Photos - Georgia

	Two men drink side by side in the heart of Tbilisi's sprawling street market. People gather here to sell home-grown vegetables and fruits, drinks, clothes, and many other things. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the breakdown of its trading system, most people have had to resort to new ways to make ends meet.
Men pass the afternoons playing backgammon in a quiet city square.
	Tbilisi is one of the former Soviet Union's most pleasant cities, and strolling the long boulevards is a lovely way to discover it.
Tbilisi from above. The natural beauty of its setting, and the greenness of the city give a wonderful first impression.
	5,000 metre Mount Kazbek towers over the town of Kazbegi near the border with North Ossetia in the Russian Federation. At 2,200 metres a church is visible at centre left. Fiercely superstitious, the local residents objected so strongly to a cable car to the church erected by an outside group that is was dismantled.
Medieval fortress towers are common in the communities of the Caucasus Mountains, enabling the inhabitants to see invaders and lock themselves in. (Mount Kazbek in the background)
	High in the Caucasus Mountains I found these strange stones. I never found out what they were.
Two workers trudge home along a dirt road in the mountains, one carrying a very-much-in-use sickle.