the end which necessitated hot soup in local café.
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