Georgia Photo: Underground Exploration. By Temo Bardzimashvili (eurasianet.org)

Nika Gugeshashvili, a local guide, looks at a stalagmite in a cave around Oni, a major town in the mountain region of Racha, Georgia. An adjacent region to the intensively promoted Svaneti, Racha remains mostly unknown to foreign tourists.

Temo Bardzimashvili is a freelance photojournalist based in Tbilisi.