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Living in Georgia

Vashlovani Trip

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Epic Georgia! Epic Vashlovani! Another awesome weekend recorded. Crossing desert sand, meeting more than 30 turtles, reaching man-built Chachuna reservoir, stepping in volcano mud puddles. With an overnight stay in a camp base powered by solar power. Reaching Eagle canyon near Dedoplitskaro and having fun at abandoned Russian airfields in the middle of nowhere. Many thanks to Ralph Schmidt for making this trip happen. June 5-6, 2021  

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Batumi and Green Cape

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Another awesome weekend has been in our tapes - this time we booked a Tbilisi - Batumi flight by Vanilla Sky (it's super cheap and takes only 50 minutes to get there), a 5-star Hilton Hotel with executive views + gym and saltwater pool access. Visited Green Cape + Botanical garden. Pink ice cream is still our favorite. Made a ton of hyper lapses and experimented with keyframing (fast forward in Adobe Premiere). Enjoy and thumbs up!

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Trip To Bazaleti Lake in Georgia

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This weekend we decided to stay in close proximity to Tbilisi - choosing Tsilkani, Natakhtari, Bazaleti route - met a few donkeys, a lot of butterflies, and tried some of the best katmis mcvadi at Salty Garden and of course cooling off at Biltmore's swimming pool in the afternoon

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Trip To David Gareja Monastery in Georgia

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Beautiful mountains in Georgia, fly a kite in the dessert, and swim in the 5-star hotel's pool - here is our Trip to the David Gareja monastery complex. May 16, 2021 David Gareja Monastery complex probably is among the top tourist attractions in the Republic of Georgia you should visit. Located in the desert, bordering Azerbaijan this place provides very spectacular views. The best ways to get here are either…

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Day in Borjomi National Park / Georgia

Day in Borjomi National Park - or we love to head here 2-3x times a year. Cool views, illegal dining in a secret restaurant, nice boutique apart-hotels, selfie-stick, trampolines, and of course a lot of mineral water. Decided to experiment with mobile + drone videography. What do you think? Should I do more like this? Drop me a comment!

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Is XLM a buy now? Investing in Stellar Lumens Crypto Coin

On May 12, 2021, I bought a small amount of XLM - Stellar Lumens crypto coin from Coinbase - I decided to invest in this coin for the next 12 month, once in a month buying coins and spending about USD 50 on that (monthly)Disclosure:  This article contains affiliate links to the Coinbase.com website, by clicking on links on this page and by investing with Coinbase, I will earn affiliate income at no cost to you. Also…

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Georgia - Never Miss a Moment

Georgia - Never Miss a Moment - or we had an extended weekend, 4 days to keep us busy, made some hyperlapses in Tbilisi, learned to ride a scooter around the Lisi lake, climbed up to St Peters and Paul's monastery in Bolnisi, found some poppy fields, and wandered around The Chronicle of Georgia monument near the Tbilisi sea. Like, share, and enjoy! Filmed April 30 - May 3, 2021 DJI Mavic Air + Premiere Pro Music by Scott Holmes - Never miss a…

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Lopota lake resort & SPA in Georgia

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Lopota Lake Resort & Spa is ideal for those seeking a peaceful place to rest. Your personal piece of paradise is located in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia, surrounded by the famous Caucasus mountains, just 2 hours drive from Tbilisi, the nation's capital. Awesome weekend at Lopota Lake resort, made a few fly-throughs with a drone, night shots, and an active track. Spring is in the air. Music by: Urmuli - Suliko

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Husky moto park in Tbilisi, Manglisi, and Birtvisi Canyon

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A day in our lives - Husky moto park in Tbilisi, Manglisi, and Birtvisi Canyon in Georgia - failed attempt to press the record button with an active track filming motorbike in action was fully compensated with my free run and hide from a drone in Birtvisi. Filmed April 17, 2021 DJI Mavic Air 2, Adobe Premiere Pro Music by Scott Holmes: Hotshot and Stomps & Claps

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Sigulda from a drone flight

Fun day at Sigulda / Made my first hyperlapse at Turaida Castle. The famous Ferris wheel, Gutmanis cave, river Gauja, and some other goodies. Filmed November 8, 2020

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Narikala Fortress & Mother Georgia from a Drone flight

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Narikala Fortress and Mother Georgia are one of the most visible tourist attractions in Tbilisi. It was at the end of August 2020 - I made a sort but lovely drone footage (DJI Mavic Mini) at both of these places. Narikala Fortress & Mother Georgia Circuit cinematic flight around St. Nicholas church Music by: Scott Holmes - Together we stand Made with Love in Adobe Premiere Pro, Tbilisi August 23, 2020  

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Gergeti Trinity Church from a drone flight

Gergeti Trinity Church is a must-have to visit destination in Georgia. The church is located at an elevation of 2170 meters, under Mount Kazbegi some 160 km North of the nation's capital Tbilisi Gergeti is one of our favorite spots in Georgia, as a rule of thumb, we try to get there at least twice a year. Many thanks to Nata Avsa and Johann Kritzinger for hosting us at their little Paradise Music by Scott Holmes: Never Miss a moment! Taken…

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Batumi Botanical Garden from a Drone flight

Batumi Botanical Garden is a must-have to visit tourism attraction site when in Batumi. Botanical Garden is actually located at the place called Mtsvane Kontskhi ("The Green Cape") within a distance of some 10 km from Batumi city on the Black Sea shore, it is one of the largest botanical gardens in the former Soviet Union. With kiddo at the kindergarten, I now have some time to post-process some older files.…

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Kobuleti Beach, Georgia

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Kobuleti is a town in Adjara, western Georgia, situated on the eastern coast of the Black SeaFinally got some free time to edit some unprocessed files.More to come. Taken with DJI Mavic Mini drone, August 2020Music by Scott Holmes - Driven to Success 

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Laidi / Laidu muiža / DJI Mavic Mini Latvija

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A quick drone flight around Laidi village in Kuldīga municipality / Laidi manor and former kolkhoz Spartak.I'm starting to enjoy these long-range flights without any signal interference as seen in big cities.DJI Mavic Mini / music by Scott Holmes - Storybook. October 26, 2020

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Jūrmala Self-Isolation

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Here comes another weekly video, shot at the end of October 2020 in Jūrmala, while taking 10-day self-isolation. We finally managed to fly to Latvia, but were forced to self-isolate for 10 days during the Covid-19 Outbreak. We rented huge house in Jurmala and spent quite nice time over there.Another short from DJI Mavic Mini drone, with little post-processing done in Adobe Premiere Pro, applied some cinematic filtersFilmed on October 17 and 20.…

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Martkopi Monastery Complex from a Drone flight

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Martkopi monastery complex is located some 30km from Tbilisi, Georgia. This place is best reached by car, but some could get here by hiking too, see: Hiking Route in Georgia - Norio Village - Martkopi Monastery Filmed with DJI Mavic Mini on September 23, 2020, Post-production in Adobe Premiere PRO Martkopi monastery complex, located just some 30km from Tbilisi I was told - they are sheltering some 100 people here. That's the true spirit…

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Tbilisi Open Air Museum of Ethnography from a drone flight

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Welcome to the new 2021. For this year I have decided to start a new project - one video a week / 52 weeks Without further ado, let's start with this cool cinematic circuit drone footage from the open-air museum of Tbilisi filmed back in 2020 Filmed with DJI Mavic Mini on August 29, 2020, Post-production in Adobe Premiere PRO Made my first 'fly-through', met some young Georgian dancers performing very cool Rachuli dance. Music by: Scott…

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Embute Church Ruins

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The Embūte Church is located in the Embūte Nature Park. Today, only the remnants of its former glory remain.On a hazy afternoon in December 2020, I took my DJI Mavic Air 2 drone and captured some beautiful aerial photographs and even a video.Embūte ChurchHere’s what I found about this church (source: Embūtes baznīcas drupas).The Embūte Church was built between 1674 and 1684, financed by the then-owner of the manor, Emmerich von Mirbach.The…

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And We are Back / DJI Mavic Mini drone

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The wait is over - today I picked up my already second DJI Mavic mini drone here in Tbilisi. See how I crashed the first one at the Jvari: Jvari monastery from a drone flight / DJI Mavic Mini crash We headed straight to the Tianeti / Khatsiri Forest Park And we are back - short drone videography from drone 2.0 Khatsiri Forest Park near Tianeti Music by: Scott Holmes - We made it!    

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