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“Cha Cha, Vodka, Pive!” The sellers outside the Novy Afon cave entrance were attempting to cater to the unquenchable thirsts of the holidaymakers. Home brew wine, lethal spirits and beers. As the Russian tourists stocked up on their drinks for the trip into the dark depths of the cave, my very Soviet holiday to the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia was continuing. …
The Sukhumi Piers are a decaying reminder of Abkhazia’s former glory. I want to show you the crumbling pleasure piers of Sukhumi, on the promenade of Abkhazia’s fragmented yet intriguingly alluring capital. This seaside city was once a thriving tourist destination during the days of the Soviet Union. The piers were crowded and the beaches over flowing with visitors from all corners …
Abkhazia’s abandoned Psyrtskha Railway Station is in a state of romantic decay! Is there such a thing as romantic decay? I’ll leave that up to you to decide, but if anywhere in the world deserves this adjective, it’s most certainly Abkhazia’s decaying Psyrtskha Railway Station in Novy Afon. It’s a strange way to describe a small railway station, but Psyrtskha demonstrates the …
I was unceremoniously dumped off the bus by the harsh Abkhazian bus conductor on the edge of Novy Afon. He didn’t take too kindly to my severe lack of Russian language skills- the lingua franca of the region- when I asked if this was the stop. “Novy Afon?” I asked, to which he violently halted the bus, opened the doors and threw me …
The sound of despair rose to a shrieking and terrifying crescendo as I climbed the steps towards Abkahazia’s ‘Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy’. This was supposed to be a monkey sanctuary, but as I got closer, all I could hear was primal fear. *** WARNING: The Following Article May Contain Distressing Images *** What was this place? I still don’t …
The abandoned burnt out government building casts its long shadow over the city of Sukhumi, the capital of the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia, a dark and visible legacy in an unrecognised and conflict strewn nation. Abkhazia’s recent history is a violent history of war. During the days of Soviet rule the region was attached to the Georgian SSR, but when the …
So, you want to travel to a country which doesn’t exist? A barely recognised, war torn state somewhere on the black sea? Well then you are reading the right article! Here’s how to travel to the Breakaway Republic of Abkhazia! The breakaway Republic of Abkhazia is a little known, self declared nation on the sub tropical shores of the Black …
I visited the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia. Here’s a secret look inside this self declared nation state. Abkhazia is war torn. It’s been in conflict with Georgia since the Soviet Union collapsed and the people decided they were better off on on their own, rather than as part of a new and independent Georgian Republic. Since a vicious war in 1992, Abkhazia has …
