A quick tour through museum of Stalin, once the glory of this town as he was born here, even the little cottage where he was born is preserved for viewing. The museum tour guide gave an unemotional account of his life, without any mention of the two millions death he had caused.
Next visit is citadel of Rabat, a fortress built as
border control against Turkey. As it is in the western corner with a mix
of cultures, muslim, orthodox Christian and catholic throughout the
last few hundred years, many style of buildings was erected.
The
pity is that most were destroyed during wars and earthquakes, the
reconstruction was too over the top that they lost UNESCO status. The
effect of this over zealous rebuilding makes the whole place looks like a
theme park.
Last visit of the tour is the most famous Vardzia Cave town, in the south west corner next to the border of Turkey. The view from the opposite side is a hill side with many square holes, it is a good walk to get up to that level to appreciate the extent of the Cave town. Developed since 12 century by monks, then used as military garrison and hideout from attacks.
The structure has many rooms
inside room, a small church and tunnels leading to different parts of
the complex and on to the river. Bread baking, wine making and water
storage structures can be seen around. It is estimated there were 3000
people staying there at the peak period.
格魯吉亞七之 避世地方
真是個觀山的國家，遊歷了東南西北的主要景點，每天在車上呆坐三至四小時，是辛苦，幸好風光一直悅目，山嶺河谷高矮闊窄變化萬千，以原始荒蕪無人煙的為多，耕種畜牧的較少，全都有可觀處。
全國有三個大規模的洞穴居住山區，在南部接近Azerbaijan 、中部和西部土耳其邊境，起初都是由僧侶找偏遠靈修的地方，而發現這些沙土岩山，容易掘窿居住，隨著歲月擴展，加入其他生存需要如煮食、儲水、釀酒等各種大小地洞。
加上接近兩大國邊境，亦成為駐守防衞地方，估計全盛時期可以住上三千多人。
這個小國，人口只有三百多萬，但無論大小城鎮、各處山頭，教堂和種種僧侶靈修的地方，比例上似異常的多！人民需要這樣多的心靈寄托或避難地方，應該和與多國接壤、不同種族多、歷來被佔領，長期在頑抗中很有關係吧。
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