Ok, this has nothing to do with Three Stone Steps, or silk scarves, or eco-chic, or Phnom Penh, or recycled anything. This is more along the lines with the protests, crackdown (cue: song from London Calling, Working for the Clamp Down) in Georgia. Georgia, and Tbilisi was a place I found lovely and lovable. Elegant and crumbling. Great, hospitable people who would do anything for you. Few, if any, other travelers. A wonderful city in a wonder country. So, it is with tears in my eyes, literally, that I’ve been scouring the web for stories coming out of that country about the protests and the ensuing crushing of the peaceful protests. I wrote a friend in Tbilisi this morning, and asked her how she was holding up. With typical Georgian elan, she was justsort of resigned to this sort of stuff happening, but what really bothered where was the press blackout. Here’s what she wrote:
what is really upseting me is that they closed 2 telecompanies.. one of them was really tough with government but people loved that channel as they were most objective! so the soldiers with guns and masks on their faces entered that telecompany and just ordered them to stop broadcasting _ I was watching it while that was going on! they put those journalists on the floor (as they tell it after) and took their mobile phones and only after some time let them out from the building. and also, yesterday i had cnn and euronew _ and today i had no this channels anymore! so we are in information vacuum! and pardon me but that sucks! right now i'm home _ schools are closed for minimum till monday.. and i'm really gald i still have internet! But, I'm trying to remember the Tbilisi and country that enchanted me when I was there a little over a year ago. To that end, please enjoy the following photos, and if I can figure out what can be done from the outside world, well, I'll post that, too. [Ok. For some unknown reason, I can't figure out how to post more of my lovely photos from lovely Georgia, but in the words of another Beatles song, we will work it out!] Comments are closed.
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