Irakli wrote:
You can buy laminated English-Georgian TBILISI METRO GUIDE for travellers for $1 at 18 Rustaveli Avenue at Java Cyber Cafe (Wireless WIFI Internet Cafe).
Ask for Irakli.
You can get online for $1 an hour with your laptop or you can lease laptop station for $1.50 an hour.
There is also an International phone and you can call to Western Europe, USA, etc for 20 tetri (little over 10 cents) a minute. Pretty decent, huh!
Till Sunday I will be in Atskuri near Borjomi and this blog takes a break. See you soon. Hans
28 September 2006
27 September 2006
The Georgians- A Flickr photo-set
I created a new set at Flickr and called it The Georgians.
As my collection is very much depending on my own surroundings and that may to constricted for the amazing variety of Georgian individualty, I started also a Photo-Pool at Flickr, what is a group, where everybody may join and post his photos of Georgians into.
The set of "my" Georgians, here
The Flickr-Group "The Georgians" you are invited to join, here
(You need to create an account on Flickr, what is free, upload your photos, and join the group "The Georgians", it is that easy.) Start to create your Flickr Account here
Helena
Elene, the daughter of Omari and Khatuna from Arkhoty in Khevsureti and Gamardshveba, between Rustavi, Martkopi and Tbilisi
24 September 2006
23 September 2006
20 September 2006
Tbilisi, seen from near Turtle lake
A wonderful Panorama Image by vshioshvili
See the full Panorama here and vshioshvili's set of photos here
19 September 2006
To all the homesick Georgians abroad
Irakli, Lasha, Nino, Russo, Khatia, Sura and the 100.000s others
Nino Arabuli sings a song from Khevsureti, sopeli Gldani 2006. Sorry, the video is a bit dark, but the music is just wonderful... Push the IPLAYI-Button
Hear another song from Khevsureti performed by Nino here:
http://khevsureti.blogspot.com/2006/09/song-from-khevsureti-performed-by-nino.html
Nino Arabuli sings a song from Khevsureti, sopeli Gldani 2006. Sorry, the video is a bit dark, but the music is just wonderful... Push the IPLAYI-Button
Hear another song from Khevsureti performed by Nino here:
http://khevsureti.blogspot.com/2006/09/song-from-khevsureti-performed-by-nino.html
18 September 2006
16 September 2006
Michael Lermontov
A Cossack Lullaby
Sleep, my darling, sleep, my baby,
Close your eyes and sleep.
Darkness comes; into your cradle
Moonbeams shyly peep.
Many pretty songs I'll sing you
And a lullaby.
Pleasant dreams the night will bring you....
Sleep, dear, rock-a-bye.
Muddy waters churn in anger,
Loud the Terek roars,
And a Chechen with a dagger
Leaps onto the shore.
Steeled your father is in gory
Battle.... You and I,
Little one, we need not worry... .
Sleep, dear, rock-a-bye.
There will come a day when boldly,
Like your dad, my son,
You will mount your horse and shoulder,
Proud, a Cossack gun.
With bright silks your saddle for you
I will sew.... There lie
Roads as yet untrod before you....
Sleep, dear, rock-a-bye.
You'll grow up to be a fearless
Cossack, and a true.
Off you'll ride, and I'll stand tearless,
Looking after you.
But when you are gone from sight, son,
Bitterly I'll cry....
May the dreams you dream be light, son;
Sleep, dear, rock-a-bye.
Thoughts of you when we are parted
All my days will fill.
In the nighttime, anxious-hearted,
Pray for you I will.
I'll be thinking that you're lonely,
That for home you sigh....
Sleep, my son, my one and only,
Sleep, dear, rock-a-bye.
I will see you to the turning,
And you'll ride away.
With my icon you will journey
And before it pray.
Let your thoughts in time of danger
To your mother fly.
Close your eyes and sleep, my angel,
Sleep, dear, rock-a-bye.
More poetry by Lermontov in English and Russian
from Friends and Partners, Natasha Bulashova and Greg Cole
Sleep, my darling, sleep, my baby,
Close your eyes and sleep.
Darkness comes; into your cradle
Moonbeams shyly peep.
Many pretty songs I'll sing you
And a lullaby.
Pleasant dreams the night will bring you....
Sleep, dear, rock-a-bye.
Muddy waters churn in anger,
Loud the Terek roars,
And a Chechen with a dagger
Leaps onto the shore.
Steeled your father is in gory
Battle.... You and I,
Little one, we need not worry... .
Sleep, dear, rock-a-bye.
There will come a day when boldly,
Like your dad, my son,
You will mount your horse and shoulder,
Proud, a Cossack gun.
With bright silks your saddle for you
I will sew.... There lie
Roads as yet untrod before you....
Sleep, dear, rock-a-bye.
You'll grow up to be a fearless
Cossack, and a true.
Off you'll ride, and I'll stand tearless,
Looking after you.
But when you are gone from sight, son,
Bitterly I'll cry....
May the dreams you dream be light, son;
Sleep, dear, rock-a-bye.
Thoughts of you when we are parted
All my days will fill.
In the nighttime, anxious-hearted,
Pray for you I will.
I'll be thinking that you're lonely,
That for home you sigh....
Sleep, my son, my one and only,
Sleep, dear, rock-a-bye.
I will see you to the turning,
And you'll ride away.
With my icon you will journey
And before it pray.
Let your thoughts in time of danger
To your mother fly.
Close your eyes and sleep, my angel,
Sleep, dear, rock-a-bye.
More poetry by Lermontov in English and Russian
from Friends and Partners, Natasha Bulashova and Greg Cole
12 September 2006
Images from Georgia, Sakartvelo
Holger Zacharias collected a huge amount of photos related to Georgia on his website:
http://www.georgien.bilder-album.com/
http://www.georgien.bilder-album.com/
11 September 2006
08 September 2006
Im Herzen der Steppe
Wir fahren durch den schneidenden Nordwestwind vom Aralsee. Am ersten Dezember durch die braune Steppe in Richtung Karschi. Links die mit Neuschnee bedeckten Höhenzüge des Pamirs, rechts eine leergefegte unendlich scheinende Ebene. Weiter hier
07 September 2006
Vakhtang Kavelashvili: Portraits
See Vakhtang's impressive portraits here
http://pic3.piczo.com/b0ke/?g=18293867&cr=3
Genre: http://pic3.piczo.com/b0ke/?g=18294058&cr=3
Nature: http://pic3.piczo.com/b0ke/?g=18293822&cr=3
06 September 2006
"A Georgian" by Andreas Thieme
Kartweli/ Georgian/ Gruzin
59x48 cm
Oil on Canvas, 2006
Andreas Thieme, Dresden
04 September 2006
Photos from Buzkashi by Chris Herwig
Photo: Hans Heiner Buhr 2003
Photos from Buzkashi by Chris Herwig on his website with wonderful photos of Central Asia you find here: http://www.herwigphoto.com/buzkashi/index.htm
Thanks to Carpetblogger !
Photos from Buzkashi in Uzbekistan, called KupKari there, from 2003/2004 by myself you can find here: http://www.kaukasus-kaleidoscope.com/specials/specialindex.htm
03 September 2006
Eistein connects the Caucasus dots
The last year saw a culmulation of medial interest in the Caucasus. A great part of that had been transported via various bloggers, journalists, photographers, writers and artists. Now, Eistein from Norway aka Writer'n tries to connect different ties on his marvellous blog on Georgia, gives other Bloggers a platform to create a sort of loose Caucasus-related web. Thank you Eistein for your activity and for your love to the Caucasus. Lets work together and now, the word is yours:
My nickname is Writer’n. I am the manager of Guldseth & Partners (http://www.gpe.no), a company specializing in strategic business communications. I also study sociology and mediascience at the University (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.
I still remember that day on the news when Sjevardnadze went down the stairs from the plane in Tbilisi airport early in the 90ties. Chevvy was a well known figure to all of us from the west, but my first thought was: Where and what the f*** is Georgia? So I just forgot about it, thinking that Chevvy finally had ended up in some remote area where he could do no harm. Anyway, a woman I met in Munich destroyed all my western ignorance, and took me to Georgia. I was in for a cultural shock and an incredible treat. And I discovered more: Tbilisi had been harbouring some famous Norwegians! Dagny Juel, a close friend of the painter Edvard Munch (Skrik & Madonna) was killed by her jealous lover and buried in Tbilisi in the early 1900. The Nobelprice awarded Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun lived at the old Hotel London (close to where Dagny Juel met her fate) while he traveled through Caucasus, finding himself, as the gigantic mountains and culture of the Caucasus reminded him of his childhood years in the northern parts of Norway. His novel I Æventyrland is largely about this adventurous journey. His later works are also greatly inspired from his time spent in Caucasus region.
So I asked myself: Why did his stay in the region has so strong impact on his later writings? What inspired him so much? The only way of knowing, is to search in his footsteps and try to find the secret formula. But his writings about Tbilisi and Georgia has been subject to critisism, claiming that he only got some superficial glimpses of the Caucasian culture. Maybe, or maybe not. Is there such a big a difference between Norwegian and Georgian culture?
Yes and no. My goal is to try to explore the differences and the similarities, and maybe entertain you at my website and integrated blog (http://www.writern.no). This website is a "popularized" part of an ongoing sociological study wich I started in 2004, without knowing it in fact. Looking at the material I had collected when I returned to Norway, it was clear that this could be the basis of something more than just some pictures and stories. So when I returned to Tbilisi in 2006 my schedule was more structured and closer to a systematic qualitative research for a future analysis. The website has the shape of a reportage, so not to worry. You will find stories, interviews and some smalltalk together with image galleries from both Norway and Georgia.
http://www.writern.no
http://www.writern.no/blogfrm.htm
Hello!
My nickname is Writer’n. I am the manager of Guldseth & Partners (http://www.gpe.no), a company specializing in strategic business communications. I also study sociology and mediascience at the University (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.
I still remember that day on the news when Sjevardnadze went down the stairs from the plane in Tbilisi airport early in the 90ties. Chevvy was a well known figure to all of us from the west, but my first thought was: Where and what the f*** is Georgia? So I just forgot about it, thinking that Chevvy finally had ended up in some remote area where he could do no harm. Anyway, a woman I met in Munich destroyed all my western ignorance, and took me to Georgia. I was in for a cultural shock and an incredible treat. And I discovered more: Tbilisi had been harbouring some famous Norwegians! Dagny Juel, a close friend of the painter Edvard Munch (Skrik & Madonna) was killed by her jealous lover and buried in Tbilisi in the early 1900. The Nobelprice awarded Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun lived at the old Hotel London (close to where Dagny Juel met her fate) while he traveled through Caucasus, finding himself, as the gigantic mountains and culture of the Caucasus reminded him of his childhood years in the northern parts of Norway. His novel I Æventyrland is largely about this adventurous journey. His later works are also greatly inspired from his time spent in Caucasus region.
So I asked myself: Why did his stay in the region has so strong impact on his later writings? What inspired him so much? The only way of knowing, is to search in his footsteps and try to find the secret formula. But his writings about Tbilisi and Georgia has been subject to critisism, claiming that he only got some superficial glimpses of the Caucasian culture. Maybe, or maybe not. Is there such a big a difference between Norwegian and Georgian culture?
Yes and no. My goal is to try to explore the differences and the similarities, and maybe entertain you at my website and integrated blog (http://www.writern.no). This website is a "popularized" part of an ongoing sociological study wich I started in 2004, without knowing it in fact. Looking at the material I had collected when I returned to Norway, it was clear that this could be the basis of something more than just some pictures and stories. So when I returned to Tbilisi in 2006 my schedule was more structured and closer to a systematic qualitative research for a future analysis. The website has the shape of a reportage, so not to worry. You will find stories, interviews and some smalltalk together with image galleries from both Norway and Georgia.
http://www.writern.no
http://www.writern.no/blogfrm.htm
01 September 2006
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