The room I showed in the video is called Apartment Erekle. I recommend reserving it online using this website: www.booking.com/index.html?aid=1724899 Or you can use that site to search for other hotels, apartments, hostels, etc.
You have inspired me to take my first overseas trip alone (60 yo woman). I am in awe on how you navigate the different countries without knowing the language. I am flying into Zurich with my rail pass in hand in a month. I am hoping to go to the countries east of there. I now realize how insanely cheap the rail fares are in that area of the world so probably should not have gotten the pass, though may make my life a little easier. Keep up the awesome work! Your videos are truly a treat.
Nowadays google translate makes traveling so much easier. Especially considering you download small files and make just run offline. No need for internet data, just a smartphone charged up.
the world is so big.. so many places to explore and so many people, remember guys if you die the world keeps getting old so don’t waste time of your life and go out or go do the things you want to do!
Hey Gabriel, I’m very impressed by your travels! Your insight and heart ❤️ for adventure are astonishing. You really seem like a great man. Your keen sense of direction and desire for knowledge is simply inspirational. You are a beautiful person! -j
@@GabrielTravelerVideos it's true i like the way you just tell the facts & the prices of things other travel vids it's more about them and not the place and they have annoying pop up's and stupid music
Great video Gabriel, loved looking through all those amazing caves. It reminded me of Cyprus and a beautiful monastery built into the rock I once visited; I could explore caves all day!!!
Very nice! It's amazing to me how a cave warms you up or cools you down. Moderates. Nice art. The food looked interesting. Not for vegetarians I think.
HEY GABRIEL, I HOPE YOU PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE DINNER YOU WERE ABOUT TO EAT. IT LOOKED VERY YUMMY. I WAS THINKING AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THOSE ROOMS THAT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW IF THEY WERE PLACES TO SLEEP OR TO WORK. WHEN YOU GOT TO THE TOP I WAS CAPTIVATED BY THE CHURCH ITSELF. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL REWARD FOR CLIMBING ALL THE WAY UP THERE. UNFORTUNATELY I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT UP THAT FAR BECAUSE OF HEALTH ISSUES I'M HAVING BUT I GOT TO GO ALONG WITH YOU SO,THANK YOU I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
Yeah a tour probably would have been helpful to know what each room was used for. Fascinating place. It would be a hell of a trip to step back in time 1,000 years and walk around there and see how they were actually living.
Love the old buildings, even the dilapidated ones....they just ooze with history....gets the imagination going. Thanks Gabriel--for visiting these remote places--extremely interesting!
Hey Gabriel, enjoyed your travel videos, they are awesome. One on Tibisi makes me want to visit there one day.... and also the towns in Greece too. You rock!
This was a great video, bringing across the grittiness of provincial Georgia, especially approaching winter. Once you get out of Tbilisi, it is still an adventure for the independent traveller.
Just like the caves in Turkey, it is likely that these too are far older than the "accepted" historical narratives. When I see some of the angles and nixhes, draining grooves etc. 1100's was not high tech as much of the construction appears to be. You'd need 1000's of people over decades to dig those w bronze tools.... Pretty darn awesome tho. So happy you and others travel to these off the tourist map locations. My mobility has declined a bit more over the past 3 yrs and my dreams of traveling to more out of the locations are on hold. I've settled for the time being in Lake Atitlan Guatemala. Shorter flights to Peru, one of my other favorite countries to visit. The old pre Inca ruins, for the most part, are still accessible to a crippled like me. I use two canes now for stability and mobility. Gabriel, I have followed you since 2015 when I was preparing for my trip to Central America. I had intentions to go to Se Asia, The Middle East and Meditation regions. I am now very satisfied watching travelers as yourself share your fascinating experiences on YT. With great admiration and respect, thank you. If you ever make it back to Guatemala say Hi
Cool, thanks a lot for following all this time! Lake Atitlan is a nice spot. And I agree, the caves could be a lot older. You can't carbon date the rock so they have to kind of guess based on other evidence they find which doesn't definitively pinpoint when the caves were first carved out by people.
Had a Gabriel marathon tonight. Playing catch up. Great videos. You hit all of the countries on my bucket list in this goround. I can't wait to get out for my round 2. 👍
Are there still refugees from Abkhazia living in Borjomi? Lots were staying there back in 2000 as the hotels frequented in Soviet times were mostly vacant. Stopped in Gori (Stalin‘s birthplace) on my way to Vardzia. It wasn’t easy getting there. Lonely Planet mentioned a narrow gauge railway 🚃 through the mountains wasn’t running, but it would have been epic. Congratulations on revealing a challenging place to explore.
I thought here we go another small cave, we seen them all before.. BUT.. that cave complex was pretty cool.. All the rooms and cut outs that look like an altar or even a Bed. Plus all the round holes dug into the floors. Must have been some sort of cooking area or a fireplace???.. Interesting... Cool video... Safe Travels.. *Greg*
Very cool, love those caves, reminds me of other megalithic architecture! I'll have to go back & check out your Turkey vid, I've always been curious to get a better look at those caves?!
Thank you for these videos Gabriel! I love your channel, thanks to it Incan travel the world without paying for a plane ticket, and I specially like the episodes of unknown countries, like Georgia... I always look for videos of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
I’m so jealous! Lithuanian craft beers are reputed to be of high quality, that would be my paradise! Good that you like Mexico, it’s as if each of its 31 states were a different country... If you like contact with nature, I recommend you the Huasteca Potosina area with its waterfalls and Edward James’ surrealistic castle -in the middle of nature, and Real de Catorce ghost town Have fun!
A blessed good day sir Gabrel thank u so much for your nice excellent we exploring video walk around. In Very stunning views mountains and historical ancient Vardzia caves a very interesting caves and quiet place to hike thanks again keep safe Godbless u from your solid fan viewer from the philippines sir vhin 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙂🙂👏👍👍👍👍👍👏👏🙂🙏🙏🙏
Di you try famous Borzhomi mineral water? How do you like Georgian vines ? They are as good as French and those from Napa valley vines but different in taste.
Wow unique + surprisingly homely caves so broad + airy. V hv similar place in Balochistan in Pakistan that place called "" city of Jin' cave city. Magical bad spirits mythical or true stories about city of jin . So mysterious.
I totally fell for the joke at the beginning! I was all, “WTF? That’s pretty bad...” 😲 😆 Those caves are outstanding! Maybe less visited than the ones at Cappadocia, too. You could explore them nearly by yourself. Really cool! 👍🏼✌🏼
The taxi was $50 USD including a tip. You can also book a tour in Tbilisi for cheaper, but man I'm glad I didn't do that, it would be an even longer driver just to spend an hour at the caves.
Hi Gabriel, Wonderful video oh those caves very well captured those caves are very elaborate there must be sections that are closed off to the public and funny enough there was very few people visiting those caves. I would like to see videos of the pyramids from you I have seen them before but on your camera I think you would personalize the experienced a bit.
Hey Gabe 😊 that elevator is brilliant & so old fashioned 🤣👍🏻 if we had that here in the UK 🇬🇧 someone would charge £1 per floor not a penny 😂✌🏼 nice vid Gabe, super interesting and great info about Georgia ( as always in all your videos) , thanks dude 🤙🏼 safe travels 😊🙏🏼
სამარცხვინოდ, სანაგვედ და საბომჟეთად ქცეული, ერთ დროს ლამაზი ბორჯომი! იმის მიუხედავად, რომ შარშან 4-ჯერ (!) ვითომ "დააგეს" ასფალტი, გზები ისეა ანგრეული, რომ ტრაქტორს უჭირს გავლა. ხანდახან გამოატარებენ "ზილ"-ს და 1-2 ნიჩაბ ცივ ასფალტს ჩაყრიალ მუხლამდე ორმოებში. სამაგიეროდ - ტროტუარებს აგებენ წელიწადში 2-ჯერ ფილაქნებით და კიდევ, შარშან ქალაქის საავტომობილო მოედნებსა და გზებზე აყარეს ასფალტი და ზედ დაყრილ მდინარის სილაზე ქვეფენილის (კუბებად დაჭრილი ქვის) (!) დაგებები დაიწყეს, რომელიც უკვე ისე იყრება, ოღრო-ჩოღროა, რომ ზედ მანქანით გავლაც კი საშინელებაა! წყალი - მღვრიეა ონკანებში, დენს - თავის ნებაზე ათამაშებენ და არავინ იცის დღეში 3-ჯერ გაგითიშავენ თუ საერთოდ მეორე დღემდე, არც გაზის ამბებია კარგად ....
While you were exploring the caves, I kept having one question run through my mind: How will he get back!?? Did the Taxi driver wait for you? Happy you made it, though. Thanks for the video and keep it up!
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The room I showed in the video is called Apartment Erekle. I recommend reserving it online using this website: www.booking.com/index.html?aid=1724899 Or you can use that site to search for other hotels, apartments, hostels, etc.
Think I will go Egypt instead.
Can't get enough, this Georgia series is eye-opening. Thanks Gabriel!
He should Visit my country Azerbaijan, Baki. He will love it
You have inspired me to take my first overseas trip alone (60 yo woman). I am in awe on how you navigate the different countries without knowing the language. I am flying into Zurich with my rail pass in hand in a month. I am hoping to go to the countries east of there. I now realize how insanely cheap the rail fares are in that area of the world so probably should not have gotten the pass, though may make my life a little easier. Keep up the awesome work! Your videos are truly a treat.
Nowadays google translate makes traveling so much easier. Especially considering you download small files and make just run offline. No need for internet data, just a smartphone charged up.
Been in Georgia 4 years ago, it's awesome! You're such a great inspiration for my channel. Keep it up Gabe 😀
Admire your grind! You are killing it with the videos! Very different vibe compared to the Tbilisi one! Keep it up! :)
You made me realize something in this vid somehow, Gabe - I need to get offa my couch, by myself - no one else is gonna do it for me...:-)
the world is so big.. so many places to explore and so many people, remember guys if you die the world keeps getting old so don’t waste time of your life and go out or go do the things you want to do!
Great vid on a country I knew little about until now.Nice job Gabe. Thank you.
Georgia, and the rest of the Caucasus region, should be on everyone's radar. I like that you're using some slow-motion, adds a dramatic effect : )
Hey Gabriel, I’m very impressed by your travels! Your insight and heart ❤️ for adventure are astonishing. You really seem like a great man. Your keen sense of direction and desire for knowledge is simply inspirational. You are a beautiful person! -j
Gabe you are the best travel vlogger on youtube
Thanks a bunch.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos it's true i like the way you just tell the facts & the prices of things other travel vids it's more about them and not the place and they have annoying pop up's and stupid music
Great video Gabriel, loved looking through all those amazing caves. It reminded me of Cyprus and a beautiful monastery built into the rock I once visited; I could explore caves all day!!!
🤙 Aloha Gabe, thank you for the adventurous series of Georgia, warm hugs :)
Very nice! It's amazing to me how a cave warms you up or cools you down. Moderates. Nice art. The food looked interesting. Not for vegetarians I think.
HEY GABRIEL, I HOPE YOU PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE DINNER YOU WERE ABOUT TO EAT. IT LOOKED VERY YUMMY. I WAS THINKING AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THOSE ROOMS THAT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW IF THEY WERE PLACES TO SLEEP OR TO WORK. WHEN YOU GOT TO THE TOP I WAS CAPTIVATED BY THE CHURCH ITSELF. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL REWARD FOR CLIMBING ALL THE WAY UP THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT UP THAT FAR BECAUSE OF HEALTH ISSUES I'M HAVING BUT I GOT TO GO ALONG WITH YOU SO,THANK YOU I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
Yeah a tour probably would have been helpful to know what each room was used for. Fascinating place. It would be a hell of a trip to step back in time 1,000 years and walk around there and see how they were actually living.
Looks very interesting! Love your videos!
Love the old buildings, even the dilapidated ones....they just ooze with history....gets the imagination going. Thanks Gabriel--for visiting these remote places--extremely interesting!
Thank you gabe/ მადლობა გაბი🇬🇪💞
Kabadokia was also Orthodoxy country before Turkish came like bizantia was Orthodoxy centre (today Turkey) because they all have similar view
Gabriel, long time viewer and world traveler too. Great to see your channel really picking up some viewers. Well deserved and well done.
Caucasia is a very interesting place
Hey Gabriel, enjoyed your travel videos, they are awesome. One on Tibisi makes me want to visit there one day.... and also the towns in Greece too. You rock!
Love the humor at the start. Excellent job Gabe worth watching more than once. You coming home for the holidays? Cheers
Cool. No idea where I'll be for X-Mas at this point, I could end up anywhere.
Almost had me Gabriel 😎👊😂 love the humor! Caves are amazing thanks again Gabriel ❤😊 stay safe ❤
This was a great video, bringing across the grittiness of provincial Georgia, especially approaching winter. Once you get out of Tbilisi, it is still an adventure for the independent traveller.
Definitely.
Just like the caves in Turkey, it is likely that these too are far older than the "accepted" historical narratives.
When I see some of the angles and nixhes, draining grooves etc. 1100's was not high tech as much of the construction appears to be.
You'd need 1000's of people over decades to dig those w bronze tools....
Pretty darn awesome tho.
So happy you and others travel to these off the tourist map locations.
My mobility has declined a bit more over the past 3 yrs and my dreams of traveling to more out of the locations are on hold. I've settled for the time being in Lake Atitlan Guatemala. Shorter flights to Peru, one of my other favorite countries to visit. The old pre Inca ruins, for the most part, are still accessible to a crippled like me. I use two canes now for stability and mobility.
Gabriel, I have followed you since 2015 when I was preparing for my trip to Central America.
I had intentions to go to Se Asia, The Middle East and Meditation regions. I am now very satisfied watching travelers as yourself share your fascinating experiences on YT.
With great admiration and respect, thank you.
If you ever make it back to Guatemala say Hi
Cool, thanks a lot for following all this time! Lake Atitlan is a nice spot. And I agree, the caves could be a lot older. You can't carbon date the rock so they have to kind of guess based on other evidence they find which doesn't definitively pinpoint when the caves were first carved out by people.
The depressions in the cave floor -- are they for milling grains?
I was wondering that too. Or were they for having small fires burning in the pit, for warmth and cooking?
@@mvleblanc Yes, potentially a fire-pit. The smoke would be problematic without a vertical exit.Perhaps charcoal for roasting or heating (less smoky)?
I get the feeling they had an outlet down the side of the mountain. Now do you know what they might have been used for? :-)
@@MarkBH70.. An electrical outlet ? lol .. just kidding .. What kind of outlet do you mean ?
Hi from Georgia, it is indeed a cooking/fire place, the other depressions u see, are for bedrooms.
The caves remind me of the flintstones
Wilma ...
Great camera footage of the locals and mountains on the drive to the caves! I imagine what it was like back in history.
Had a Gabriel marathon tonight. Playing catch up. Great videos. You hit all of the countries on my bucket list in this goround. I can't wait to get out for my round 2. 👍
Awesome man, thanks for watching.
I love your videos and am amazed that you do this sort of traveling in this cold time of year. Must be on the rough side at times.
Are there still refugees from Abkhazia living in Borjomi? Lots were staying there back in 2000 as the hotels frequented in Soviet times were mostly vacant. Stopped in Gori (Stalin‘s birthplace) on my way to Vardzia. It wasn’t easy getting there. Lonely Planet mentioned a narrow gauge railway 🚃 through the mountains wasn’t running, but it would have been epic. Congratulations on revealing a challenging place to explore.
I am from Georgia and I like your all video👍👍👍
I could imagine how they made that cave its so unreal ,it amaze me so much.
What Divyapal just said ... ;) ;) You do GREAT work, Sir Gabriel.
Your fearless adventures never cease to amaze..
The town looks grittier than Tbilisi which isn't a bad thing. I loved that elevator. The caves are fascinating.
I thought here we go another small cave, we seen them all before.. BUT.. that cave complex was pretty cool.. All the rooms and cut outs that look like an altar or even a Bed. Plus all the round holes dug into the floors. Must have been some sort of cooking area or a fireplace???.. Interesting... Cool video... Safe Travels.. *Greg*
Very cool, love those caves, reminds me of other megalithic architecture! I'll have to go back & check out your Turkey vid, I've always been curious to get a better look at those caves?!
you lead one hell of a life my friend. kudos to you.
G...LOVE THE INTRO! Keep em comin bro and safe travels!
Cool, glad to hear it.
Those caves/monastery are incredible. Petra is still my favorite though.
Great insight into an off the beaten track country.
Cool, thanks.
My beautiful country.. ჩემი საქართველო ..
Man, the elevator that runs on coins made me laugh for about 5 minutes, it's very good in the morning. Thanks
Excellent.
I think that you are very very lucky about the weather. I didn't see a single video since Greece with rainy weather
Yes I have been quite lucky. It rained one of my last days in Greece but that's about it. A few sprinkles here and there.
Magnifique, merci beaucoup 👍
Geez you really get to some out of the way places your vids are the only way I would even think of seeing them in this lifetime
Thank you for these videos Gabriel! I love your channel, thanks to it Incan travel the world without paying for a plane ticket, and I specially like the episodes of unknown countries, like Georgia... I always look for videos of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
Cool. I'm in Vilnius, Lithuania, just posted a video from here. Maybe you saw that already.
Yes, I did, I saw it right after this comment and quite loved it too. Greetings from Mexico!
Bien, hola! Me gusta Mexico.
I’m so jealous! Lithuanian craft beers are reputed to be of high quality, that would be my paradise!
Good that you like Mexico, it’s as if each of its 31 states were a different country... If you like contact with nature, I recommend you the Huasteca Potosina area with its waterfalls and Edward James’ surrealistic castle -in the middle of nature, and Real de Catorce ghost town
Have fun!
A blessed good day sir Gabrel thank u so much for your nice excellent we exploring video walk around. In Very stunning views mountains and historical ancient Vardzia caves a very interesting caves and quiet place to hike thanks again keep safe Godbless u from your solid fan viewer from the philippines sir vhin 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙂🙂👏👍👍👍👍👍👏👏🙂🙏🙏🙏
great video !!thanks for posting ..how much was the cab and did he wait for you while you were in the caves?
$50 including a tip, and yes he waited and then drove me back.
Nice video,thanks 4 let us know the world through your nice camera...
Your video is very educational
He's videos are very good! We would love to visit George but first we have too many things to film in Japan 😁
Di you try famous Borzhomi mineral water? How do you like Georgian vines ? They are as good as French and those from Napa valley vines but different in taste.
Wow unique + surprisingly homely caves so broad + airy. V hv similar place in Balochistan in Pakistan that place called "" city of Jin' cave city. Magical bad spirits mythical or true stories about city of jin . So mysterious.
I would love to see the orthodox churches in San Francisco ❤
Nice one Gabe!
Imagine how long it took to carve out all those inter linking caverns! Wow! Amazing!
I totally fell for the joke at the beginning! I was all, “WTF? That’s pretty bad...” 😲 😆 Those caves are outstanding! Maybe less visited than the ones at Cappadocia, too. You could explore them nearly by yourself. Really cool! 👍🏼✌🏼
Gotcha. :)
In which country will you spend Christmas?
Good question, I'm curious myself. I have no idea at this point.
Love your sense of humor Gabriel 😃
Wow!!What an experience!!
Thank you por posting such a fascinating trip! The caves are amazing! Are they open at winter time?
Not sure but I think they're open year round.
Eye opener added to my list!
Georgia is beautiful!!!!! great vlog Gabriel!! btw, what camera do you use? thanks!!
Thanks, filmed with a GoPro. Camera info is always listed below the video. :)
Nice, I wanted to go to Vardzia but the transport seemed like too much hassle, how much was the taxi?
The taxi was $50 USD including a tip. You can also book a tour in Tbilisi for cheaper, but man I'm glad I didn't do that, it would be an even longer driver just to spend an hour at the caves.
Hi Gabriel, Wonderful video oh those caves very well captured those caves are very elaborate there must be sections that are closed off to the public and funny enough there was very few people visiting those caves. I would like to see videos of the pyramids from you I have seen them before but on your camera I think you would personalize the experienced a bit.
Hell yes Gabe. Great tour bro
Actually Vardzia was the city and all those 'rooms' were hidden inside. Earthquake has ruined the 'facade' and now its visible from outside.
Hey Gabe 😊 that elevator is brilliant & so old fashioned 🤣👍🏻 if we had that here in the UK 🇬🇧 someone would charge £1 per floor not a penny 😂✌🏼 nice vid Gabe, super interesting and great info about Georgia ( as always in all your videos) , thanks dude 🤙🏼 safe travels 😊🙏🏼
VERY INTERESTING
Wow...very interesting...a must visit...how much was the long taxi ride? 🤔
GABRIEL,.... THANK U
Fascinating.
love the caves
Hello Gabe, nice video brother. Keep it fun :)
Thanks David.
სამარცხვინოდ, სანაგვედ და საბომჟეთად ქცეული, ერთ დროს ლამაზი ბორჯომი!
იმის მიუხედავად, რომ შარშან 4-ჯერ (!) ვითომ "დააგეს" ასფალტი, გზები ისეა ანგრეული, რომ ტრაქტორს უჭირს გავლა.
ხანდახან გამოატარებენ "ზილ"-ს და 1-2 ნიჩაბ ცივ ასფალტს ჩაყრიალ მუხლამდე ორმოებში.
სამაგიეროდ - ტროტუარებს აგებენ წელიწადში 2-ჯერ ფილაქნებით და კიდევ, შარშან ქალაქის საავტომობილო მოედნებსა და გზებზე აყარეს ასფალტი და ზედ დაყრილ მდინარის სილაზე ქვეფენილის (კუბებად დაჭრილი ქვის) (!) დაგებები დაიწყეს, რომელიც უკვე ისე იყრება, ოღრო-ჩოღროა, რომ ზედ მანქანით გავლაც კი საშინელებაა!
წყალი - მღვრიეა ონკანებში, დენს - თავის ნებაზე ათამაშებენ და არავინ იცის დღეში 3-ჯერ გაგითიშავენ თუ საერთოდ მეორე დღემდე, არც გაზის ამბებია კარგად ....
Amazing caves
How much was the taxi?
i would probably die of cold there. everything was out in the open. i have no idea how cold it gets but i assume 800 years ago, pretty cold.
Seriously man, it must have been brutal.
Stunning! How did u find a cab ride back from there? Lol
The taxi driver waited and gave me a ride back.
Yikes man. I wonder if Borjomi codes require annual elevator inspections?
That's a good question that I tried not to think about.
While you were exploring the caves, I kept having one question run through my mind: How will he get back!?? Did the Taxi driver wait for you? Happy you made it, though. Thanks for the video and keep it up!
Yes the taxi driver waited for me. We had a deal for him to drive me both ways.
The lift works even in this condition of building , robust technology ☺️
How much was the cab ride to the cave?
$50 including a tip.
After all - you deserve one glass of wine! 😉
ჩვენ სამშობლოს დიდება!
Great video 20mins went by in a flash
Elevator could be from a Horror Movie.
in the joke i was thinking man this Gabriel is too strict with that budget lol
Truly excellent pricing on your Room :)
I love the elevator! Thanks for sharing the caves. Great camera, fast panning makes me dizzy .. ugg
Awesome !
3:01 Looks like something out of the STALKER series
*CHEEKI BREEKI Intensifies*
Great video Gabriel, have u considered visiting Russia?
Yes, I'd love to go but getting a visa is tricky. I think I'll wait for another trip when I'm really ready to tackle it. Probably not in winter.
Love the videos. :)
my god y outside the place he stay so broken but inside so nice
Caucasus castles are always really nice
saludos amigo buenisimo !
Ottimo reportage complimenti