{"id":48490,"date":"2022-09-06T23:22:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T21:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=48490"},"modified":"2023-09-06T01:07:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:07:28","slug":"georgia-a-fascinating-walk-through-strange-landscapes-and-post-apocalyptic-ruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/09\/06\/georgia-a-fascinating-walk-through-strange-landscapes-and-post-apocalyptic-ruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia: A fascinating walk through strange landscapes and post-apocalyptic ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abkhazia, located in the extreme northwest of Georgia, on the shores of the Black Sea, is a region controlled since 1992, <em>de facto<\/em>, by the Russian Federation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/07\/29\/villacreces-touring-a-ghost-town-in-the-rural-spain-that-was-abandoned-in-1981\/\">Villacreces: Touring a ghost town in the rural Spain that was abandoned in 1981<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/06\/22\/the-strange-ghost-streets-you-can-walk-in-the-city-of-east-cleveland\/\">The strange ghost streets you can walk in the city of East Cleveland<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>Precisely the Russian YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NinurtaSpb\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ninurta<\/a>, which contains very interesting videos about abandoned places (all with good background music and no narration), <strong>has reposted a video today after an eight-month absence, and he dedicates it to that part of Georgia<\/strong> (I've put the name of this country in the title of the entry as recognized by practically the entire international community):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Abandoned Abkhazia\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/35bVwi6ucQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see some screenshots of the video below. The walk begins with images of the <strong>impressive Khashupse River Canyon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52338347032_84f9efc765_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the tunnels of the former headquarters of the Sukhumi Institute of Physics and Technology in Sukhumi<\/strong>, abandoned after the transfer of this center to Tbilisi in 1992.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52338347077_a413232d6e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mayak Sanatorium, in Gagra<\/strong>, now abandoned and with vegetation already taking over the building.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52339305146_42b91a66cb_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abandoned trains in Sukhumi<\/strong>, in northwestern Abkhazia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52338347002_17041161b9_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>An old grain mill in Eshera<\/strong>, visibly flooded.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52339541753_99ece3c1ab_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The huge pipes of the Vardnili hydroelectric power station<\/strong>, in southern Abkhazia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52339608264_294d2aaa46_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>An abandoned and rusty excavator<\/strong>, and that is being engulfed by the vegetation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52339632949_45d1b6277b_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abandoned and half-sunken dredging boats on the Gudau River<\/strong>, in northwestern Abkhazia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52339632954_e0154dcaf0_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>An abandoned car next to a dilapidated building in the village of Meore Gudava<\/strong>, in western Abkhazia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52339567168_d0e027687d_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abkhazia, located in the extreme northwest of Georgia, on the shores of the Black Sea, is a region controlled since 1992, de facto, by the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,16877],"tags":[17358,17354,17356,2049,17359,17357,17360,17353],"class_list":["post-48490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-ruins","tag-abkhazia","tag-eshera","tag-gagra","tag-georgia","tag-khashupse-river-canyon","tag-meore-gudava","tag-sukhumi","tag-vardnili"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}