It was raining in Tbilisi in the morning but I anyway decided to go south of the town – to the famous cave monastery Davit Gareja. There is few places klike this in Georgia. The monastery is located close to the Azerbaijan border – far from the settlements so going there you are forced to take the taxi or hire the car. I took the minibus from didube terminal to Gardabani. Then I bargain for the round-trip taxi ride – 40 lari was the final price. It should be 4WD car – the 30 km road is almost all gravel road and bumpy – but they use regular cars to go there – it is real challenge! We reached monastery after 1.5 hour slow ride through steppy hills.
It is still alive: monks still live there far from the noise of the world. There are two churches in the caves on different levels and plenty of cells in the rock. Unfortunately it started raining during my visit and the pictures will not be good. Bad luck!
