(Why do my recent posts from south of Ushguli have labels of "spring", while those later ones from Ushguli, like today, still have"winter" labels?! Well, because it IS still winter in Usguli.)
The first foreign guest to Ushguli, a week or so ago, a Canadian. He had walked from Mestia to Ipari and spent the night there with friends of mine, who put him in touch with me and sent him on. He was ready to camp and feed himself, as he usually does, but my host family took him in in pity. The 2nd photo is of him backfipping rather irreverently from a location which I'll not name, onto snow - good fun!
One more for the road... I left Ushguli for big, noisy, warm, chaotic Tbilisi a week ago, so I suppose I should stop posting photos from that wintry mountainous location. Soon as I run out of good ones, I will move on.
At the risk of seeming repetitive, here are 3 more alternate images from the door of Jgurag (St George's) Church in Ushguli, same theme, different versions, just to show you what I was playing with at the time
The open door of Jgurag (St George's) Church, candles on the outside wall and a pan of smoking coals in the doorway, along with cash offerings - nice mix of pagan and Orthodox
More from the day for the Ratianis and another local family. Here are 3 representatives of those 2 failies (top) with Jgurag (St George's) Church through the window at right
(Why do my recent posts from south of Ushguli have labels of "spring", while those later ones from Ushguli, like today, still have"winter" labels?! Well, because it IS still winter in Usguli.)
On my way back from Etseri to Ushguli a week ago.
