Traveling the Caucasus

700-year-old Ossetian alpine village and its residents. Photo story

Traveling the Caucasus

June 20, 2018

This is the Java District in South Ossetia, and in the ruins of the watchtowers there are eagle nests

What is freedom? A vox pop from three capitals

Traveling the Caucasus

June 20, 2018

We asked the residents of Baku, Yerevan and Tbilisi to sound off on ‘freedom’

Jeep tours in the mountains of Abkhazia

Abkhazia

June 20, 2018

2.5 kilometers above sea level, roads barely exist - adrenaline and beauty await

Stories and photos from Baku’s ‘Coal Bazar’

Azerbaijan

June 12, 2018

Baku’s coal bazar is the place to go for metal antiques, repairs and even intrigue

Photo-story: My big Ossetian wedding

Traveling the Caucasus

May 16, 2018

On wedding traditions and ceremonies in South Ossetia - legends, incidents, photos

The lifelong dream of a Baku cabby. Video

Azerbaijan

May 07, 2018

Zakir Zeynalov always dreamed of taking up poultry farming

Couchsurfing in Baku: affordable tourism and new acquaintances

Travel Azerbaijan

May 03, 2018

Stories from Bakuvians who've embraced the risky practice of letting foreigners stay in their homes

Five photos of Tbilisi’s lesser-known sights

Traveling the Caucasus

April 22, 2018

The 'must-see' places

A place where anything can be found: 28 photos from Baku’s 'New Bazar'

Travel Azerbaijan

April 22, 2018

But the best is saved for familiar customers

Lelo Burti - A different kind of ball game

Travel Georgia

April 22, 2018

This small corner of Georgia welcomes guests but once a year

Op-ed: Life in Kartli - Margot Lescaut’s blog and photos

Travel Georgia

April 18, 2018

Here everything is of equal value, be it a woman, a child, a dog or the cattle

Me, Auntie Nunu, a drunken father and a Black American in a minivan

Travel Georgia

April 11, 2018

A story from a Tbilisi-Batumi minibus

Photo Journal: Spanish woman with a rounded forehead, a femme fatale from Saint Germain and others

April 06, 2018

By Georgian blogger Margot Lescaut. She travels often, ever on the watch-out for interesting stories in the street

An illegal show in 9 photos: cockfighting in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

March 21, 2018

Earlier it was a source of making money, whereas now people are fined for that. However, the tradition has survived regardless

13 photos from an Azerbaijani hamlet on the outskirts of civilization

Travel Azerbaijan

March 06, 2018

Know a man by his cattle

VIDEO: Azerbaijani folk healers remove disease by blowing into children's nostrils

Travel Azerbaijan

February 18, 2018

What's it like being treated by a chopchu? JAMnews explains

Video survey in Abkhazia: What is the Abkhaz honour code, and should it be observed?

Abkhazia

January 19, 2018

All respondents said the ancient honour code still applies today

Potatoes growing on trees, tangerines and other fruits: 25 photos from the South of Azerbaijan

Travel Azerbaijan

January 07, 2018

Farmers from Mashkhan village share their stories

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